ObjectStreamField JDK 1.6)

Constructors

pack-private ObjectStreamField (Field field, boolean unshared, boolean showType)

Creates an ObjectStreamField representing the given field with the specified unshared setting.

public ObjectStreamField (String name, Class<Object> type)

Create a Serializable field with the specified type.

Create a Serializable field with the specified type. This field should
be documented with a serialField tag.
Parameters:
- name - the name of the serializable field
- type - the Class object of the serializable field

public ObjectStreamField (String name, Class<Object> type, boolean unshared)

Creates an ObjectStreamField representing a serializable field with the given name and type.

pack-private ObjectStreamField (String name, String signature, boolean unshared)

Creates an ObjectStreamField representing a field with the given name, signature and unshared setting.

Methods

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public int compareTo (Object obj)

Compare this field with another ObjectStreamField.

Compare this field with another ObjectStreamField. Return
-1 if this is smaller, 0 if equal, 1 if greater. Types that are
primitives are "smaller" than object types. If equal, the field names
are compared.

pack-private Field getField ()

Returns field represented by this ObjectStreamField, or null if ObjectStreamField is not associated with an actual field.

public String getName ()

Get the name of this field.

Get the name of this field.
Returns: a String representing the name of the serializable field

public int getOffset ()

Offset of field within instance data.

pack-private String getSignature ()

Returns JVM type signature of field (similar to getTypeString, except that signature strings are returned for primitive fields as well).

public Class<Object> getType ()

Get the type of the field.

Get the type of the field. If the type is non-primitive and this
ObjectStreamField was obtained from a deserialized ObjectStreamClass instance, then Object.class is returned.
Otherwise, the Class object for the type of the field is
returned.
Returns: a Class object representing the type of the serializable field

public char getTypeCode ()

Returns character encoding of field type.

public String getTypeString ()

Return the JVM type signature.

public boolean isPrimitive ()

Return true if this field has a primitive type.

public boolean isUnshared ()

Returns boolean value indicating whether or not the serializable field represented by this ObjectStreamField instance is unshared.

protected void setOffset (int offset)

Offset within instance data.

public String toString ()

Return a string that describes this field.