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| 1 | +/* | |
| 2 | + * Copyright (c) 1998, 2004, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | |
| 3 | + * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. | |
| 4 | + * | |
| 5 | + * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | |
| 6 | + * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as | |
| 7 | + * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this | |
| 8 | + * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided | |
| 9 | + * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. | |
| 10 | + * | |
| 11 | + * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT | |
| 12 | + * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or | |
| 13 | + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License | |
| 14 | + * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that | |
| 15 | + * accompanied this code). | |
| 16 | + * | |
| 17 | + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version | |
| 18 | + * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, | |
| 19 | + * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. | |
| 20 | + * | |
| 21 | + * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA | |
| 22 | + * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any | |
| 23 | + * questions. | |
| 24 | + */ | |
| 25 | + | |
| 26 | +package com.sun.jdi; | |
| 27 | + | |
| 28 | +/** | |
| 29 | + * A class or instance variable in the target VM. | |
| 30 | + * See {@link TypeComponent} | |
| 31 | + * for general information about Field and Method mirrors. | |
| 32 | + * | |
| 33 | + * @see ObjectReference | |
| 34 | + * @see ReferenceType | |
| 35 | + * | |
| 36 | + * @author Robert Field | |
| 37 | + * @author Gordon Hirsch | |
| 38 | + * @author James McIlree | |
| 39 | + * @since 1.3 | |
| 40 | + */ | |
| 41 | +public interface Field extends TypeComponent, Comparable<Field> { | |
| 42 | + | |
| 43 | + /** | |
| 44 | + * Returns a text representation of the type | |
| 45 | + * of this field. | |
| 46 | + * Where the type is the type specified in the declaration | |
| 47 | + * of this field. | |
| 48 | + * <P> | |
| 49 | + * This type name is always available even if | |
| 50 | + * the type has not yet been created or loaded. | |
| 51 | + * | |
| 52 | + * @return a String representing the | |
| 53 | + * type of this field. | |
| 54 | + */ | |
| 55 | + String typeName(); | |
| 56 | + | |
| 57 | + /** | |
| 58 | + * Returns the type of this field. | |
| 59 | + * Where the type is the type specified in the declaration | |
| 60 | + * of this field. | |
| 61 | + * <P> | |
| 62 | + * For example, if a target class defines: | |
| 63 | + * <PRE> | |
| 64 | + * short s; | |
| 65 | + * Date d; | |
| 66 | + * byte[] ba;</PRE> | |
| 67 | + * And the JDI client defines these <CODE>Field</CODE> objects: | |
| 68 | + * <PRE> | |
| 69 | + * Field sField = targetClass.fieldByName("s"); | |
| 70 | + * Field dField = targetClass.fieldByName("d"); | |
| 71 | + * Field baField = targetClass.fieldByName("ba");</PRE> | |
| 72 | + * to mirror the corresponding fields, then <CODE>sField.type()</CODE> | |
| 73 | + * is a {@link ShortType}, <CODE>dField.type()</CODE> is the | |
| 74 | + * {@link ReferenceType} for <CODE>java.util.Date</CODE> and | |
| 75 | + * <CODE>((ArrayType)(baField.type())).componentType()</CODE> is a | |
| 76 | + * {@link ByteType}. | |
| 77 | + * <P> | |
| 78 | + * Note: if the type of this field is a reference type (class, | |
| 79 | + * interface, or array) and it has not been created or loaded | |
| 80 | + * by the declaring type's class loader - that is, | |
| 81 | + * {@link TypeComponent#declaringType <CODE>declaringType()</CODE>} | |
| 82 | + * <CODE>.classLoader()</CODE>, | |
| 83 | + * then ClassNotLoadedException will be thrown. | |
| 84 | + * Also, a reference type may have been loaded but not yet prepared, | |
| 85 | + * in which case the type will be returned | |
| 86 | + * but attempts to perform some operations on the returned type | |
| 87 | + * (e.g. {@link ReferenceType#fields() fields()}) will throw | |
| 88 | + * a {@link ClassNotPreparedException}. | |
| 89 | + * Use {@link ReferenceType#isPrepared()} to determine if | |
| 90 | + * a reference type is prepared. | |
| 91 | + * | |
| 92 | + * @see Type | |
| 93 | + * @return the {@link Type} of this field. | |
| 94 | + * @throws ClassNotLoadedException if the type has not yet been loaded | |
| 95 | + * or created through the appropriate class loader. | |
| 96 | + */ | |
| 97 | + Type type() throws ClassNotLoadedException; | |
| 98 | + | |
| 99 | + /** | |
| 100 | + * Determine if this is a transient field. | |
| 101 | + * | |
| 102 | + * @return <code>true</code> if this field is transient; false otherwise. | |
| 103 | + */ | |
| 104 | + boolean isTransient(); | |
| 105 | + | |
| 106 | + /** | |
| 107 | + * Determine if this is a volatile field. | |
| 108 | + * | |
| 109 | + * @return <code>true</code> if this field is volatile; false otherwise. | |
| 110 | + */ | |
| 111 | + boolean isVolatile(); | |
| 112 | + | |
| 113 | + /** | |
| 114 | + * Determine if this is a field that represents an enum constant. | |
| 115 | + * @return <code>true</code> if this field represents an enum constant; | |
| 116 | + * false otherwise. | |
| 117 | + */ | |
| 118 | + boolean isEnumConstant(); | |
| 119 | + | |
| 120 | + /** | |
| 121 | + * Compares the specified Object with this field for equality. | |
| 122 | + * | |
| 123 | + * @return true if the Object is a Field and if both | |
| 124 | + * mirror the same field (declared in the same class or interface, in | |
| 125 | + * the same VM). | |
| 126 | + */ | |
| 127 | + boolean equals(Object obj); | |
| 128 | + | |
| 129 | + /** | |
| 130 | + * Returns the hash code value for this Field. | |
| 131 | + * | |
| 132 | + * @return the integer hash code | |
| 133 | + */ | |
| 134 | + int hashCode(); | |
| 135 | +} | |