com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection
Class FieldDictionary

java.lang.Object
  com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.FieldDictionary

public class FieldDictionary
extends java.lang.Object

A field dictionary instance caches information about classes fields.

Constructor Summary

FieldDictionary()

Method Summary

java.lang.reflect.Field	field(java.lang.Class cls, java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class definedIn) Returns an specific field of some class.
java.util.Iterator	serializableFieldsFor(java.lang.Class cls) Returns an iterator for all serializable fields for some class

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FieldDictionary

public FieldDictionary()

Method Detail

serializableFieldsFor

public java.util.Iterator serializableFieldsFor(java.lang.Class cls)

Returns an iterator for all serializable fields for some class

Parameters:

cls - the class you are interested on

Returns:

an iterator for its serializable fields

field

public java.lang.reflect.Field field(java.lang.Class cls,
                                     java.lang.String name,
                                     java.lang.Class definedIn)

Returns an specific field of some class. If definedIn is null, it searchs for the field named 'name' inside the class cls. If definedIn is different than null, tries to find the specified field name in the specified class cls which should be defined in class definedIn (either equals cls or a one of it's superclasses)

Parameters:

cls - the class where the field is to be searched

name - the field name

definedIn - the superclass (or the class itself) of cls where the field was defined

Returns:

the field itself