Here you can find the source of typeToVMSignature(final String type)
public static String typeToVMSignature(final String type)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w. ja va2 s.c om*/ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER. * * Copyright 1997-2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * * Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. * Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. * * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common * Development and Distribution License("CDDL") (collectively, the * "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the * License. You can obtain a copy of the License at * http://www.netbeans.org/cddl-gplv2.html * or nbbuild/licenses/CDDL-GPL-2-CP. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the * License. When distributing the software, include this License Header * Notice in each file and include the License file at * nbbuild/licenses/CDDL-GPL-2-CP. Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the GPL Version 2 section of the License file that * accompanied this code. If applicable, add the following below the * License Header, with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by * your own identifying information: * "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]" * * Contributor(s): * The Original Software is NetBeans. The Initial Developer of the Original * Software is Sun Microsystems, Inc. Portions Copyright 1997-2006 Sun * Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * * If you wish your version of this file to be governed by only the CDDL * or only the GPL Version 2, indicate your decision by adding * "[Contributor] elects to include this software in this distribution * under the [CDDL or GPL Version 2] license." If you do not indicate a * single choice of license, a recipient has the option to distribute * your version of this file under either the CDDL, the GPL Version 2 or * to extend the choice of license to its licensees as provided above. * However, if you add GPL Version 2 code and therefore, elected the GPL * Version 2 license, then the option applies only if the new code is * made subject to such option by the copyright holder. */ public class Main { public static final String BOOLEAN_CODE = "Z"; public static final String CHAR_CODE = "C"; public static final String BYTE_CODE = "B"; public static final String SHORT_CODE = "S"; public static final String INT_CODE = "I"; public static final String LONG_CODE = "J"; public static final String FLOAT_CODE = "F"; public static final String DOUBLE_CODE = "D"; public static final String VOID_CODE = "V"; public static final String BOOLEAN_STRING = "boolean"; public static final String CHAR_STRING = "char"; public static final String BYTE_STRING = "byte"; public static final String SHORT_STRING = "short"; public static final String INT_STRING = "int"; public static final String LONG_STRING = "long"; public static final String FLOAT_STRING = "float"; public static final String DOUBLE_STRING = "double"; public static final String VOID_STRING = "void"; public static String typeToVMSignature(final String type) { // System.err.println("sig for: "+type); String ret = type.replace('.', '/'); // NOI18N // 1. replace primitive types or surround class name if (ret.startsWith(BOOLEAN_STRING)) { ret = ret.replace(BOOLEAN_STRING, BOOLEAN_CODE); } else if (ret.startsWith(CHAR_STRING)) { ret = ret.replace(CHAR_STRING, CHAR_CODE); } else if (ret.startsWith(BYTE_STRING)) { ret = ret.replace(BYTE_STRING, BYTE_CODE); } else if (ret.startsWith(SHORT_STRING)) { ret = ret.replace(SHORT_STRING, SHORT_CODE); } else if (ret.startsWith(INT_STRING)) { ret = ret.replace(INT_STRING, INT_CODE); } else if (ret.startsWith(LONG_STRING)) { ret = ret.replace(LONG_STRING, LONG_CODE); } else if (ret.startsWith(FLOAT_STRING)) { ret = ret.replace(FLOAT_STRING, FLOAT_CODE); } else if (ret.startsWith(DOUBLE_STRING)) { ret = ret.replace(DOUBLE_STRING, DOUBLE_CODE); } else if (ret.startsWith(VOID_STRING)) { ret = ret.replace(VOID_STRING, VOID_CODE); } else { // if the remainder is a class, surround it with "L...;" final int arIdx = ret.indexOf('['); // NOI18N if (arIdx == -1) { ret = "L" + ret + ";"; // NOI18N } else { ret = "L" + ret.substring(0, arIdx) + ";" + ret.substring(arIdx); // NOI18N } } // 2. put all array marks to the beginning in the VM-signature style while (ret.endsWith("[]")) { // NOI18N ret = "[" + ret.substring(0, ret.length() - 2); // NOI18N } // System.err.println("is: "+ret); return ret; } }