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| -rw-r--r-- | src/main/javassist/CtField.java | 11 |
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diff --git a/src/main/javassist/CtField.java b/src/main/javassist/CtField.java index 76f64f2a..a4cb01e1 100644 --- a/src/main/javassist/CtField.java +++ b/src/main/javassist/CtField.java @@ -374,6 +374,17 @@ public class CtField extends CtMember { /** * Sets the type of the field. + * + * <p>This method does not automatically update method bodies that access + * this field. They have to be explicitly updated. For example, + * if some method contains an expression {@code t.value} and the type + * of the variable {@code t} is changed by {@link #setType(CtClass)} + * from {@code int} to {@code double}, then {@ t.value} has to be modified + * since the bytecode of {@code t.value} contains the type information. + * </p> + * + * @see CodeConverter + * @see javassist.expr.ExprEditor */ public void setType(CtClass clazz) { declaringClass.checkModify(); |