org.eclipse.mat.snapshot.model

Class Field

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.mat.snapshot.model.FieldDescriptor

org.eclipse.mat.snapshot.model.Field

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class Field
extends FieldDescriptor
implements Serializable

Describes a member variable, i.e. name, signature and value.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Field(String name, int type, Object value) Create a representation of member variable

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	getValue() Gets the value of the field.
void	setValue(Object object) Set the value of the field.
String	toString() A readable representation of the field.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.mat.snapshot.model.FieldDescriptor

getName, getType, getVerboseSignature, setName, setType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Field

public Field(String name,
             int type,
             Object value)

Create a representation of member variable

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

type - the type IObject.Type

value - value is one of ObjectReference - for an object field Byte - for a byte field Short - for a short field Integer - for an int field Long - for a long field Boolean - for a boolean field Char - for a char field Float - for a float field Double - for a double field

Method Detail

getValue

public Object getValue()

Gets the value of the field.

Returns:

ObjectReference - for an object field Byte - for a byte field Short - for a short field Integer - for an int field Long - for a long field Boolean - for a boolean field Char - for a char field Float - for a float field Double - for a double field

setValue

public void setValue(Object object)

Set the value of the field. Normally the value should not be changed. Currently this is used after deserializing static fields to change the object reference to one having a link to the current snapshot.

Parameters:

object - ObjectReference - for an object field Byte - for a byte field Short - for a short field Integer - for an int field Long - for a long field Boolean - for a boolean field Char - for a char field Float - for a float field Double - for a double field

toString

public String toString()

A readable representation of the field. Do not rely on the format of the result.

Overrides:

toString in class FieldDescriptor

Returns:

a description of this field.