path: root/libjava/java/io/ObjectStreamField.java

/* ObjectStreamField.java -- Class used to store name and class of fields
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package java.io;

import gnu.java.lang.reflect.TypeSignature;

/**
 * This class intends to describe the field of a class for the serialization
 * subsystem. Serializable fields in a serializable class can be explicitly
 * exported using an array of ObjectStreamFields.
 */
public class ObjectStreamField implements Comparable
{
  private String name;
  private Class type;
  private String typename;
  private int offset = -1; // XXX make sure this is correct
  private boolean unshared;
  private boolean persistent = false;
  private boolean toset = true;

  /**
   * This constructor creates an ObjectStreamField instance 
   * which represents a field named <code>name</code> and is
   * of the type <code>type</code>.
   *
   * @param name Name of the field to export.
   * @param type Type of the field in the concerned class.
   */
  public ObjectStreamField (String name, Class type)
  {
    this (name, type, false);
  }

  /**
   * This constructor creates an ObjectStreamField instance 
   * which represents a field named <code>name</code> and is
   * of the type <code>type</code>.
   *
   * @param name Name of the field to export.
   * @param type Type of the field in the concerned class.
   */
  public ObjectStreamField (String name, Class type, boolean unshared)
  {
    if (name == null)
      throw new NullPointerException();

    this.name = name;
    this.type = type;
    this.typename = TypeSignature.getEncodingOfClass(type);
    this.unshared = unshared;
  }
 
  /**
   * There are many cases you can not get java.lang.Class from typename 
   * if your context class loader cann not load it, then use typename to
   * construct the field.
   *
   * @param name Name of the field to export.
   * @param typename The coded name of the type for this field.
   */
  ObjectStreamField (String name, String typename)
  {
    this.name = name;
    this.typename = typename;
    try
      {
        type = TypeSignature.getClassForEncoding(typename);
      }
    catch(ClassNotFoundException e)
      {
        type = Object.class; //FIXME: ???
      }
  }
  
  /**
   * There are many cases you can not get java.lang.Class from typename 
   * if your context class loader cann not load it, then use typename to
   * construct the field.
   *
   * @param name Name of the field to export.
   * @param typename The coded name of the type for this field.
   * @param loader The class loader to use to resolve class names.
   */
  ObjectStreamField (String name, String typename, ClassLoader loader)
  {
    this.name = name;
    this.typename = typename;
    try
      {
        type = TypeSignature.getClassForEncoding(typename, true, loader);
      }
    catch(ClassNotFoundException e)
      {
        type = Object.class; // ALSO FIXME 
      }
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the name of the field represented by the
   * ObjectStreamField instance.
   *
   * @return A string containing the name of the field.
   */
  public String getName ()
  {
    return name;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the class representing the type of the
   * field which is represented by this instance of ObjectStreamField.
   *
   * @return A class representing the type of the field.
   */
  public Class getType ()
  {
    return type;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the char encoded type of the field which
   * is represented by this instance of ObjectStreamField.
   *
   * @return A char representing the type of the field.
   */
  public char getTypeCode ()
  {
    return typename.charAt (0);
  }

  /**
   * This method returns a more explicit type name than
   * {@link #getTypeCode()} in the case the type is a real
   * class (and not a primitive).
   *
   * @return The name of the type (class name) if it is not a 
   * primitive, in the other case null is returned.
   */
  public String getTypeString ()
  {
    // use intern()
    if (this.type.isPrimitive())
      return null;
    return typename.intern();
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the current offset of the field in
   * the serialization stream relatively to the other fields.
   * The offset is expressed in bytes.
   *
   * @return The offset of the field in bytes.
   * @see #setOffset(int)
   */
  public int getOffset ()
  {
    return offset;
  }

  /**
   * This method sets the current offset of the field.
   * 
   * @param off The offset of the field in bytes.
   * @see getOffset()
   */
  protected void setOffset (int off)
  {
    offset = off;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns whether the field represented by this object is
   * unshared or not.
   *
   * @return Tells if this field is unshared or not.
   */
  public boolean isUnshared ()
  {
    return unshared;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns true if the type of the field
   * represented by this instance is a primitive.
   *
   * @return true if the type is a primitive, false
   * in the other case.
   */
  public boolean isPrimitive ()
  {
    return type.isPrimitive ();
  }

  public int compareTo (Object o)
  {
    ObjectStreamField f = (ObjectStreamField)o;
    boolean this_is_primitive = isPrimitive ();
    boolean f_is_primitive = f.isPrimitive ();

    if (this_is_primitive && !f_is_primitive)
      return -1;

    if (!this_is_primitive && f_is_primitive)
      return 1;

    return getName ().compareTo (f.getName ());
  }

  /**
   * This method is specific to classpath's implementation and so has the default
   * access. It changes the state of this field to "persistent". It means that
   * the field should not be changed when the stream is read (if it is not
   * explicitly specified using serialPersistentFields).
   *
   * @param persistent True if the field is persistent, false in the 
   * other cases.
   * @see #isPersistent()
   */
  void setPersistent(boolean persistent)
  {
    this.persistent = persistent;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns true if the field is marked as persistent.
   *
   * @return True if persistent, false in the other cases.
   * @see #setPersistent(boolean)
   */
  boolean isPersistent()
  {
    return persistent;
  }

  /**
   * This method is specific to classpath's implementation and so 
   * has the default access. It changes the state of this field as
   * to be set by ObjectInputStream.
   *
   * @param toset True if this field should be set, false in the other
   * cases.
   * @see #isToSet()
   */
  void setToSet(boolean toset)
  {
    this.toset = toset;
  }

  /**
   * This methods returns true if the field is marked as to be
   * set.
   *
   * @return True if it is to be set, false in the other cases.
   * @see #setToSet(boolean)
   */
  boolean isToSet()
  {
    return toset;
  }

  public String toString ()
  {
    return "ObjectStreamField< " + type + " " + name + " >";
  }
}