File	Doc	Category	Size	Date	Package
FieldDescriptor.java	API Doc	Glassfish v2 API	4525	Fri May 04 22:31:22 BST 2007	None

FieldDescriptor

• java.lang.Object
  • Descriptor

Fields Summary

Constructors Summary
public FieldDescriptor() Constructrs an empty field descriptor
public FieldDescriptor(String name) Constructrs a field descriptor with the given name. super(name, "no description");
public FieldDescriptor(String name, String description) Constructrs a field descriptor with the given name and description. super(name, description);
public FieldDescriptor(Field field) Constructs a field descriptor from the supplied java.lang.reflect.Field object. this(field.getName(), "no description");

Methods Summary
public static void	checkFieldName(java.lang.String fieldName) Check if a field name is of an acceptable value (start with a lowercase letter) param fieldName is the field name to test throw IllegalArgumentException if the name is unacceptable if (fieldName == null || fieldName.length()==0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("cmp-field or cmr-field name cannot be empty strings"); } char firstChar = fieldName.charAt(0); if (!Character.isLetter(firstChar)) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("cmp-field or cmr-field name " + fieldName + " must begin with a letter "); } if (!Character.isLowerCase(firstChar)) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("cmp-field or cmr-field name " + fieldName + " must begin with a lowercase letter"); }
public boolean	equals(java.lang.Object object) Equality iff the other objects is a field descriptor with the same name. if (object instanceof FieldDescriptor) { FieldDescriptor otherFieldDescriptor = (FieldDescriptor) object; return otherFieldDescriptor.getName().equals(this.getName()); } return false;
public int	hashCode() My hashcode. return this.getName().hashCode();
public void	print(java.lang.StringBuffer toStringBuffer) Returns a formatted version of me as a String. toStringBuffer.append("Field: ").append(super.getName()).append("@").append(super.getDescription());