FieldDeclaration (Eclipse JDT API Specification)

All Superinterfaces:

Declaration, MemberDeclaration

All Known Subinterfaces:

EnumConstantDeclaration
```
public interface FieldDeclaration
extends MemberDeclaration
```
Represents a field of a type declaration.

Since:

1.5

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getConstantExpression()`	Returns the text of a constant expression representing the value of this field if this field is a compile-time constant.
`Object`	`getConstantValue()`	Returns the value of this field if this field is a compile-time constant.
`TypeMirror`	`getType()`	Returns the type of this field.

Methods inherited from interface com.sun.mirror.declaration.Declaration
accept, equals, getAnnotation, getAnnotationMirrors, getDocComment, getModifiers, getPosition, getSimpleName

Methods inherited from interface com.sun.mirror.declaration.MemberDeclaration
getDeclaringType

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
TypeMirror getType()
```
    Returns the type of this field.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of this field
  - getConstantValue
```
Object getConstantValue()
```
    Returns the value of this field if this field is a compile-time constant. Returns null otherwise. The value will be of a primitive type or String. If the value is of a primitive type, it is wrapped in the appropriate wrapper class (such as Integer).
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of this field if this field is a compile-time constant, or null otherwise
  - getConstantExpression
```
String getConstantExpression()
```
    Returns the text of a constant expression representing the value of this field if this field is a compile-time constant. Returns null otherwise. The value will be of a primitive type or String. The text returned is in a form suitable for representing the value in source code.
    
    Returns:
    
    the text of a constant expression if this field is a compile-time constant, or null otherwise