ObjectStreamField

public class ObjectStreamField extends Object
implements Comparable<Object>

A description of a Serializable field from a Serializable class. An array of ObjectStreamFields is used to declare the Serializable fields of a class.

Public Constructor Summary

ObjectStreamField(String name, Class<?> type)
Create a Serializable field with the specified type.
ObjectStreamField(String name, Class<?> type, boolean unshared)
Creates an ObjectStreamField representing a serializable field with the given name and type.

Public Method Summary

int
compareTo(Object obj)
Compare this field with another ObjectStreamField.
String
getName()
Get the name of this field.
int
getOffset()
Offset of field within instance data.
Class<?>
getType()
Get the type of the field.
char
getTypeCode()
Returns character encoding of field type.
String
getTypeString()
Return the JVM type signature.
boolean
isPrimitive()
Return true if this field has a primitive type.
boolean
isUnshared()
Returns boolean value indicating whether or not the serializable field represented by this ObjectStreamField instance is unshared.
String
toString()
Return a string that describes this field.

Protected Method Summary

void
setOffset(int offset)
Offset within instance data.

Inherited Method Summary

Public Constructors

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

Creates an ObjectStreamField representing a serializable field with the given name and type. If unshared is false, values of the represented field are serialized and deserialized in the default manner--if the field is non-primitive, object values are serialized and deserialized as if they had been written and read by calls to writeObject and readObject. If unshared is true, values of the represented field are serialized and deserialized as if they had been written and read by calls to writeUnshared and readUnshared.

Parameters
name field name
type field type
unshared if false, write/read field values in the same manner as writeObject/readObject; if true, write/read in the same manner as writeUnshared/readUnshared

Public Methods

public int compareTo (Object obj)

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.

Parameters
obj

public String getName ()

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.

Returns
  • the offset of this field
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public Class<?> getType ()

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. The encoding is as follows:

 B            byte
 C            char
 D            double
 F            float
 I            int
 J            long
 L            class or interface
 S            short
 Z            boolean
 [            array
 

Returns
  • the typecode of the serializable field

public String getTypeString ()

Return the JVM type signature.

Returns
  • null if this field has a primitive type.

public boolean isPrimitive ()

Return true if this field has a primitive type.

Returns
  • true if and only if this field corresponds to a primitive type

public boolean isUnshared ()

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

Returns
  • true if this field is unshared

public String toString ()

Return a string that describes this field.

Returns
  • a printable representation of this object.

Protected Methods

protected void setOffset (int offset)

Offset within instance data.

Parameters
offset the offset of the field
See Also