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- /*
- * @(#)Field.java 1.14 98/03/18
- *
- * Copyright 1996, 1997 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
- * 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, 94303, U.S.A.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This software is the confidential and proprietary information
- * of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You
- * shall not disclose such Confidential Information and shall use
- * it only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement
- * you entered into with Sun.
- */
-
- package java.lang.reflect;
-
- /**
- * A Field provides information about, and dynamic access to, a
- * single field of a class or an interface. The reflected field may
- * be a class (static) field or an instance field.
- *
- * <p>A Field permits widening conversions to occur during a get or
- * set access operation, but throws an IllegalArgumentException if a
- * narrowing conversion would occur.
- *
- * @see Member
- * @see java.lang.Class
- * @see java.lang.Class#getFields()
- * @see java.lang.Class#getField()
- * @see java.lang.Class#getDeclaredFields()
- * @see java.lang.Class#getDeclaredField()
- *
- * @author Nakul Saraiya
- */
- public final
- class Field extends AccessibleObject implements Member {
-
- private Class clazz;
- private int slot;
- private String name;
- private Class type;
- private int modifiers;
-
- /**
- * Constructor. Only the Java Virtual Machine may construct a Field.
- */
- private Field() {}
-
- /**
- * Returns the Class object representing the class or interface
- * that declares the field represented by this Field object.
- */
- public Class getDeclaringClass() {
- return clazz;
- }
-
- /**
- * Returns the name of the field represented by this Field object.
- */
- public String getName() {
- return name;
- }
-
- /**
- * Returns the Java language modifiers for the field represented
- * by this Field object, as an integer. The Modifier class should
- * be used to decode the modifiers.
- *
- * @see Modifier
- */
- public int getModifiers() {
- return modifiers;
- }
-
- /**
- * Returns a Class object that identifies the declared type for
- * the field represented by this Field object.
- */
- public Class getType() {
- return type;
- }
-
- /**
- * Compares this Field against the specified object. Returns
- * true if the objects are the same. Two Fields are the same if
- * they were declared by the same class and have the same name
- * and type.
- */
- public boolean equals(Object obj) {
- if (obj != null && obj instanceof Field) {
- Field other = (Field)obj;
- return (getDeclaringClass() == other.getDeclaringClass())
- && (getName().equals(other.getName()))
- && (getType() == other.getType());
- }
- return false;
- }
-
- /**
- * Returns a hashcode for this Field. This is computed as the
- * exclusive-or of the hashcodes for the underlying field's
- * declaring class name and its name.
- */
- public int hashCode() {
- return getDeclaringClass().getName().hashCode() ^ getName().hashCode();
- }
-
- /**
- * Return a string describing this Field. The format is
- * the access modifiers for the field, if any, followed
- * by the field type, followed by a space, followed by
- * the fully-qualified name of the class declaring the field,
- * followed by a period, followed by the name of the field.
- * For example:
- * <pre>
- * public static final int java.lang.Thread.MIN_PRIORITY
- * private int java.io.FileDescriptor.fd
- * </pre>
- *
- * <p>The modifiers are placed in canonical order as specified by
- * "The Java Language Specification". This is <tt>public</tt>,
- * <tt>protected</tt> or <tt>private</tt> first, and then other
- * modifiers in the following order: <tt>static</tt>, <tt>final</tt>,
- * <tt>transient</tt>, <tt>volatile</tt>.
- */
- public String toString() {
- int mod = getModifiers();
- return (((mod == 0) ? "" : (Modifier.toString(mod) + " "))
- + getTypeName(getType()) + " "
- + getTypeName(getDeclaringClass()) + "."
- + getName());
- }
-
- /**
- * Returns the value of the field represented by this Field, on
- * the specified object. The value is automatically wrapped in an
- * object if it has a primitive type.
- *
- * <p>The underlying field's value is obtained as follows:
- *
- * <p>If the underlying field is a static field, the object argument
- * is ignored; it may be null.
- *
- * <p>Otherwise, the underlying field is an instance field. If the
- * specified object argument is null, the method throws a
- * NullPointerException. If the specified object is not an
- * instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying
- * field, the method throws an IllegalArgumentException.
- *
- * <p>If this Field object enforces Java language access control, and
- * the underlying field is inaccessible, the method throws an
- * IllegalAccessException.
- *
- * <p>Otherwise, the value is retrieved from the underlying instance
- * or static field. If the field has a primitive type, the value
- * is wrapped in an object before being returned, otherwise it is
- * returned as is.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified object is not an
- * instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying
- * field.
- * @exception NullPointerException if the specified object is null.
- */
- public native Object get(Object obj)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Get the value of a field as a boolean on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the field value cannot be
- * converted to the return type by a widening conversion.
- * @see Field#get
- */
- public native boolean getBoolean(Object obj)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Get the value of a field as a byte on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the field value cannot be
- * converted to the return type by a widening conversion.
- * @see Field#get
- */
- public native byte getByte(Object obj)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Get the value of a field as a char on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the field value cannot be
- * converted to the return type by a widening conversion.
- * @see Field#get
- */
- public native char getChar(Object obj)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Get the value of a field as a short on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the field value cannot be
- * converted to the return type by a widening conversion.
- * @see Field#get
- */
- public native short getShort(Object obj)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Get the value of a field as a int on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the field value cannot be
- * converted to the return type by a widening conversion.
- * @see Field#get
- */
- public native int getInt(Object obj)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Get the value of a field as a long on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the field value cannot be
- * converted to the return type by a widening conversion.
- * @see Field#get
- */
- public native long getLong(Object obj)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Get the value of a field as a float on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the field value cannot be
- * converted to the return type by a widening conversion.
- * @see Field#get
- */
- public native float getFloat(Object obj)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Get the value of a field as a double on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the field value cannot be
- * converted to the return type by a widening conversion.
- * @see Field#get
- */
- public native double getDouble(Object obj)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Sets the field represented by this Field object on the
- * specified object argument to the specified new value. The new
- * value is automatically unwrapped if the underlying field has a
- * primitive type.
- *
- * <p>The operation proceeds as follows:
- *
- * <p>If the underlying field is static, the object argument is
- * ignored; it may be null.
- *
- * <p>Otherwise the underlying field is an instance field. If the
- * specified object argument is null, the method throws a
- * NullPointerException. If the specified object argument is not
- * an instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying
- * field, the method throws an IllegalArgumentException.
- *
- * <p>If this Field object enforces Java language access control, and
- * the underlying field is inaccessible, the method throws an
- * IllegalAccessException.
- *
- * <p>If the underlying field is final, the method throws an
- * IllegalAccessException.
- *
- * <p>If the underlying field is of a primitive type, an unwrapping
- * conversion is attempted to convert the new value to a value of
- * a primitive type. If this attempt fails, the method throws an
- * IllegalArgumentException.
- *
- * <p>If, after possible unwrapping, the new value cannot be
- * converted to the type of the underlying field by an identity or
- * widening conversion, the method throws an
- * IllegalArgumentException.
- *
- * <p>The field is set to the possibly unwrapped and widened new value.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified object is not an
- * instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying
- * field, or if an unwrapping conversion fails.
- * @exception NullPointerException if the specified object is null.
- */
- public native void set(Object obj, Object value)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Set the value of a field as a boolean on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified object is not an
- * instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying
- * field, or if an unwrapping conversion fails.
- * @see Field#set
- */
- public native void setBoolean(Object obj, boolean z)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Set the value of a field as a byte on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified object is not an
- * instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying
- * field, or if an unwrapping conversion fails.
- * @see Field#set
- */
- public native void setByte(Object obj, byte b)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Set the value of a field as a char on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified object is not an
- * instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying
- * field, or if an unwrapping conversion fails.
- * @see Field#set
- */
- public native void setChar(Object obj, char c)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Set the value of a field as a short on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified object is not an
- * instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying
- * field, or if an unwrapping conversion fails.
- * @see Field#set
- */
- public native void setShort(Object obj, short s)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Set the value of a field as an int on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified object is not an
- * instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying
- * field, or if an unwrapping conversion fails.
- * @see Field#set
- */
- public native void setInt(Object obj, int i)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Set the value of a field as a long on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified object is not an
- * instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying
- * field, or if an unwrapping conversion fails.
- * @see Field#set
- */
- public native void setLong(Object obj, long l)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Set the value of a field as a float on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified object is not an
- * instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying
- * field, or if an unwrapping conversion fails.
- * @see Field#set
- */
- public native void setFloat(Object obj, float f)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /**
- * Set the value of a field as a double on specified object.
- *
- * @exception IllegalAccessException if the underlying constructor
- * is inaccessible.
- * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the specified object is not an
- * instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying
- * field, or if an unwrapping conversion fails.
- * @see Field#set
- */
- public native void setDouble(Object obj, double d)
- throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;
-
- /*
- * Utility routine to paper over array type names
- */
- static String getTypeName(Class type) {
- if (type.isArray()) {
- try {
- Class cl = type;
- int dimensions = 0;
- while (cl.isArray()) {
- dimensions++;
- cl = cl.getComponentType();
- }
- StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
- sb.append(cl.getName());
- for (int i = 0; i < dimensions; i++) {
- sb.append("[]");
- }
- return sb.toString();
- } catch (Throwable e) { /*FALLTHRU*/ }
- }
- return type.getName();
- }
-
- }
-