DeclaredType (Java Platform SE 6)

This documentation differs from the official API. Jadeite adds extra features to the API including: variable font sizes, constructions examples, placeholders for classes and methods, and auto-generated “See Also” links. Additionally it is missing some items found in standard Javadoc documentation, including: generics type information, “Deprecated” tags and comments, “See Also” links, along with other minor differences. Please send any questions or feedback to bam@cs.cmu.edu.

Overview

Package

Class

PREV CLASS NEXT CLASS

FRAMES NO FRAMES

SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD

DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD

javax.lang.model.type
interface DeclaredType

All Superinterfaces:: ReferenceType, TypeMirror

All Known Subinterfaces:: ErrorType

public interface DeclaredType
extends ReferenceType

Represents a declared type, either a class type or an interface type. This includes parameterized types such as {@code java.util.Set} as well as raw types.

While a {@code TypeElement} represents a class or interface element, a {@code DeclaredType} represents a class or interface type, the latter being a use (or invocation) of the former. See {@link TypeElement} for more on this distinction.

The supertypes (both class and interface types) of a declared type may be found using the {@link Types#directSupertypes(TypeMirror)} method. This returns the supertypes with any type arguments substituted in.

This interface is also used to represent intersection types. An intersection type is implicit in a program rather than being explictly declared. For example, the bound of the type parameter {@code } is an intersection type. It is represented by a {@code DeclaredType} with {@code Number} as its superclass and {@code Runnable} as its lone superinterface.

Method Summary
`Element`	`asElement()` Returns the element corresponding to this type.
`TypeMirror`	`getEnclosingType()` Returns the type of the innermost enclosing instance or a of kind if there is no enclosing instance.
`List`	`getTypeArguments()` Returns the actual type arguments of this type.

Methods inherited from class javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror
`accept, equals, getKind, hashCode, toString`

Method Detail

asElement

public Element asElement()

Returns the element corresponding to this type.

Returns:: the element corresponding to this type

getEnclosingType

public TypeMirror getEnclosingType()

Returns the type of the innermost enclosing instance or a {@code NoType} of kind {@code NONE} if there is no enclosing instance. Only types corresponding to inner classes have an enclosing instance.

Returns:: a type mirror for the enclosing type

getTypeArguments

public List getTypeArguments()

Returns the actual type arguments of this type. For a type nested within a parameterized type (such as {@code Outer.Inner}), only the type arguments of the innermost type are included.

Returns:: the actual type arguments of this type, or an empty list if none