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package java.io;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

/**
 * A description of a Serializable field from a Serializable class.  An array
 * of ObjectStreamFields is used to declare the Serializable fields of a class.
 *
 * @author      Mike Warres
 * @author      Roger Riggs
 * @see ObjectStreamClass
 * @since 1.2
 */
public class ObjectStreamField
    implements Comparable
{

    /** field name */
    private final String name;
    /** canonical JVM signature of field type */
    private final String signature;
    /** field type (Object.class if unknown non-primitive type) */
    private final Class type;
    /** whether or not to (de)serialize field values as unshared */
    private final boolean unshared;
    /** corresponding reflective field object, if any */
    private final Field field;
    /** offset of field value in enclosing field group */
    private int offset = 0;

    /**
     * Create a Serializable field with the specified type.  This field should
     * be documented with a serialField tag.
     *
     * @param   name the name of the serializable field
     * @param   type the Class object of the serializable field
     */
    public ObjectStreamField(String name, Class type) {
        this(name, type, false);
    }

    /**
     * Creates an ObjectStreamField representing a serializable field with the
     * given name and type.  If unshared is false, values of the represented
     * field are serialized and deserialized in the default manner--if the
     * field is non-primitive, object values are serialized and deserialized as
     * if they had been written and read by calls to writeObject and
     * readObject.  If unshared is true, values of the represented field are
     * serialized and deserialized as if they had been written and read by
     * calls to writeUnshared and readUnshared.
     *
     * @param   name field name
     * @param   type field type
     * @param   unshared if false, write/read field values in the same manner
     *          as writeObject/readObject; if true, write/read in the same
     *          manner as writeUnshared/readUnshared
     * @since   1.4
     */
    public ObjectStreamField(String name, Class type, boolean unshared) {
        if (name == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        this.name = name;
        this.type = type;
        this.unshared = unshared;
        signature = getClassSignature(type).intern();
        field = null;
    }

    /**
     * Creates an ObjectStreamField representing a field with the given name,
     * signature and unshared setting.
     */
    ObjectStreamField(String name, String signature, boolean unshared) {
        if (name == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        this.name = name;
        this.signature = signature.intern();
        this.unshared = unshared;
        field = null;

        switch (signature.charAt(0)) {
            case 'Z': type = Boolean.TYPE; break;
            case 'B': type = Byte.TYPE; break;
            case 'C': type = Character.TYPE; break;
            case 'S': type = Short.TYPE; break;
            case 'I': type = Integer.TYPE; break;
            case 'J': type = Long.TYPE; break;
            case 'F': type = Float.TYPE; break;
            case 'D': type = Double.TYPE; break;
            case 'L':
            case '[': type = Object.class; break;
            default: throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal signature");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates an ObjectStreamField representing the given field with the
     * specified unshared setting.  For compatibility with the behavior of
     * earlier serialization implementations, a "showType" parameter is
     * necessary to govern whether or not a getType() call on this
     * ObjectStreamField (if non-primitive) will return Object.class (as
     * opposed to a more specific reference type).
     */
    ObjectStreamField(Field field, boolean unshared, boolean showType) {
        this.field = field;
        this.unshared = unshared;
        name = field.getName();
        Class ftype = field.getType();
        type = (showType || ftype.isPrimitive()) ? ftype : Object.class;
        signature = getClassSignature(ftype).intern();
    }

    /**
     * Get the name of this field.
     *
     * @return  a String representing the name of the serializable
     *          field
     */
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Get the type of the field.  If the type is non-primitive and this
     * ObjectStreamField was obtained from a deserialized {@link
     * ObjectStreamClass} instance, then Object.class is returned.
     * Otherwise, the Class object for the type of the field is
     * returned.
     *
     * @return  a Class object representing the type of the
     *          serializable field
     */
    public Class getType() {
        return type;
    }

    /**
     * Returns character encoding of field type.  The encoding is as follows:
     * 
     * B            byte
     * C            char
     * D            double
     * F            float
     * I            int
     * J            long
     * L            class or interface
     * S            short
     * Z            boolean
     * [            array
     * 
* * @return the typecode of the serializable field */ // REMIND: deprecate? public char getTypeCode() { return signature.charAt(0); } /** * Return the JVM type signature. * * @return null if this field has a primitive type. */ // REMIND: deprecate? public String getTypeString() { return isPrimitive() ? null : signature; } /** * Offset of field within instance data. * * @return the offset of this field * @see #setOffset */ // REMIND: deprecate? public int getOffset() { return offset; } /** * Offset within instance data. * * @param offset the offset of the field * @see #getOffset */ // REMIND: deprecate? protected void setOffset(int offset) { this.offset = offset; } /** * Return true if this field has a primitive type. * * @return true if and only if this field corresponds to a primitive type */ // REMIND: deprecate? public boolean isPrimitive() { char tcode = signature.charAt(0); return ((tcode != 'L') && (tcode != '[')); } /** * Returns boolean value indicating whether or not the serializable field * represented by this ObjectStreamField instance is unshared. * * @since 1.4 */ public boolean isUnshared() { return unshared; } /** * Compare this field with another ObjectStreamField. Return * -1 if this is smaller, 0 if equal, 1 if greater. Types that are * primitives are "smaller" than object types. If equal, the field names * are compared. */ // REMIND: deprecate? public int compareTo(Object obj) { ObjectStreamField other = (ObjectStreamField) obj; boolean isPrim = isPrimitive(); if (isPrim != other.isPrimitive()) { return isPrim ? -1 : 1; } return name.compareTo(other.name); } /** * Return a string that describes this field. */ public String toString() { return signature + ' ' + name; } /** * Returns field represented by this ObjectStreamField, or null if * ObjectStreamField is not associated with an actual field. */ Field getField() { return field; } /** * Returns JVM type signature of field (similar to getTypeString, except * that signature strings are returned for primitive fields as well). */ String getSignature() { return signature; } /** * Returns JVM type signature for given class. */ private static String getClassSignature(Class cl) { StringBuilder sbuf = new StringBuilder(); while (cl.isArray()) { sbuf.append('['); cl = cl.getComponentType(); } if (cl.isPrimitive()) { if (cl == Integer.TYPE) { sbuf.append('I'); } else if (cl == Byte.TYPE) { sbuf.append('B'); } else if (cl == Long.TYPE) { sbuf.append('J'); } else if (cl == Float.TYPE) { sbuf.append('F'); } else if (cl == Double.TYPE) { sbuf.append('D'); } else if (cl == Short.TYPE) { sbuf.append('S'); } else if (cl == Character.TYPE) { sbuf.append('C'); } else if (cl == Boolean.TYPE) { sbuf.append('Z'); } else if (cl == Void.TYPE) { sbuf.append('V'); } else { throw new InternalError(); } } else { sbuf.append('L' + cl.getName().replace('.', '/') + ';'); } return sbuf.toString(); } }