Microsoft SDK for Java

MulticastDelegate

The MulticastDelegate attribute applies to a method. It specifies that a method should be treated as a multicast invocation method by the Microsoft VM.

Attribute Level Generated By
Method multicast and delegate keywords

MulticastDelegate_attribute {
  u2 attribute_name_index;
  u4 attribute_length;
}

Attribute Elements

attribute_name_index

This value must be a valid index into the constant_pool table. The constant_pool entry at that index must be the CONSTANT_Utf8_info structure representing the string "MulticastDelegate ".

attribute_length

This value indicates the length of this attribute, excluding the initial six bytes, and may be 0 (zero).

Remarks

A method marked with the MulticastDelegate attribute will not be JIT-compiled or interpreted by the Microsoft VM, but will use a special stub instead.

See Also

Delegate Class
MulticastDelegate Class
Delegate Attribute

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