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/*
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* Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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*
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* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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* published by the Free Software Foundation. Sun designates this
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* particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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* by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
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*
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* This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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* version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
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* accompanied this code).
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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* 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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* Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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*
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* Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
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* CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
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* have any questions.
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*/
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package com.sun.jdi;
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/**
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* A local variable in the target VM. Each variable declared within a
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* {@link Method} has its own LocalVariable object. Variables of the same
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* name declared in different scopes have different LocalVariable objects.
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* LocalVariables can be used alone to retrieve static information
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* about their declaration, or can be used in conjunction with a
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* {@link StackFrame} to set and get values.
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*
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* @see StackFrame
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* @see Method
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*
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* @author Robert Field
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* @author Gordon Hirsch
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* @author James McIlree
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* @since 1.3
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*/
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public interface LocalVariable extends Mirror, Comparable<LocalVariable> {
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/**
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* Gets the name of the local variable.
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*
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* @return a string containing the name.
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*/
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String name();
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/**
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* Returns a text representation of the type
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* of this variable.
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* Where the type is the type specified in the declaration
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* of this local variable.
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* <P>
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* This type name is always available even if
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* the type has not yet been created or loaded.
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*
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* @return a String representing the
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* type of this local variable.
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*/
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String typeName();
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/**
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* Returns the type of this variable.
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* Where the type is the type specified in the declaration
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* of this local variable.
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* <P>
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* Note: if the type of this variable is a reference type (class,
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* interface, or array) and it has not been created or loaded
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* by the class loader of the enclosing class,
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* then ClassNotLoadedException will be thrown.
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* Also, a reference type may have been loaded but not yet prepared,
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* in which case the type will be returned
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* but attempts to perform some operations on the returned type
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* (e.g. {@link ReferenceType#fields() fields()}) will throw
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* a {@link ClassNotPreparedException}.
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* Use {@link ReferenceType#isPrepared()} to determine if
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* a reference type is prepared.
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*
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* @see Type
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* @see Field#type() Field.type() - for usage examples
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* @return the {@link Type} of this local variable.
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* @throws ClassNotLoadedException if the type has not yet been loaded
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* through the appropriate class loader.
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*/
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Type type() throws ClassNotLoadedException;
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/**
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* Gets the JNI signature of the local variable.
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*
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* @see <a href="doc-files/signature.html">Type Signatures</a>
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* @return a string containing the signature.
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*/
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String signature();
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/**
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* Gets the generic signature for this variable if there is one.
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* Generic signatures are described in the
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* <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec">
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* "Java<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup>
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* Virtual Machine Specification, 3rd Edition.</a>
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*
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* @return a string containing the generic signature, or <code>null</code>
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* if there is no generic signature.
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*
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* @since 1.5
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*/
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String genericSignature();
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/**
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* Determines whether this variable can be accessed from the given
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* {@link StackFrame}.
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*
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* See {@link StackFrame#visibleVariables} for a complete description
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* variable visibility in this interface.
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*
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* @param frame the StackFrame querying visibility
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* @return <code>true</code> if this variable is visible;
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* <code>false</code> otherwise.
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* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the stack frame's method
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* does not match this variable's method.
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*/
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boolean isVisible(StackFrame frame);
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/**
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* Determines if this variable is an argument to its method.
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*
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* @return <code>true</code> if this variable is an argument;
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* <code>false</code> otherwise.
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*/
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boolean isArgument();
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/**
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* Compares the specified Object with this LocalVariable for equality.
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*
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* @return true if the Object is a LocalVariable, if both LocalVariables
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* are contained in the same method (as determined by
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* {@link Method#equals}), and if both LocalVariables mirror
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* the same declaration within that method
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*/
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boolean equals(Object obj);
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/**
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* Returns the hash code value for this LocalVariable.
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*
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* @return the integer hash code
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*/
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int hashCode();
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}
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