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java.lang.Object
  java.io.ObjectInputStream.GetField

Enclosing class:

ObjectInputStream

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public abstract static class ObjectInputStream.GetField
extends Object

Provide access to the persistent fields read from the input stream.

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Constructor Summary
ObjectInputStream.GetField()

 

Method Summary
abstract  boolean	defaulted(String name)           Return true if the named field is defaulted and has no value in this stream.
abstract  boolean	get(String name, boolean val)           Get the value of the named boolean field from the persistent field.
abstract  byte	get(String name, byte val)           Get the value of the named byte field from the persistent field.
abstract  char	get(String name, char val)           Get the value of the named char field from the persistent field.
abstract  double	get(String name, double val)           Get the value of the named double field from the persistent field.
abstract  float	get(String name, float val)           Get the value of the named float field from the persistent field.
abstract  int	get(String name, int val)           Get the value of the named int field from the persistent field.
abstract  long	get(String name, long val)           Get the value of the named long field from the persistent field.
abstract  Object	get(String name, Object val)           Get the value of the named Object field from the persistent field.
abstract  short	get(String name, short val)           Get the value of the named short field from the persistent field.
abstract  ObjectStreamClass	getObjectStreamClass()           Get the ObjectStreamClass that describes the fields in the stream.

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

 

Constructor Detail

ObjectInputStream.GetField

public ObjectInputStream.GetField()

Method Detail

getObjectStreamClass

public abstract ObjectStreamClass getObjectStreamClass()

Get the ObjectStreamClass that describes the fields in the stream.

Returns:

the descriptor class that describes the serializable fields

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defaulted

public abstract boolean defaulted(String name)
                           throws IOException

Return true if the named field is defaulted and has no value in this stream.

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

Returns:

true, if and only if the named field is defaulted

Throws:

IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

IllegalArgumentException - if name does not correspond to a serializable field

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get

public abstract boolean get(String name,
                            boolean val)
                     throws IOException

Get the value of the named boolean field from the persistent field.

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

Returns:

the value of the named boolean field

Throws:

IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

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get

public abstract byte get(String name,
                         byte val)
                  throws IOException

Get the value of the named byte field from the persistent field.

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

Returns:

the value of the named byte field

Throws:

IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

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get

public abstract char get(String name,
                         char val)
                  throws IOException

Get the value of the named char field from the persistent field.

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

Returns:

the value of the named char field

Throws:

IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

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get

public abstract short get(String name,
                          short val)
                   throws IOException

Get the value of the named short field from the persistent field.

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

Returns:

the value of the named short field

Throws:

IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

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get

public abstract int get(String name,
                        int val)
                 throws IOException

Get the value of the named int field from the persistent field.

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

Returns:

the value of the named int field

Throws:

IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

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get

public abstract long get(String name,
                         long val)
                  throws IOException

Get the value of the named long field from the persistent field.

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

Returns:

the value of the named long field

Throws:

IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

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get

public abstract float get(String name,
                          float val)
                   throws IOException

Get the value of the named float field from the persistent field.

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

Returns:

the value of the named float field

Throws:

IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

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get

public abstract double get(String name,
                           double val)
                    throws IOException

Get the value of the named double field from the persistent field.

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

Returns:

the value of the named double field

Throws:

IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

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get

public abstract Object get(String name,
                           Object val)
                    throws IOException

Get the value of the named Object field from the persistent field.

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

Returns:

the value of the named Object field

Throws:

IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

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