ObjectStreamField class methods in Java

java.io.ObjectStreamField

A description of a Serializable field from a Serializable class. An array of ObjectStreamFields is used to declare the Serializable fields of a class.

Some methods of ObjectStreamField class

compareTo(Object): This method compares this field with another ObjectStreamField.

getName(): This method gets the name of this field.

getOffset(): This method returns the offset of the field within instance data.

getType(): This method gets the type of field.

getTypeCode(): This method returns character encoding of the field type.

getTypeString(): This method returns the JVM type signature.

isPrimitive(): This method returns true if this field has a primitive type.

isUnshared(): This method returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the serializable field represented by this ObjectStreamField instance is unshared.

ObjectStreamField(String, Class): This method creates a Serializable field with the specified type.

ObjectStreamField(String, Class, boolean): This method creates an ObjectStreamField representing a serializable field with the given name and type.

toString(): This method returns a string that describes this field.