Package com.sun.mirror.util

Interface Types

  • public interface Types
    Utility methods for operating on types.
    Since:
    1.5

    • Method Detail

      • isSubtype

        boolean isSubtype​(TypeMirror t1,
                  TypeMirror t2)
        Tests whether one type is a subtype of the another. Any type is considered to be a subtype of itself.
        Parameters:
        t1 - the first type
        t2 - the second type
        Returns:
        true if and only if the first type is a subtype of the second

      • isAssignable

        boolean isAssignable​(TypeMirror t1,
                     TypeMirror t2)
        Tests whether one type is assignable to another.
        Parameters:
        t1 - the first type
        t2 - the second type
        Returns:
        true if and only if the first type is assignable to the second

      • getErasure

        TypeMirror getErasure​(TypeMirror t)
        Returns the erasure of a type.
        Parameters:
        t - the type to be erased
        Returns:
        the erasure of the given type

      • getPrimitiveType

        PrimitiveType getPrimitiveType​(PrimitiveType.Kind kind)
        Returns a primitive type.
        Parameters:
        kind - the kind of primitive type to return
        Returns:
        a primitive type

      • getVoidType

        VoidType getVoidType()
        Returns the pseudo-type representing the type of void.
        Returns:
        the pseudo-type representing the type of void

      • getArrayType

        ArrayType getArrayType​(TypeMirror componentType)
        Returns an array type with the specified component type.
        Parameters:
        componentType - the component type
        Returns:
        an array type with the specified component type.
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if the component type is not valid for an array

      • getTypeVariable

        TypeVariable getTypeVariable​(TypeParameterDeclaration tparam)
        Returns the type variable declared by a type parameter.
        Parameters:
        tparam - the type parameter
        Returns:
        the type variable declared by the type parameter

      • getWildcardType

        WildcardType getWildcardType​(Collection<ReferenceType> upperBounds,
                             Collection<ReferenceType> lowerBounds)
        Returns a new wildcard. Either the wildcards's upper bounds or lower bounds may be specified, or neither, but not both.
        Parameters:
        upperBounds - the upper bounds of this wildcard, or an empty collection if none
        lowerBounds - the lower bounds of this wildcard, or an empty collection if none
        Returns:
        a new wildcard
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if bounds are not valid

      • getDeclaredType

        DeclaredType getDeclaredType​(TypeDeclaration decl,
                             TypeMirror... typeArgs)
        Returns the type corresponding to a type declaration and actual type arguments. Given the declaration for String, for example, this method may be used to get the String type. It may then be invoked a second time, with the declaration for Set, to make the parameterized type Set<String>.

        The number of type arguments must either equal the number of the declaration's formal type parameters, or must be zero. If zero, and if the declaration is generic, then the declaration's raw type is returned.

        If a parameterized type is being returned, its declaration must not be contained within a generic outer class. The parameterized type Outer<String>.Inner<Number>, for example, may be constructed by first using this method to get the type Outer<String>, and then invoking getDeclaredType(DeclaredType, TypeDeclaration, TypeMirror...).

        Parameters:
        decl - the type declaration
        typeArgs - the actual type arguments
        Returns:
        the type corresponding to the type declaration and actual type arguments
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if too many or too few type arguments are given, or if an inappropriate type argument or declaration is provided

      • getDeclaredType

        DeclaredType getDeclaredType​(DeclaredType containing,
                             TypeDeclaration decl,
                             TypeMirror... typeArgs)
        Returns the type corresponding to a type declaration and actual arguments, given a containing type of which it is a member. The parameterized type Outer<String>.Inner<Number>, for example, may be constructed by first using getDeclaredType(TypeDeclaration, TypeMirror...) to get the type Outer<String>, and then invoking this method.

        If the containing type is a parameterized type, the number of type arguments must equal the number of the declaration's formal type parameters. If it is not parameterized or if it is null, this method is equivalent to getDeclaredType(decl, typeArgs).

        Parameters:
        containing - the containing type, or null if none
        decl - the type declaration
        typeArgs - the actual type arguments
        Returns:
        the type corresponding to the type declaration and actual type arguments, contained within the given type
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if too many or too few type arguments are given, or if an inappropriate type argument, declaration, or containing type is provided