Constructor Detail

• FieldAttributes

  public FieldAttributes(Field f)

  Constructs a Field Attributes object from the f.

  Parameters:

  f - the field to pull attributes from

Method Detail

• getDeclaringClass

  public Class<?> getDeclaringClass()

  Returns:

  the declaring class that contains this field

• getName

  public String getName()

  Returns:

  the name of the field

• getDeclaredType

  public Type getDeclaredType()

  For example, assume the following class definition:

   public class Foo {
     private String bar;
     private List<String> red;
   }
  
   Type listParmeterizedType = new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.getType();
   

  This method would return String.class for the bar field and listParameterizedType for the red field.

  Returns:

  the specific type declared for this field

• getDeclaredClass

  public Class<?> getDeclaredClass()

  Returns the Class object that was declared for this field.

  For example, assume the following class definition:

   public class Foo {
     private String bar;
     private List<String> red;
   }
   

  This method would return String.class for the bar field and List.class for the red field.

  Returns:

  the specific class object that was declared for the field

• getAnnotation

  public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotation)

  Return the T annotation object from this field if it exist; otherwise returns null.

  Parameters:

  annotation - the class of the annotation that will be retrieved

  Returns:

  the annotation instance if it is bound to the field; otherwise null

• getAnnotations

  public Collection<Annotation> getAnnotations()

  Return the annotations that are present on this field.

  Returns:

  an array of all the annotations set on the field

  Since:

  1.4

• hasModifier

  public boolean hasModifier(int modifier)

  Returns true if the field is defined with the modifier.

  This method is meant to be called as:

   boolean hasPublicModifier = fieldAttribute.hasModifier(java.lang.reflect.Modifier.PUBLIC);
   

  See Also:

  Modifier