java.lang.classfile.constantpool

public sealed Interface FieldRefEntry

Known Direct Implementers: jdk.internal.classfile.impl.AbstractPoolEntry.FieldRefEntryImpl
Imports: java.lang.constant.ClassDesc, jdk.internal.classfile.impl.AbstractPoolEntry, .Util

Models a CONSTANT_Fieldref_info structure, or a symbolic reference to a field, in the constant pool of a class file.

A field reference constant pool entry is composite:

FieldRefEntry(
    ClassEntry owner,
    NameAndTypeEntry nameAndType
)

where the nameAndType.type() represents a field descriptor string.

Since: 24
Java Virtual Machine Specification: 4.4.2 The CONSTANT_Fieldref_info, CONSTANT_Methodref_info, and CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodref_info Structures
See Also: ConstantPoolBuilder::fieldRefEntry

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public default ClassDesc	Returns: a symbolic descriptor for the field type typeSymbol() Returns a symbolic descriptor for the field type.

Inherited from java.lang.classfile.constantpool.MemberRefEntry:: name nameAndType owner type

typeSymbol	back to summary
public default ClassDesc typeSymbol() Returns a symbolic descriptor for the field type. Returns:ClassDesc a symbolic descriptor for the field type

typeSymbol

public default ClassDesc typeSymbol()

Returns a symbolic descriptor for the field type.