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    019package org.apache.bcel.generic;
    020
    021/**
    022 * Denotes that an instruction may start the process of loading and resolving the referenced class in the Virtual Machine.
    023 */
    024public interface LoadClass {
    025
    026    /**
    027     * Returns the {@link ObjectType} of the referenced class or interface that may be loaded and resolved.
    028     *
    029     * @param cpg A ConstantPoolGen.
    030     * @return object type that may be loaded or null if a primitive is referenced.
    031     */
    032    ObjectType getLoadClassType(ConstantPoolGen cpg);
    033
    034    /**
    035     * Returns the type associated with this instruction. LoadClass instances are always typed, but this type does not always refer to the type of the class or
    036     * interface that it possibly forces to load. For example, {@link GETFIELD} would return the type of the field and not the type of the class where the field
    037     * is defined. If no class is forced to be loaded, {@code null} is returned. An example for this is an {@link NEWARRAY} instruction that creates an
    038     * {@code int[][]}.
    039     *
    040     * @param cpg A ConstantPoolGen.
    041     * @return the type associated with this instruction.
    042     * @see #getLoadClassType(ConstantPoolGen)
    043     */
    044    Type getType(ConstantPoolGen cpg);
    045}