Class SettingDescriptorInfo


  • public final class SettingDescriptorInfo
    extends Object
    Management class that describes a setting, for example name, description and default value.
    Since:
    9
    See Also:
    EventType.getSettingDescriptors()
    • Method Detail

      • getLabel

        public String getLabel()
        Returns the human-readable name of the setting associated with this SettingDescriptorInfo (for example, "Threshold").
        Returns:
        the label for this setting, not null
      • getName

        public String getName()
        Returns the name of the setting associated with this SettingDescriptorInfo (for example, "threshold").
        Returns:
        the name of this setting, not null
      • getDescription

        public String getDescription()
        Returns the description of the setting associated this SettingDescriptorInfo (for example, "The duration an event must exceed to be be recorded").
        Returns:
        the description of this setting, not null
      • getTypeName

        public String getTypeName()
        Returns the type name of the setting associated this SettingDescriptorInfo (for example, "jdk.settings.Threshold").

        The type can be used to identify what type of setting this is.

        Returns:
        the name of this settings type, not null
      • getContentType

        public String getContentType()
        Returns the content type of the setting associated this SettingDescriptorInfo (for example, "jdk.jfr.Timespan").

        The content type can be used to determine how the setting should be rendered in a graphical user interface.

        Returns:
        the name of this settings type, not null
      • getDefaultValue

        public String getDefaultValue()
        Returns the default value of the setting associated this SettingDescriptorInfo (for example, "20 ms").
        Returns:
        default value for this setting, not null
        See Also:
        SettingDescriptor.getDefaultValue()
      • from

        public static SettingDescriptorInfo from​(CompositeData cd)
        Returns an SettingDescriptorInfo represented by the specified CompositeData

        The supplied CompositeData must have the following item names and item types to be valid.

        The name and type the specified CompositeData must contain
        Name Type
        name String
        label String
        description String
        typeName String
        contentType String
        defaultValue String

        Parameters:
        cd - CompositeData representing the SettingDescriptorInfo to return
        Returns:
        a SettingDescriptorInfo, or null if cd is null
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if cd does not represent a valid EventTypeInfo
      • toString

        public String toString()
        Returns a String description of this SettingDescriptorInfo.
        Overrides:
        toString in class Object
        Returns:
        a string describing this setting, not null