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package com.google.gson;

import com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Preconditions;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;


A data object that stores attributes of a field.

This class is immutable; therefore, it can be safely shared across threads.

Author:Inderjeet Singh, Joel Leitch
Since:1.4
/**
 * A data object that stores attributes of a field.
 *
 * <p>This class is immutable; therefore, it can be safely shared across threads.
 *
 * @author Inderjeet Singh
 * @author Joel Leitch
 *
 * @since 1.4
 */
public final class FieldAttributes {
  private final Field field;

  
Constructs a Field Attributes object from the f. 
Params:
  • f – the field to pull attributes from
/**
   * Constructs a Field Attributes object from the {@code f}.
   *
   * @param f the field to pull attributes from
   */
  public FieldAttributes(Field f) {
    $Gson$Preconditions.checkNotNull(f);
    this.field = f;
  }

  
Returns:the declaring class that contains this field
/**
   * @return the declaring class that contains this field
   */
  public Class<?> getDeclaringClass() {
    return field.getDeclaringClass();
  }

  
Returns:the name of the field
/**
   * @return the name of the field
   */
  public String getName() {
    return field.getName();
  }

  
For example, assume the following class definition:

public class Foo {
  private String bar;
  private List<String> red;
}
Type listParameterizedType = new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.getType();



This method would return String.class for the bar field and listParameterizedType for the red field. 
Returns:the specific type declared for this field
/**
   * <p>For example, assume the following class definition:
   * <pre class="code">
   * public class Foo {
   *   private String bar;
   *   private List&lt;String&gt; red;
   * }
   *
   * Type listParameterizedType = new TypeToken&lt;List&lt;String&gt;&gt;() {}.getType();
   * </pre>
   *
   * <p>This method would return {@code String.class} for the {@code bar} field and
   * {@code listParameterizedType} for the {@code red} field.
   *
   * @return the specific type declared for this field
   */
  public Type getDeclaredType() {
    return field.getGenericType();
  }

  
Returns the Class object that was declared for this field. 
For example, assume the following class definition:

public class Foo {
  private String bar;
  private List<String> red;
}



This method would return String.class for the bar field and List.class for the red field. 
Returns:the specific class object that was declared for the field
/**
   * Returns the {@code Class} object that was declared for this field.
   *
   * <p>For example, assume the following class definition:
   * <pre class="code">
   * public class Foo {
   *   private String bar;
   *   private List&lt;String&gt; red;
   * }
   * </pre>
   *
   * <p>This method would return {@code String.class} for the {@code bar} field and
   * {@code List.class} for the {@code red} field.
   *
   * @return the specific class object that was declared for the field
   */
  public Class<?> getDeclaredClass() {
    return field.getType();
  }

  
Return the T annotation object from this field if it exist; otherwise returns null. 
Params:
  • annotation – the class of the annotation that will be retrieved
Returns:the annotation instance if it is bound to the field; otherwise null
/**
   * Return the {@code T} annotation object from this field if it exist; otherwise returns
   * {@code null}.
   *
   * @param annotation the class of the annotation that will be retrieved
   * @return the annotation instance if it is bound to the field; otherwise {@code null}
   */
  public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotation) {
    return field.getAnnotation(annotation);
  }

  
Return the annotations that are present on this field.

Returns:an array of all the annotations set on the field
Since:1.4
/**
   * Return the annotations that are present on this field.
   *
   * @return an array of all the annotations set on the field
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public Collection<Annotation> getAnnotations() {
    return Arrays.asList(field.getAnnotations());
  }

  
Returns true if the field is defined with the modifier. 
This method is meant to be called as:

boolean hasPublicModifier = fieldAttribute.hasModifier(java.lang.reflect.Modifier.PUBLIC);



See Also:
/**
   * Returns {@code true} if the field is defined with the {@code modifier}.
   *
   * <p>This method is meant to be called as:
   * <pre class="code">
   * boolean hasPublicModifier = fieldAttribute.hasModifier(java.lang.reflect.Modifier.PUBLIC);
   * </pre>
   *
   * @see java.lang.reflect.Modifier
   */
  public boolean hasModifier(int modifier) {
    return (field.getModifiers() & modifier) != 0;
  }

  
Returns the value of the field represented by this Field, on the specified object. The value is automatically wrapped in an object if it has a primitive type. 
Throws:
Returns:the value of the represented field in object obj; primitive values are wrapped in an appropriate object before being returned
/**
   * Returns the value of the field represented by this {@code Field}, on
   * the specified object. The value is automatically wrapped in an
   * object if it has a primitive type.
   *
   * @return the value of the represented field in object
   * {@code obj}; primitive values are wrapped in an appropriate
   * object before being returned
   * @throws IllegalAccessException
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   */
  Object get(Object instance) throws IllegalAccessException {
    return field.get(instance);
  }

  
This is exposed internally only for the removing synthetic fields from the JSON output.

Returns:true if the field is synthetic; otherwise false
/**
   * This is exposed internally only for the removing synthetic fields from the JSON output.
   *
   * @return true if the field is synthetic; otherwise false
   */
  boolean isSynthetic() {
    return field.isSynthetic();
  }
}