GIJ _Jv_InterpMethod::run question

[Bryce McKinlay]

Kyle Galloway wrote:
> Thanks for the info.  From what I can see, however, this is the 
> variable for the Class object as in SomeClass.class.  What I am 
> looking for is the Object variable, an actual reference to the 
> instance of the class that invoked the method.  So for example:
>
> SomeClass a = new SomeClass();
> a.someMethod();
>
> I am looking for the instance a, not the class SomeClass.

The first argument to a non-static method is "this", ie the object it is 
being invoked on. In the interpreter, the arguments are passed to 
_Jv_InterpMethod::run in "args". So, to see the current "this" inside a 
call to a.someMethod(), you can look at:

args[0].ptr

Bryce