Package com.jprofiler.api.platform.descriptors

Interface Descriptor

All Known Subinterfaces:
ArrayDescriptor, ClassDescriptor, MethodDescriptor, PackageDescriptor, PayloadDescriptor, URLDescriptor
public interface Descriptor
A descriptor describes the contents of a profiling value or a heap value.

This is a common super-interface, the platform always returns derived interfaces as descriptors. Unless it is clear what the actual interface is, you have to find out the actual type with instanceof comparisons before down-casting a descriptor.

Besides the common description text, derived interfaces can expose more information about the profiling value. The semantics of the description property is documented in the derived interfaces.

See Also:

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    String
    getDescription()
    Returns the description.

  • Method Details

    • getDescription

      String getDescription()
      Returns the description. The contents of the returned string are documented in the derived interfaces.
      Returns:
      the description