nl.tudelft.simulation.language.reflection
Class FieldSignature

java.lang.Object
  nl.tudelft.simulation.language.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 Specification .

(c) copyright 2002-2005 Delft University of Technology , the Netherlands.

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License of use: Lesser General Public License (LGPL) , no warranty

Since:

1.3

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2007/01/06 13:25:54 $

Author:

Peter Jacobs , Niels Lang Alexander Verbraeck

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

FieldSignature(Class clazz)
constructs a new FieldSignature

FieldSignature(String value)
constructs a new FieldSignature

Method Summary

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 Detail

FieldSignature

public FieldSignature(String value)

constructs a new FieldSignature

Parameters:

value - the value of the descriptor

FieldSignature

public FieldSignature(Class clazz)

constructs a new FieldSignature

Parameters:

clazz - The class

Method Detail

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

See Also:

Object.toString()

toDescriptor

public static final String toDescriptor(Class[] classes)

converts an array of fields to its descriptor

Parameters:

classes - 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 - 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 - the descriptor

Returns:

Class the class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - on failure