/**
* Return the declared type of this member, which must be a field or type. If it is a type member,
* that type itself is returned.
*/
public Class<?> getFieldType() {
if (type == null) {
expandFromVM();
if (type == null) return null;
}
if (isInvocable())
throw newIllegalArgumentException("not a field or nested class, no simple type");
if (type instanceof Class<?>) {
return (Class<?>) type;
}
if (type instanceof String) {
String sig = (String) type;
MethodType mtype = MethodType.fromMethodDescriptorString("()" + sig, getClassLoader());
Class<?> res = mtype.returnType();
this.type = res;
return res;
}
throw new InternalError("bad field type " + type);
}
