aload

aload
index

Forms aload = 25 (0x19)

Stack ... ..., objectref

Description The index is an unsigned byte that must be a valid index into the local variables of the current frame (§3.6). The local variable at index must contain a reference. The objectref in the local variable at index is pushed onto the operand stack.

Notes The aload instruction cannot be used to load a value of type returnAddress from a local variable onto the operand stack. This asymmetry with the astore instruction is intentional.

The aload opcode can be used in conjunction with the wide instruction to access a local variable using a two-byte unsigned index.