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src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/element/VariableElement.java@be5cafeb318d (annotated)
src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/element/VariableElement.java
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:51:30 -0700
- author
- darcy
- date
- Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:51:30 -0700
- changeset 594
- be5cafeb318d
- parent 554
- 9d9f26857129
- child 849
- 7a75a1803c7a
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6911258: Project Coin: Add essential API support for Automatic Resource Management (ARM) blocks
Reviewed-by: darcy, alanb
Contributed-by: jjb@google.com
| duke@1 | 1 | /* |
| ohair@554 | 2 | * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
| duke@1 | 3 | * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. |
| duke@1 | 4 | * |
| duke@1 | 5 | * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it |
| duke@1 | 6 | * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as |
| ohair@554 | 7 | * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this |
| duke@1 | 8 | * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided |
| ohair@554 | 9 | * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. |
| duke@1 | 10 | * |
| duke@1 | 11 | * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT |
| duke@1 | 12 | * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or |
| duke@1 | 13 | * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License |
| duke@1 | 14 | * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that |
| duke@1 | 15 | * accompanied this code). |
| duke@1 | 16 | * |
| duke@1 | 17 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version |
| duke@1 | 18 | * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, |
| duke@1 | 19 | * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. |
| duke@1 | 20 | * |
| ohair@554 | 21 | * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA |
| ohair@554 | 22 | * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any |
| ohair@554 | 23 | * questions. |
| duke@1 | 24 | */ |
| duke@1 | 25 | |
| duke@1 | 26 | package javax.lang.model.element; |
| duke@1 | 27 | |
| duke@1 | 28 | import javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror; |
| duke@1 | 29 | import javax.lang.model.util.Elements; |
| duke@1 | 30 | |
| duke@1 | 31 | |
| duke@1 | 32 | /** |
| duke@1 | 33 | * Represents a field, {@code enum} constant, method or constructor |
| duke@1 | 34 | * parameter, local variable, or exception parameter. |
| duke@1 | 35 | * |
| duke@1 | 36 | * @author Joseph D. Darcy |
| duke@1 | 37 | * @author Scott Seligman |
| duke@1 | 38 | * @author Peter von der Ahé |
| duke@1 | 39 | * @since 1.6 |
| duke@1 | 40 | */ |
| duke@1 | 41 | |
| duke@1 | 42 | public interface VariableElement extends Element { |
| duke@1 | 43 | |
| duke@1 | 44 | /** |
| duke@1 | 45 | * Returns the value of this variable if this is a {@code final} |
| duke@1 | 46 | * field initialized to a compile-time constant. Returns {@code |
| duke@1 | 47 | * null} otherwise. The value will be of a primitive type or a |
| duke@1 | 48 | * {@code String}. If the value is of a primitive type, it is |
| duke@1 | 49 | * wrapped in the appropriate wrapper class (such as {@link |
| duke@1 | 50 | * Integer}). |
| duke@1 | 51 | * |
| duke@1 | 52 | * <p>Note that not all {@code final} fields will have |
| duke@1 | 53 | * constant values. In particular, {@code enum} constants are |
| duke@1 | 54 | * <em>not</em> considered to be compile-time constants. To have a |
| duke@1 | 55 | * constant value, a field's type must be either a primitive type |
| duke@1 | 56 | * or {@code String}. |
| duke@1 | 57 | * |
| duke@1 | 58 | * @return the value of this variable if this is a {@code final} |
| duke@1 | 59 | * field initialized to a compile-time constant, or {@code null} |
| duke@1 | 60 | * otherwise |
| duke@1 | 61 | * |
| duke@1 | 62 | * @see Elements#getConstantExpression(Object) |
| duke@1 | 63 | * @jls3 15.28 Constant Expression |
| duke@1 | 64 | * @jls3 4.12.4 final Variables |
| duke@1 | 65 | */ |
| duke@1 | 66 | Object getConstantValue(); |
| duke@1 | 67 | } |
