Package org.djutils.reflection

Class FieldSignature

java.lang.Object

org.djutils.reflection.FieldSignature

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class FieldSignature
extends Object
implements Serializable

A field descriptor represents the type of a class, instance, or local variable. It is a series of characters generated by the grammar described at The Java Virtual Machine class File Format .

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Author:

Peter Jacobs, Niels Lang, Alexander Verbraeck

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FieldSignature(Class<?> clazz)	constructs a new FieldSignature.
FieldSignature(String value)	constructs a new FieldSignature.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Class<?>	getClassValue()
String	getStringValue()
static Class<?>	toClass(String descriptor)	converts a fieldDescriptor to its class representation
static String	toDescriptor(Class<?> clazz)	converts a field to its descriptor
static String	toDescriptor(Class<?>[] classes)	converts an array of fields to its descriptor
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

FieldSignature

public FieldSignature(String value)

constructs a new FieldSignature.

Parameters:

value - String; the value of the descriptor

FieldSignature

public FieldSignature(Class<?> clazz)

constructs a new FieldSignature.

Parameters:

clazz - Class<?>; The class

Method Details

getStringValue

public String getStringValue()

Returns:

Returns the value of the field descriptor

getClassValue

public Class<?> getClassValue() throws ClassNotFoundException

Returns:

Returns the value of the field descriptor

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the class cannot be found.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toDescriptor

public static final String toDescriptor(Class<?>[] classes)

converts an array of fields to its descriptor

Parameters:

classes - Class<?>[]; the classes to represent

Returns:

String the descriptor String

toDescriptor

public static final String toDescriptor(Class<?> clazz)

converts a field to its descriptor

Parameters:

clazz - Class<?>; the clazz to represent

Returns:

String the descriptor String

toClass

public static final Class<?> toClass(String descriptor) throws ClassNotFoundException

converts a fieldDescriptor to its class representation

Parameters:

descriptor - String; the descriptor

Returns:

Class the class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - on failure