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Class java.io.ObjectStreamField 

java.lang.Object
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    +----java.io.ObjectStreamField
public class ObjectStreamField
extends Object
implements Comparator
A description of a field in a serializable class. A array of these is used to declare the persistent fields of a class.

Constructor Index

o ObjectStreamField(String, Class)
Create a named field with the specified type.

Method Index

o compare(Object, Object)
Compare this with another ObjectStreamField.
o getField()
o getName()
Get the name of this field.
o getOffset()
o getType()
Get the type of the field.
o getTypeCode()
o getTypeString()
o setField(Field)
o setOffset(int)
o toString()
Return a string describing this field.

Constructors

o ObjectStreamField 
public ObjectStreamField(String n,
                         Class clazz)
Create a named field with the specified type.

Methods

o getName 
public String getName()
Get the name of this field.

o getType 
public Class getType()
Get the type of the field.

o getTypeCode 
public char getTypeCode()
o getTypeString 
public String getTypeString()
o getField 
public Field getField()
o setField 
public void setField(Field field)
o getOffset 
public int getOffset()
o setOffset 
public void setOffset(int offset)
o compare 
public int compare(Object o1,
                   Object o2)
Compare this with another ObjectStreamField. return -1 if this is smaller, 0 if equal, 1 if greater types that are primitives are "smaller" than objects. if equal, the names are compared.

o toString 
public String toString()
Return a string describing this field.

Overrides:
toString in class Object
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