FieldInfo

private class
system.reflection.FieldInfo

Description

Represents information about a field (variable) on a Type.

API overview

Constructor

FieldInfo ()

Functions

Public functions

getValue ( obj: Object ): Object native

Gets the value from the Field on the specified object

setValue ( obj: Object , value: Object ): Void native

Sets the value on the Field on the specified object

Constructor

FieldInfo ()

Functions

getDeclaringType (): Type
Inherited from MemberInfo

native

Gets the Type that the MemberInfo belongs to.


Returns

Type Type that the member info belongs to.

getFullTypeName (): String
Inherited from Object

native

Gets the fully qualified type name of the Object. The fully qualified type name includes the package of the type.


Returns

String fully qualified type name of the Object.

getMemberType (): Type
Inherited from MemberInfo

native

Gets the Type of the Member for example getMemberInfo on:

public var x:Number;

would return the System.Number type


Returns

Type Type of the member declaration

getMetaInfo ( name: String ): MetaInfo
Inherited from MemberInfo

native

Gets the MetaInfo for the specified Metadata tag name.

Parameters

name: String Name of the metadata tag to lookup.

Returns

MetaInfo MetaInfo for the specified Metadata tag name, null if the name does not exist on the MemberInfo.

getName (): String
Inherited from MemberInfo

native

Gets the name of the MemberInfo.


Returns

String Name of the MemberInfo.

getOrdinal (): Number
Inherited from MemberInfo

native

Gets the native ordinal for a MemberInfo.


Returns

Number 0 for no native ordinal, otherwise the native ordinal.

getType (): Type
Inherited from Object

native

Gets the Type that describes the Object.


Returns

Type The Type that describes the object.

getTypeInfo (): Type
Inherited from MemberInfo

native

Returns the Type that represents the type that the member is or returns.


Returns

Type Type info for MemberInfos type.

getTypeName (): String
Inherited from Object

native

Gets the type name of the Object.


Returns

String type name of the Object.

getValue ( obj: Object ): Object

native

Gets the value from the Field on the specified object.

Parameters

obj: Object Target that contains the field represented in the FieldInfo.

Returns

Object The value of the field on obj.

setValue ( obj: Object , value: Object ): Void

native

Sets the value on the Field on the specified object.

Parameters

obj: Object Target that contains the field represented in the FieldInfo.
value: Object The value that the obj field will be set to.


toString (): String
Inherited from Object

native

Returns a String that describes the Object. This can be overriden to provide extra details when printing objects using trace().


Returns

String String that described the Object.