TypeDescriptor.OfField | API reference

public static interface TypeDescriptor.OfField
implements TypeDescriptor

Known indirect subclasses

Class<T> Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.

An entity that has a field type descriptor. Field descriptors conforming to JVMS {@jvms 4.3.2} can be described

Summary

Public methods
`abstract F`	`arrayType()` Return a descriptor for the array type whose component type is described by this descriptor
`abstract F`	`componentType()` If this field descriptor describes an array type, return a descriptor for its component type, otherwise return `null`.
`abstract boolean`	`isArray()` Does this field descriptor describe an array type?
`abstract boolean`	`isPrimitive()` Does this field descriptor describe a primitive type (including void.)

Inherited methods

From interface java.lang.invoke.TypeDescriptor


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        String


      descriptorString()

Returns the descriptor string for this TypeDescriptor object.

Public methods

arrayType

public abstract F arrayType ()

Return a descriptor for the array type whose component type is described by this descriptor

Returns
`F`	the descriptor for the array type

componentType

public abstract F componentType ()

If this field descriptor describes an array type, return a descriptor for its component type, otherwise return null.

Returns
`F`	the component type, or `null` if this field descriptor does not describe an array type

isArray

public abstract boolean isArray ()

Does this field descriptor describe an array type?

Returns
`boolean`	whether this field descriptor describes an array type

isPrimitive

public abstract boolean isPrimitive ()

Does this field descriptor describe a primitive type (including void.)

Returns
`boolean`	whether this field descriptor describes a primitive type

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