com.ibm.wala.types
Class FieldReference

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.wala.types.MemberReference
      com.ibm.wala.types.FieldReference

public final class FieldReference
extends MemberReference

A class to represent the reference in a class file to a field.

Nested Class Summary

protected static class

FieldReference.Key An identifier/selector for fields.

Method Summary

static FieldReference	findOrCreate(ClassLoaderReference loader, java.lang.String classType, java.lang.String fieldName, java.lang.String fieldType) Find or create the canonical MemberReference instance for the given tuple.
static FieldReference	findOrCreate(TypeReference tref, Atom mn, TypeReference fieldType) Find or create the canonical MemberReference instance for the given tuple.
TypeReference	getFieldType()
java.lang.String	getSignature()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.wala.types.MemberReference

equals, getDeclaringClass, getName, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getSignature

public java.lang.String getSignature()

Specified by:

getSignature in class MemberReference

findOrCreate

public static FieldReference findOrCreate(TypeReference tref,
                                          Atom mn,
                                          TypeReference fieldType)

Find or create the canonical MemberReference instance for the given tuple.

Parameters:

mn - the name of the member

findOrCreate

public static FieldReference findOrCreate(ClassLoaderReference loader,
                                          java.lang.String classType,
                                          java.lang.String fieldName,
                                          java.lang.String fieldType)
                                   throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Find or create the canonical MemberReference instance for the given tuple.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

getFieldType

public final TypeReference getFieldType()

Returns:

the descriptor component of this member reference

toString

public final java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object