com.lf.commons.config

Class FieldDef

java.lang.Object

com.lf.commons.config.FieldDef

public class FieldDef
extends java.lang.Object

Helping class for simple data holding functionality.

Instances of this class hold data from the java.lang.reflect.Field class since this appears not to be careful with String[] type strings.

Since:

1.5

Version:

$Revision: 1.9 $, $Date: 2012/12/28 11:44:25 $

Author:

Axel Schwolow

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
java.lang.reflect.Field	field Overall data of the field instance.
java.lang.String	type Type modifier of the declared variable/field.
java.lang.String	variable Name of the declared variable/field.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FieldDef() The constructor method.
FieldDef(java.lang.String variable, java.lang.String type, java.lang.reflect.Field field) The 2nd constructor with real initializing functionality.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(FieldDef tocheck) Checks wether a given FieldDef instance is equal to this.
java.lang.String	toString() Debug method for testing the internal managed strings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

variable

public java.lang.String variable

Name of the declared variable/field.

type

public java.lang.String type

Type modifier of the declared variable/field.

field

public java.lang.reflect.Field field

Overall data of the field instance.

Constructor Detail

FieldDef

public FieldDef()
         throws java.lang.InstantiationException

The constructor method.

This version does not need any given parameters. The internal String variables are set to null.

Throws:

java.lang.InstantiationException - Error indication

Since:

1.5

FieldDef

public FieldDef(java.lang.String variable,
        java.lang.String type,
        java.lang.reflect.Field field)

The 2nd constructor with real initializing functionality.

Parameters:

variable - Variable name to be represented

type - Data type modifier to be represented

field - Overall Field object

Since:

1.5

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Debug method for testing the internal managed strings.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Since:

1.5

equals

public boolean equals(FieldDef tocheck)

Checks wether a given FieldDef instance is equal to this.

Parameters:

tocheck - The instance to be compared

Returns:

The FieldDef instance to check for equality

Since:

1.6