org.eclipse.jdt.core
Interface IField

All Superinterfaces:

IAdaptable, IJavaElement, IMember, IParent, ISourceManipulation, ISourceReference

public interface IField

extends IMember

Represents a field declared in a type.

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaElement

CLASS_FILE, COMPILATION_UNIT, FIELD, IMPORT_CONTAINER, IMPORT_DECLARATION, INITIALIZER, JAVA_MODEL, JAVA_PROJECT, LOCAL_VARIABLE, METHOD, PACKAGE_DECLARATION, PACKAGE_FRAGMENT, PACKAGE_FRAGMENT_ROOT, TYPE

Method Summary

Object	getConstant() Returns the constant value associated with this field or null if this field has none.
String	getElementName() Returns the simple name of this field.
String	getTypeSignature() Returns the type signature of this field.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jdt.core.IMember

getClassFile, getCompilationUnit, getDeclaringType, getFlags, getNameRange, getType, isBinary

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaElement

exists, getAncestor, getCorrespondingResource, getElementType, getHandleIdentifier, getJavaModel, getJavaProject, getOpenable, getParent, getPath, getPrimaryElement, getResource, getUnderlyingResource, isReadOnly, isStructureKnown

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable

getAdapter

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jdt.core.ISourceReference

exists, getSource, getSourceRange

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jdt.core.ISourceManipulation

copy, delete, move, rename

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jdt.core.IParent

getChildren, hasChildren

Method Detail

getConstant

public Object getConstant()
                   throws JavaModelException

Returns the constant value associated with this field or null if this field has none. The field needs to be static and final to have a constant value. Returns an instance of the wrapper type corresponding to the the type of the field.

field type	wrapper type
int	java.lang.Integer
byte	java.lang.Byte
boolean	java.lang.Boolean
char	java.lang.Character
double	java.lang.Double
float	java.lang.Float
long	java.lang.Long
short	java.lang.Short
java.lang.String	java.lang.String

Returns:

the constant value associated with this field or null if this field has none.

Throws:

JavaModelException - if this element does not exist or if an exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource

getElementName

public String getElementName()

Returns the simple name of this field.

Specified by:

getElementName in interface IJavaElement

Returns:

the simple name of this field.

getTypeSignature

public String getTypeSignature()
                        throws JavaModelException

Returns the type signature of this field.

Returns:

the type signature of this field.

Throws:

JavaModelException - if this element does not exist or if an exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource

See Also:

Signature