RE: Query regarding index of local variables

Hi Andrew

   Thank you for recommending me the VM spec...

  But my prob is a little different,

	as you have said I can add local variables using 

	LocalVar var = localvargen.addLocalvar()
	int index = var.getIndex();
	llcalvargen.setstart( ilist.append ( new ASTORE ( index ) ) )
	.
	.
	. 
  
	as many as required 	

	and at the calling setMaxLocals();

	That is OK.

	but now consider a scenario like this
	
	public int getI(){
		return 2;
	}

	Now I am trying to insert try-finally to this method by
instrumenting in bytecode 

	which should look like  

	public int getI(){
	try{
		return 2;
	}finally { 
			System.out.println("sample");
	}
	
	}	

	To create this, I should create a empty catch block which throws
the exception that is not handled and redirect all the calls to finally
before the 
	return statement

	now comes the problem with local variables.


	I will get the instructionlist
	I will find the instance of return, and insert a JSR instr
before this return and redirect all the branches
	Next step is creation of catch block, where I have a problem
			here I should store the exception, make a jsr
call, load the exception which I stored before and rethrow it

	so I use ilist.append ( new ASTORE ( ? ) )
		   ilist.append ( new JSR() );
		   ilist.load ( new ALOAD ( ? ) )
	
	so what should I use in the place of "?"  (2,3,4......)

	same while creating finally block, I should store the return
address
	
		   ilist.append ( new ASTORE ( ?? ) )
		   // performs the instrumentation of system.out.....
		   ret ?? 
	
	so what should I use in place of "?"  (2,3,4......)

	so what I am doing is 
	
	getting the max_index (maximum index) available in the
localvargen 
	and assigning max_index+1 to the first ?
	and assigning max_index+2 to the second ??

	am I wrong in doing like these?????

	is there some other efficient way for doing this???

	Please help me in this regard.

Thank you
Reddy
		
	




>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Huntwork [mailto:[email protected]] 
>Sent: Dienstag, 8. Februar 2005 16:01
>To: BCEL Users List
>Subject: Re: Query regarding index of local variables
>
>
>First, let me recommend a book to you that you may already know about:
>http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/2nd-edition/html/VMSpecTO
>C.doc.html
>
>read carefully enough, this book will tell you everything you need to 
>know to screw around with class files to your heart's content.
>
>see below.
>
>Koduru, Rajendra Kumar Reddy wrote:
>[...]
>> 	// code
>> 
>> 		int i = methodgen.getLocalVariables().length
>> 		my_lv1 = i+1;
>> 		my_lv2 = i+2;
>> 		my_lv =  i+3;
>> 
>> 	// code
>> 
>> 	and I used to store using il.append ( new ASTORE ( my_lv2 ) );
>> 
>> 
>> 	 I encountered a problem with this, i.e. the variable i returned
>> 22,
>> 	 where as the max index is 7.. So there was overlap in the local
>> vars and my class file got corrupted
>
>there is no relationship between number of local variables and 
>the first 
>free slot.  each LocalVariable describes the type contained in a slot 
>over a particular range of instructions.  there are 0 or more 
>LocalVariables for each slot.  You should print out the various fields 
>in your LocalVariables just to get a feel for what they contain, 
>especially the start index, end index and type.
>
>what you want is:
>
>setMaxLocals(); //if you have inserted variables already
>int i = methodgen.getMaxLocals();
>...
>
>In the project I used to work on (sandmark.cs.arizona.edu), 
>almost every 
>occurrence of getLocalVariables was a bug.  That's because the local 
>variable table may be incomplete, inaccurate (to some extent), 
>obfuscated, or just plain missing (MethodGen.removeLocalVariables() or 
>something like that).
>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 	 I just wanted to know..why is it like that.. Doesn't each local
>> variable have unique index?
>> 
>> 	 Isnt the length (i that is returned) mean the no of local
>> variables in the corresponding method?
>> 
>> 	However now I tried using 
>> 
>> 	// code
>> 
>> 	int max_index = 0;
>> 
>>      LocalVariableGen[] lv1 = mgen.getLocalVariables();
>> 	
>>     for(int i = 0; i< lv1.length; i++){
>> 
>>       if(lv1[i].getIndex() > max_index)
>>           max_index = lv1[i].getIndex();
>>       }	
>> 		
>> 		my_lv1 = i+1;
>> 		my_lv2 = i+2;
>> 		my_lv =  i+3;
>> 	
>> 	// code
>> 
>> 	and it works fine..
>> 
>> 	but I just wanted to clarify it.
>> 
>> 	Please help me in this regard.
>> 
>> 
>> Thank you
>> Reddy
>> 
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