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javax.lang.model.element
interface VariableElement

All Superinterfaces:
Element

public interface VariableElement
extends Element

Represents a field, {@code enum} constant, method or constructor parameter, local variable, or exception parameter.


Method Summary
 Object

          Returns the value of this variable if this is a field initialized to a compile-time constant.
 
Methods inherited from class javax.lang.model.element.Element
accept, asType, equals, getAnnotation, getAnnotationMirrors, getEnclosedElements, getEnclosingElement, getKind, getModifiers, getSimpleName, hashCode
 

Method Detail

getConstantValue

public Object getConstantValue()
Returns the value of this variable if this is a {@code final} field initialized to a compile-time constant. Returns {@code null} otherwise. The value will be of a primitive type or a {@code String}. If the value is of a primitive type, it is wrapped in the appropriate wrapper class (such as {@link Integer}).

Note that not all {@code final} fields will have constant values. In particular, {@code 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 or {@code String}.

Returns:
the value of this variable if this is a {@code final} field initialized to a compile-time constant, or {@code null} otherwise


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