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package com.packenius.datadivider.javaclass.attr;

import com.packenius.dumpapi.DumpReader;

/**
 * @author Christian Packenius, 2016.
 */
public class DeprecatedAttribute extends AttributeDescription {
    /**
     * Konstruktor.
     */
    public DeprecatedAttribute(int length, DumpReader reader) {
        super(reader, length);

        setEndAddress(reader);
    }

    /**
     * @see com.packenius.datadivider.javaclass.attr.AttributeDescription#getName()
     */
    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return "Deprecated";
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Deprecated Attribute";
    }

    @Override
    public String getDescription() {
        return "The Deprecated attribute is an optional fixed-length attribute in the attributes "
                + "table of a ClassFile, field_info, or method_info structure. A "
                + "class, interface, method, or field may be marked using a Deprecated attribute to "
                + "indicate that the class, interface, method, or field has been superseded. "
                + "A run-time interpreter or tool that reads the class file format, such as a compiler, "
                + "can use this marking to advise the user that a superseded class, interface, method, "
                + "or field is being referred to. The presence of a Deprecated attribute does not alter "
                + "the semantics of a class or interface.";
    }
}