enables removal of attributes

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/javassist/bytecode/ClassFile.java b/src/main/javassist/bytecode/ClassFile.java
index 887ec7a3..f53ff149 100644
--- a/src/main/javassist/bytecode/ClassFile.java
+++ b/src/main/javassist/bytecode/ClassFile.java
@@ -761,6 +761,11 @@ public final class ClassFile {
      * Returns the attribute with the specified name.  If there are multiple
      * attributes with that name, this method returns either of them.   It
      * returns null if the specified attributed is not found.
+     *
+     * <p>An attribute name can be obtained by, for example,
+     * {@link AnnotationsAttribute#visibleTab} or
+     * {@link AnnotationsAttribute#invisibleTab}. 
+     * </p>
      * 
      * @param name          attribute name
      * @see #getAttributes()
@@ -778,6 +783,17 @@ public final class ClassFile {
     }
 
     /**
+     * Removes an attribute with the specified name.
+     *
+     * @param name      attribute name.
+     * @return          the removed attribute or null.
+     * @since 3.21
+     */
+    public AttributeInfo removeAttribute(String name) {
+        return AttributeInfo.remove(attributes, name);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Appends an attribute. If there is already an attribute with the same
      * name, the new one substitutes for it.
      *