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com.sun.mirror.declaration
Interface FieldDeclaration

All Superinterfaces:
Declaration, MemberDeclaration
All Known Subinterfaces:
EnumConstantDeclaration

public interface FieldDeclaration
extends MemberDeclaration

Represents a field of a type declaration.

Since:
1.5

Method Summary
 String getConstantExpression()
          Returns the text of a constant expression representing the value of this field if this field is a compile-time constant.
 Object getConstantValue()
          Returns the value of this field if this field is a compile-time constant.
 TypeMirror getType()
          Returns the type of this field.
 
Methods inherited from interface com.sun.mirror.declaration.MemberDeclaration
getDeclaringType
 
Methods inherited from interface com.sun.mirror.declaration.Declaration
accept, equals, getAnnotation, getAnnotationMirrors, getDocComment, getModifiers, getPosition, getSimpleName
 

Method Detail

getType

TypeMirror getType()
Returns the type of this field.

Returns:
the type of this field

getConstantValue

Object getConstantValue()
Returns the value of this field if this field is a compile-time constant. Returns null otherwise. The value will be of a primitive type or String. If the value is of a primitive type, it is wrapped in the appropriate wrapper class (such as Integer).

Returns:
the value of this field if this field is a compile-time constant, or null otherwise

getConstantExpression

String getConstantExpression()
Returns the text of a constant expression representing the value of this field if this field is a compile-time constant. Returns null otherwise. The value will be of a primitive type or String. The text returned is in a form suitable for representing the value in source code.

Returns:
the text of a constant expression if this field is a compile-time constant, or null otherwise

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