{"id":89835,"date":"2024-11-25T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T12:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techvidvan.com\/tutorials\/?p=89835"},"modified":"2024-11-25T18:45:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:15:56","slug":"java-objectstreamfield-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techvidvan.com\/tutorials\/java-objectstreamfield-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Java ObjectStreamField Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An explanation from a Serializable class regarding a Serializable field. A class&#8217;s Serializable fields are declared using an array of ObjectStreamFields.<\/p>\n<h2>Explanation<\/h2>\n<p>The Java Object Stream field class describes a serializable field from a serializable class. A class&#8217;s Serializable fields are declared using an array of ObjectStreamFields.<\/p>\n<h3>Constructor<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Constructor\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Description\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ObjectStreamField(String name, Class&lt;?&gt;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using this method, a Serializable field of the given type is created.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ObjectStreamField(String name, Class&lt;?&gt; type, boolean unshared)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This method uses the specified name and type to generate an ObjectStreamField representing a serializable field.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Type<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Method\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Description\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">compareTo(Object obj)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Int<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comparing this field with another ObjectStreamField is the method used here.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">getName()<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">String\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This technique provides the field name.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getoffset()<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Int<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This method returns the offset of the field within the instance data.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">getType()<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides the field type for the get type method.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">getTypeCode()<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Char<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This method returns the character encoding of the field type.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">getTypeString()<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">String\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This method returns the JVM type signature.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">isPrimitive()<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boolean<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the field has a primitive type, it returns true.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">isUnshared()<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boolean\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If this ObjectStreamField instance represents a serializable field, it returns a boolean value indicating whether or not it is unshared.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">setOffset( int offset)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protected void<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This method gives back the offset within the data instance.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">toString()<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">String\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A string describing every field in this field is returned.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>The encoding are as follows:<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">byte<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">double\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">F<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">float<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">int<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">long<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">class or interface<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">short\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Z<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">boolean<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">array\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">char<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Example<\/h4>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">import java.io.*; \r\npublic class\r\nObject { \r\n\r\n     \r\n\r\n   public static void main(String[] args) {\r\n      Object xyz = Object.lookupAny(Integer.class);\r\n\r\n      Object field = xyz.getField(\"value\");\r\n      ObjectStreamClass xyz2 = ObjectStreamClass.lookupAny(Float.class); \r\n\r\n      Object field2 = xyz.getField(\"value\");\r\n      System.out.println(\"\" + field.compareTo(field2)); \r\n        \r\n   } \r\n}<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Output <\/strong><br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<h4>Example<\/h4>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">package date;\r\nimport java.io.ObjectStreamClass;\r\nimport java.util.Calendar;\r\npublic class days\r\n{\r\n  public static void main(String args[])\r\n  {\r\n    ObjectStreamClass osc = ObjectStreamClass.lookup(String.class);  \r\n    System.out.println(\"\" + osc.getField(\"value\"));  \r\n\r\n    ObjectStreamClass osc2 = ObjectStreamClass.lookup(Calendar.class);  \r\n    System.out.println(\"\" + osc2.getField(\"isTimeSet\"));  \r\n  }\r\n}<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Output<\/strong><br \/>\nValue<br \/>\nZ is Timeset<\/p>\n<h4>Example<\/h4>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">package student;\r\nimport java.io.ObjectStreamClass;\r\nimport java.io.ObjectStreamField;\r\nimport java.util.Calendar;\r\npublic class Std\r\n{\r\n  public static void main(String args[])\r\n  {\r\n    ObjectStreamClass osc = ObjectStreamClass.lookup(Integer.class);\r\n\r\n    ObjectStreamField field = osc.getField(\"value\");\r\n\r\n    System.out.println(\"\" + field.getName());\r\n\r\n    ObjectStreamClass osc2 = ObjectStreamClass.lookup(Calendar.class);\r\n\r\n    ObjectStreamField field2 = osc2.getField(\"Changed\");\r\n\r\n    System.out.println(\"\" + field2.getName());\r\n  }\r\n}<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Output<\/strong><br \/>\nValue<br \/>\nChanged<\/p>\n<h4>Example<\/h4>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">import java.io.ObjectStreamClass;   \r\n\r\nimport java.util.Calendar;   \r\npublic class ObjectStreamClassExample \r\n{   \r\n\r\n     public static void main(String[] args) \r\n\r\n     {   \r\n          ObjectStreamClass abc = ObjectStreamClass.lookup(String.class);   \r\n          System.out.println(\"\" + abc.getField(\"value\"));   \r\n\r\n          ObjectStreamClass abc2 = ObjectStreamClass.lookup(Calendar.class);   \r\n          System.out.println(\"\" + abc2.getField(\"isTimeSet\"));   \r\n\r\n       }   \r\n}<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Output<\/strong><br \/>\nI value<br \/>\nZ isTimeSet<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>This class describes a Serializable field from a Serializable class. 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