Re: Field modifiers

>When I use setModifiers(Constants.ACC_PUBLIC) the other attributes such as
>static, final etc are not retained. The field modifier is then set to just
>public. I tried using bitwise OR of Constants.ACC_PUBLIC with existing
>modifiers and noticed that it retains the other access attributes and also
>changes the field modifier to public. But doesnt works for protected
>fields as bitwise OR results in 0x5 value which is not valid value.

You need to clear out the other access bits first. E.g.

  int modifiers = member.getModifiers();
  modifiers &= ~(Constants.ACC_PRIVATE|Constants.ACC_PROTECTED);
  modifiers |= Constants.ACC_PUBLIC;
  member.setModifiers(modifiers);

But really is much much simpler to just do:

  member.isPrivate(false);
  member.isProtected(false);
  member.isPublic(true);

Cheers,
Ray Blaak