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OQL in VisualVM v1.4.4 - Get A Class's Field Names

I would like to execute an OQL query in VisualVM (v1.4.4) to retrieve the (non-static) field names for an object.

The OQL documentation describes heap.findClass(className). This returns an object which includes a fields property (an array of field names).

When I execute the following OQL...

heap.findClass('java.io.ByteArrayInputStream').fields;

... it returns an array of 4 field objects (ByteArrayInputStream has 4 fields - buf, count, mark, and pos - I am assuming these are what are being returned):

org.netbeans.lib.profiler.heap.HprofField@56de8c
org.netbeans.lib.profiler.heap.HprofField@56de95
org.netbeans.lib.profiler.heap.HprofField@56de9e
org.netbeans.lib.profiler.heap.HprofField@56dea7

If I then try to manipulate this array, for example to access each field's name and signature properties (as described in the OQL docs), I get no results. I can't even get the length of the array. For example:

heap.findClass('java.io.ByteArrayInputStream').fields.length;

and:

heap.findClass('java.io.ByteArrayInputStream').fields[0];

Both of the above statements return <no results>.

What am I doing wrong? Probably something basic. I not very familiar with JavaScript - or with how data is displayed in VisualVM, for that matter.

Solution

  • You need to use map() function. The following OQL retrieves the field names of ByteArrayInputStream class:

    select map(heap.findClass('java.io.ByteArrayInputStream').fields, 'it.name')