private FieldDocImpl searchField(String fieldName, Set<ClassDocImpl> searched) {
        Name.Table names = tsym.name.table;
        if (searched.contains(this)) {
            return null;
        }
        searched.add(this);

        for (Scope.Entry e = tsym.members().lookup(names.fromString(fieldName)); e.scope != null; e = e.next()) {
            if (e.sym.kind == Kinds.VAR) {
                //### Should intern fieldName as Name.
                return env.getFieldDoc((VarSymbol)e.sym);
            }
        }

        //### If we found a FieldDoc above, but which did not pass
        //### the modifier filter, we should return failure here!

        ClassDocImpl cdi = (ClassDocImpl)containingClass();
        if (cdi != null) {
            FieldDocImpl fdi = cdi.searchField(fieldName, searched);
            if (fdi != null) {
                return fdi;
            }
        }

        // search superclass
        cdi = (ClassDocImpl)superclass();
        if (cdi != null) {
            FieldDocImpl fdi = cdi.searchField(fieldName, searched);
            if (fdi != null) {
                return fdi;
            }
        }

        // search interfaces
        ClassDoc intf[] = interfaces();
        for (int i = 0; i < intf.length; i++) {
            cdi = (ClassDocImpl)intf[i];
            FieldDocImpl fdi = cdi.searchField(fieldName, searched);
            if (fdi != null) {
                return fdi;
            }
        }

        return null;
    }