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package org.netbeans.lib.profiler.heap;
/**
* represents field (static or instance) of the class.
* @author Tomas Hurka
*/
public interface Field {
//~ Methods ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* returns declaring class for this field.
*
* speed: fast
* @return {@link JavaClass} where this field is declared
*/
JavaClass getDeclaringClass();
/**
* returns name of the field.
*
* speed: fast
* @return name of the field
*/
String getName();
/**
* distinguish between static and instance field.
*
* speed: fast
* @return returns true if the field is defined as static, false otherwise
*/
boolean isStatic();
/**
* returns the type of field (object, int, boolean, etc.). Note that all java objects
* have type "object", there is no difference between java.lang.String and java.util.List.
*
* Speed: fast
* @return type of field
*/
Type getType();
}