public interface IType
Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
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static String |
UNRESOLVABLE_TYPE
Special constant used to specify this
IType represents an unresolvable type, or simply
an unknown type. |
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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Iterable<IConstructor> |
constructors()
Returns the external representation of the Java class's constructors.
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boolean |
equals(IType type)
Determines whether the given type represents the same Java type thank this
one.
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String[] |
getEnumConstants()
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String |
getName()
Returns the fully qualified class name.
|
ITypeDeclaration |
getTypeDeclaration()
Returns the declaration of the Java class, which gives the information about type parameters,
dimensionality, etc.
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boolean |
hasAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType)
Determines whether the given annotation is present on this type.
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boolean |
isAssignableTo(IType type)
Determines whether this type is an instance of the given type.
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boolean |
isEnum()
Determines whether this
IType represents an Enum . |
boolean |
isResolvable()
Determines whether this Java type actually exists.
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static final String UNRESOLVABLE_TYPE
IType
represents an unresolvable type, or simply
an unknown type. This has to be handled by ITypeRepository.getType(String)
.Iterable<IConstructor> constructors()
boolean equals(IType type)
Note: Object.hashCode()
needs to be overridden.
type
- The type to compare with this onetrue
if the given type and this one represents the
same Java type; false
otherwiseString[] getEnumConstants()
Enum
constant or an empty list if the type is not an
Enum
String getName()
ITypeDeclaration getTypeDeclaration()
boolean hasAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType)
annotationType
- The class of the annotationtrue
if the annotation is defined on this type; false
otherwiseboolean isAssignableTo(IType type)
type
- The type used to determine if the class represented by this
external form is an instance of with onetrue
if this type is an instance of the given type;
false
otherwiseboolean isEnum()
IType
represents an Enum
.true
if this is an Enum
; false
otherwiseboolean isResolvable()
true
if the actual Java type can be located on the application's
class path; false
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