org.web3d.x3d.sai
Interface X3DFieldDefinition

public interface X3DFieldDefinition

Representation of a node's field definition.

The field definition holds the static field information such as the field access type, the data type and the name of the field.

The implementation of the toString() method of this class shall return the full IDL declaration of the field as per the specification, not the UTF8 or XML format. Implementation of .equals() shall return true if the two field definitions share the same access type, data type and name. It shall not include the underlying field's values at that point in time.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Justin Couch

Method Summary

int	getAccessType() Get the access type of the field.
int	getFieldType() Get the field type.
java.lang.String	getFieldTypeString() Get the field type.
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of this field.

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of this field. This will be something like "children" or "translation". If the field is an exposed field then the name give will be the base name without any set_ or _changed added to the name, regardless of how the initial field was fetched.

Returns:

The name of this field

getAccessType

int getAccessType()

Get the access type of the field. This will be one of field, exposedField, eventIn or eventOut constants described in the X3DFieldTypes interface.

Returns:

The access type of this node

See Also:

X3DFieldTypes

getFieldType

int getFieldType()

Get the field type. This string represents the field type such as MFNode, SFInt32. The defintion of the int values returned is described in the X3DFieldType interface.

Returns:

A constant describing the field type

See Also:

X3DFieldTypes

getFieldTypeString

java.lang.String getFieldTypeString()

Get the field type. This string represents the field type such as MFNode, SFInt32. A string is used to allow full extensibility.

Returns:

A string describing the field type