Method getFieldOrder

src/com/sun/jna/Structure.java:987–998

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    // TODO(idosu 28 Apr 2018): Maybe deprecate this method to let users know they should use @FieldOrder
    protected List<String> getFieldOrder() {
        List<String> fields = new LinkedList<>();
        for (Class<?> clazz = getClass(); clazz != Structure.class; clazz = clazz.getSuperclass()) {
            FieldOrder order = clazz.getAnnotation(FieldOrder.class);
            if (order != null) {
                fields.addAll(0, Arrays.asList(order.value()));
            }
        }

        // fields.isEmpty() can be true because it is check somewhere else
        return Collections.unmodifiableList(fields);
    }

    /** Sort the structure fields according to the given array of names.
     * @param fields list of fields to be sorted