Descriptor (JProfiler API)
Keywords: com.jprofiler.api.platform.descriptors.Descriptor interface

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## com.jprofiler.api.platform.descriptors
Interface Descriptor

All Known Subinterfaces:
  ArrayDescriptor, ClassDescriptor, MethodDescriptor, PackageDescriptor, PayloadDescriptor, URLDescriptor

    public interface Descriptor

A descriptor describes the contents of a profiling value or a heap value.

This is a common super-interface, the platform always returns derived interfaces as descriptors. Unless it is clear what the actual interface is, you have to find out the actual type with `instanceof` comparisons before down-casting a descriptor.

Besides the common description text, derived interfaces can expose more information about the profiling value. The semantics of the description property is documented in the derived interfaces.

See Also:
  `ProfilingValue`, `HeapValue`

Method Summary
`java.lang.String` | `getDescription()` Returns the description.

Method Detail

### getDescription

    java.lang.String getDescription()

  Returns the description. The contents of the returned string are documented in the derived interfaces.

  Returns:
    the description

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