Struct scale_info::Field

pub struct Field<T: Form = MetaForm> {
    pub name: Option<T::String>,
    pub ty: T::Type,
    pub type_name: Option<T::String>,
    pub docs: Vec<T::String>,
}

A field of a struct-like data type.

Name is optional so it can represent both named and unnamed fields.

This can be a named field of a struct type or an enum struct variant, or an unnamed field of a tuple struct.

Type name

The type_name field contains a string which is the name of the type of the field as it appears in the source code. The exact contents and format of the type name are not specified, but in practice will be the name of any valid type for a field e.g.

• Concrete types e.g "u32", "bool", "Foo" etc.
• Type parameters e.g "T", "U"
• Generic types e.g "Vec<u32>", "Vec<T>"
• Associated types e.g. "T::MyType", "<T as MyTrait>::MyType"
• Type aliases e.g. "MyTypeAlias", "MyTypeAlias<T>"
• Other built in Rust types e.g. arrays, references etc.

Note that the type name doesn’t correspond to the underlying type of the field, unless using a concrete type directly. Any given type may be referred to by multiple field type names, when using generic type parameters and type aliases.

This is intended for informational and diagnostic purposes only. Although it is possible to infer certain properties e.g. whether a type name is a type alias, there are no guarantees provided, and the type name representation may change.

Fields

name: Option<T::String>

The name of the field. None for unnamed fields.

ty: T::Type

The type of the field.

type_name: Option<T::String>

The name of the type of the field as it appears in the source code.

docs: Vec<T::String>

Documentation

Implementations

impl<T> Field<T>

where T: Form,

pub fn builder() -> FieldBuilder<T>

Returns a new FieldBuilder for constructing a field.

pub fn new( name: Option<T::String>, ty: T::Type, type_name: Option<T::String>, docs: Vec<T::String>, ) -> Self

Creates a new field.

Use this constructor if you want to instantiate from a given meta type.

impl<T> Field<T>

where T: Form,

pub fn name(&self) -> Option<&T::String>

👎Deprecated since 2.5.0: Prefer to access the fields directly; this getter will be removed in the next major version

Returns the name of the field. None for unnamed fields.

pub fn ty(&self) -> &T::Type

👎Deprecated since 2.5.0: Prefer to access the fields directly; this getter will be removed in the next major version

Returns the type of the field.

pub fn type_name(&self) -> Option<&T::String>

👎Deprecated since 2.5.0: Prefer to access the fields directly; this getter will be removed in the next major version

Returns a string which is the name of the type of the field as it appears in the source code. The exact contents and format of the type name are not specified, but in practice will be the name of any valid type for a field. This is intended for informational and diagnostic purposes only.

pub fn docs(&self) -> &[T::String]

👎Deprecated since 2.5.0: Prefer to access the fields directly; this getter will be removed in the next major version

Returns the documentation of the field.

Trait Implementations

impl<T: Clone + Form> Clone for Field<T>

where T::String: Clone, T::Type: Clone,

fn clone(&self) -> Field<T>

Returns a copy of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl<T: Debug + Form> Debug for Field<T>

where T::String: Debug, T::Type: Debug,

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<T: Form> Decode for Field<T>

where Option<T::String>: Decode, T::Type: Decode, Vec<T::String>: Decode,

fn decode<__CodecInputEdqy: Input>( __codec_input_edqy: &mut __CodecInputEdqy, ) -> Result<Self, Error>

Attempt to deserialise the value from input.

fn decode_into<I>( input: &mut I, dst: &mut MaybeUninit<Self>, ) -> Result<DecodeFinished, Error>

where I: Input,

Attempt to deserialize the value from input into a pre-allocated piece of memory.

fn skip<I>(input: &mut I) -> Result<(), Error>

where I: Input,

Attempt to skip the encoded value from input.

fn encoded_fixed_size() -> Option<usize>

Returns the fixed encoded size of the type.

impl<'de, T: Form> Deserialize<'de> for Field<T>

where T::Type: DeserializeOwned, T::String: DeserializeOwned,

fn deserialize<__D>(__deserializer: __D) -> Result<Self, __D::Error>

where __D: Deserializer<'de>,

Deserialize this value from the given Serde deserializer.

impl<T: Form> Encode for Field<T>

where Option<T::String>: Encode, T::Type: Encode, Vec<T::String>: Encode,

fn size_hint(&self) -> usize

If possible give a hint of expected size of the encoding.

fn encode_to<__CodecOutputEdqy: Output + ?Sized>( &self, __codec_dest_edqy: &mut __CodecOutputEdqy, )

Convert self to a slice and append it to the destination.

fn encode(&self) -> Vec<u8>

Convert self to an owned vector.

fn using_encoded<R, F>(&self, f: F) -> R

where F: FnOnce(&[u8]) -> R,

Convert self to a slice and then invoke the given closure with it.

fn encoded_size(&self) -> usize

Calculates the encoded size.

impl IntoPortable for Field

type Output = Field<PortableForm>

The portable version of Self.

fn into_portable(self, registry: &mut Registry) -> Self::Output

Convert self to the portable form by using the registry for caching.

impl<T: Ord + Form> Ord for Field<T>

where T::String: Ord, T::Type: Ord,

fn cmp(&self, other: &Field<T>) -> Ordering

This method returns an Ordering between self and other.

fn max(self, other: Self) -> Self

where Self: Sized,

Compares and returns the maximum of two values.

fn min(self, other: Self) -> Self

where Self: Sized,

Compares and returns the minimum of two values.

fn clamp(self, min: Self, max: Self) -> Self

where Self: Sized + PartialOrd,

Restrict a value to a certain interval.

impl<T: PartialEq + Form> PartialEq for Field<T>

where T::String: PartialEq, T::Type: PartialEq,

fn eq(&self, other: &Field<T>) -> bool

This method tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.

impl<T: PartialOrd + Form> PartialOrd for Field<T>

where T::String: PartialOrd, T::Type: PartialOrd,

fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Field<T>) -> Option<Ordering>

This method returns an ordering between self and other values if one exists.

fn lt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests less than (for self and other) and is used by the < operator.

fn le(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests less than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the <= operator.

fn gt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests greater than (for self and other) and is used by the > operator.

fn ge(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests greater than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the >= operator.

impl<T: Form> Serialize for Field<T>

where T::Type: Serialize, T::String: Serialize,

fn serialize<__S>(&self, __serializer: __S) -> Result<__S::Ok, __S::Error>

where __S: Serializer,

Serialize this value into the given Serde serializer.

impl<T: Form> EncodeLike for Field<T>

where Option<T::String>: Encode, T::Type: Encode, Vec<T::String>: Encode,

impl<T: Eq + Form> Eq for Field<T>

where T::String: Eq, T::Type: Eq,

impl<T: Form> StructuralPartialEq for Field<T>