question: private void simulateStore ( final StoreInstruction instruction ) { final int index = instruction . getNumber ( ) ; final Element elementToStore = runtimeStack . pop ( ) ; if ( elementToStore instanceof MethodHandle ) mergeMethodHandleStore ( index , ( MethodHandle ) elementToStore ) ; else mergeElementStore ( index , instruction . getVariableType ( ) , elementToStore ) ; }
target:  Simulates the store instruction.