Constructor Detail

• GetField

  public GetField()

Method Detail

• getObjectStreamClass

  public abstract ObjectStreamClass getObjectStreamClass()

  Get the ObjectStreamClass that describes the fields in the stream.

  Returns:

  the descriptor class that describes the serializable fields

• defaulted

  public abstract boolean defaulted(String name)
                             throws IOException

  Return true if the named field is defaulted and has no value in this stream.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the field

  Returns:

  true, if and only if the named field is defaulted

  Throws:

  IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

  IllegalArgumentException - if name does not correspond to a serializable field

• get

  public abstract boolean get(String name,
                              boolean val)
                       throws IOException

  Get the value of the named boolean field from the persistent field.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the field

  val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

  Returns:

  the value of the named boolean field

  Throws:

  IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

  IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

• get

  public abstract byte get(String name,
                           byte val)
                    throws IOException

  Get the value of the named byte field from the persistent field.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the field

  val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

  Returns:

  the value of the named byte field

  Throws:

  IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

  IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

• get

  public abstract char get(String name,
                           char val)
                    throws IOException

  Get the value of the named char field from the persistent field.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the field

  val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

  Returns:

  the value of the named char field

  Throws:

  IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

  IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

• get

  public abstract short get(String name,
                            short val)
                     throws IOException

  Get the value of the named short field from the persistent field.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the field

  val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

  Returns:

  the value of the named short field

  Throws:

  IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

  IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

• get

  public abstract int get(String name,
                          int val)
                   throws IOException

  Get the value of the named int field from the persistent field.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the field

  val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

  Returns:

  the value of the named int field

  Throws:

  IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

  IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

• get

  public abstract long get(String name,
                           long val)
                    throws IOException

  Get the value of the named long field from the persistent field.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the field

  val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

  Returns:

  the value of the named long field

  Throws:

  IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

  IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

• get

  public abstract float get(String name,
                            float val)
                     throws IOException

  Get the value of the named float field from the persistent field.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the field

  val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

  Returns:

  the value of the named float field

  Throws:

  IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

  IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

• get

  public abstract double get(String name,
                             double val)
                      throws IOException

  Get the value of the named double field from the persistent field.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the field

  val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

  Returns:

  the value of the named double field

  Throws:

  IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

  IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect

• get

  public abstract Object get(String name,
                             Object val)
                      throws IOException

  Get the value of the named Object field from the persistent field.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the field

  val - the default value to use if name does not have a value

  Returns:

  the value of the named Object field

  Throws:

  IOException - if there are I/O errors while reading from the underlying InputStream

  IllegalArgumentException - if type of name is not serializable or if the field type is incorrect