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Method Summary
Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description Object
getConstantValue()
Returns the value of this variable if this is afinal
field initialized to a compile-time constant.-
Methods inherited from interface javax.lang.model.element.Element
accept, asType, equals, getAnnotation, getAnnotationMirrors, getEnclosedElements, getEnclosingElement, getKind, getModifiers, getSimpleName, hashCode
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Method Detail
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getConstantValue
Object getConstantValue()
Returns the value of this variable if this is afinal
field initialized to a compile-time constant. Returnsnull
otherwise. The value will be of a primitive type or aString
. If the value is of a primitive type, it is wrapped in the appropriate wrapper class (such asInteger
).Note that not all
final
fields will have constant values. In particular,enum
constants are not considered to be compile-time constants. To have a constant value, a field's type must be either a primitive type orString
.- Returns:
- the value of this variable if this is a
final
field initialized to a compile-time constant, ornull
otherwise - See Also:
Elements.getConstantExpression(Object)
- See The Java™ Language Specification:
- 15.28 Constant Expression, 4.12.4 final Variables
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