Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:35:18 -0700
6574134: Allow for alternative implementation of Name Table with garbage collection of name bytes
Reviewed-by: darcy, mcimadamore
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26 package com.sun.mirror.declaration;
29 import com.sun.mirror.type.TypeMirror;
32 /**
33 * Represents a field of a type declaration.
34 *
35 * @author Joseph D. Darcy
36 * @author Scott Seligman
37 * @since 1.5
38 */
40 public interface FieldDeclaration extends MemberDeclaration {
42 /**
43 * Returns the type of this field.
44 *
45 * @return the type of this field
46 */
47 TypeMirror getType();
49 /**
50 * Returns the value of this field if this field is a compile-time
51 * constant. Returns <tt>null</tt> otherwise.
52 * The value will be of a primitive type or <tt>String</tt>.
53 * If the value is of a primitive type, it is wrapped in the
54 * appropriate wrapper class (such as {@link Integer}).
55 *
56 * @return the value of this field if this field is a compile-time
57 * constant, or <tt>null</tt> otherwise
58 */
59 Object getConstantValue();
61 /**
62 * Returns the text of a <i>constant expression</i> representing the
63 * value of this field if this field is a compile-time constant.
64 * Returns <tt>null</tt> otherwise.
65 * The value will be of a primitive type or <tt>String</tt>.
66 * The text returned is in a form suitable for representing the value
67 * in source code.
68 *
69 * @return the text of a constant expression if this field is a
70 * compile-time constant, or <tt>null</tt> otherwise
71 */
72 String getConstantExpression();
73 }