org.eclipse.jdt.debug.core
Interface IJavaReferenceType

All Superinterfaces:

IJavaType

All Known Subinterfaces:

IJavaArrayType, IJavaClassType, IJavaInterfaceType

public interface IJavaReferenceType

extends IJavaType

Represents the type of an object in a virtual machine - including classes, interfaces and array types.

Clients are not intended to implement this interface.

Since:

3.0

Method Summary

String[]	getAllFieldNames() Returns a collection of the names of all of the fields declared in this type, all of its superclasses, implemented interfaces and super interfaces.
String[]	getAvailableStrata() Returns a collection of strata available for this type.
IJavaObject	getClassLoaderObject() Returns the class loader object that loaded the class corresponding to this type, or null if this type was loaded by the bootstrap loader.
IJavaClassObject	getClassObject() Returns the class object associated with this type.
String[]	getDeclaredFieldNames() Returns a collection of the names of the fields declared in this type.
String	getDefaultStratum() Returns the default stratum for this type.
IJavaFieldVariable	getField(String name) Returns a variable representing the static field in this type with the given name, or null if there is no field with the given name, or the name is ambiguous.
String	getGenericSignature() Returns the generic signature as defined in the JVM specification for this type.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jdt.debug.core.IJavaType

getName, getSignature

Method Detail

getField

public IJavaFieldVariable getField(String name)
                            throws DebugException

Returns a variable representing the static field in this type with the given name, or null if there is no field with the given name, or the name is ambiguous.

Parameters:

name - field name

Returns:

the variable representing the static field, or null

Throws:

DebugException - if this method fails. Reasons include:

• Failure communicating with the VM. The DebugException's status code contains the underlying exception responsible for the failure.

getClassObject

public IJavaClassObject getClassObject()
                                throws DebugException

Returns the class object associated with this type.

Returns:

the class object associated with this type

Throws:

DebugException - if this method fails. Reasons include:

• Failure communicating with the VM. The DebugException's status code contains the underlying exception responsible for the failure.

getAvailableStrata

public String[] getAvailableStrata()
                            throws DebugException

Returns a collection of strata available for this type.

Returns:

a collection of strata available for this type

Throws:

DebugException - if unable to retrive available strata

getDefaultStratum

public String getDefaultStratum()
                         throws DebugException

Returns the default stratum for this type.

Returns:

the default stratum for this type

Throws:

DebugException - if unable to retrieve the default stratum

getDeclaredFieldNames

public String[] getDeclaredFieldNames()
                               throws DebugException

Returns a collection of the names of the fields declared in this type.

Returns:

a collection of the names of the field declared in this type

Throws:

DebugException - if unable to retrieve declared field names

getAllFieldNames

public String[] getAllFieldNames()
                          throws DebugException

Returns a collection of the names of all of the fields declared in this type, all of its superclasses, implemented interfaces and super interfaces.

Returns:

a collection of the names of all of the fields declared in this type, all of its superclasses, implemented interfaces and super interfaces

Throws:

DebugException - if unable to retrieve field names

getClassLoaderObject

public IJavaObject getClassLoaderObject()
                                 throws DebugException

Returns the class loader object that loaded the class corresponding to this type, or null if this type was loaded by the bootstrap loader.

Returns:

the class loader object that loaded the class corresponding to this type or null

Throws:

DebugException

Since:

3.1

getGenericSignature

public String getGenericSignature()
                           throws DebugException

Returns the generic signature as defined in the JVM specification for this type. Returns null if this type is not a generic type.

Returns:

signature, or null if generic signature not available

Throws:

DebugException - if this method fails. Reasons include:

• Failure communicating with the VM. The DebugException's status code contains the underlying exception responsible for the failure.
Since:
3.1