ObjectStreamField 

Introduction

The Java.io.ObjectStreamField class is a description of a Serializable field from a Serializable class. An array of ObjectStreamFields is used to declare the Serializable fields of a class.

Class declaration

Following is the declaration for Java.io.ObjectStreamField class −

public class ObjectStreamField
   extends Object
      implements Comparable<Object>

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Class constructors

Sr.No.	Constructor & Description
1	ObjectStreamField(String name, Class<?> type)This creates a Serializable field with the specified type.
2	ObjectStreamField(String name, Class<?> type, boolean unshared)This creates an ObjectStreamField representing a serializable field with the given name and type.

Class methods

Sr.No.	Method & Description
1	int compareTo(Object obj)This method compares this field with another ObjectStreamField.
2	String getName()This method gets the name of this field.
3	int getOffset()This method returns the offset of field within instance data.
4	Class<?> getType()This method gets the type of the field.
5	char getTypeCode()This method returns character encoding of field type.
6	String getTypeString()This method returns the JVM type signature.
7	boolean isPrimitive()This method returns true if this field has a primitive type.
8	boolean isUnshared()This method returns boolean value indicating whether or not the serializable field represented by this ObjectStreamField instance is unshared.
9	protected void setOffset(int offset)This method returns offset within instance data.
10	String toString()This method returns a string that describes this field.

Methods inherited

This class inherits methods from the following classes −

• Java.io.Object