Method initializeField

src/com/sun/jna/Structure.java:1497–1516

(Field field, Class<?> type)

    }

    private Object initializeField(Field field, Class<?> type) {
        Object value = null;
        if (Structure.class.isAssignableFrom(type)
            && !(ByReference.class.isAssignableFrom(type))) {
            try {
                value = newInstance((Class<? extends Structure>) type, PLACEHOLDER_MEMORY);
                setFieldValue(field, value);
            }
            catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
                String msg = "Can't determine size of nested structure";
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(msg, e);
            }
        }
        else if (NativeMapped.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
            NativeMappedConverter tc = NativeMappedConverter.getInstance(type);
            value = tc.defaultValue();
            setFieldValue(field, value);
        }
        return value;
    }

    private int addPadding(int calculatedSize) {
        return addPadding(calculatedSize, structAlignment);