org.jboss.jandex
Class Type

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.jandex.Type

public final class Type
extends Object

Represents a Java type declaration that is specified on methods or fields. A type can be any class based type (interface, class, annotation), any primitive, any array, or void.

Author:

Jason T. Greene

Nested Class Summary

static class

Type.Kind Represents a "kind" of Type.

Method Summary

static Type	create(DotName name, Type.Kind kind)
Type.Kind	kind() Returns the kind of Type this is.
DotName	name() Returns the name of this type.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

create

public static final Type create(DotName name,
                                Type.Kind kind)

name

public DotName name()

Returns the name of this type. Primitives and void are returned as the Java reserved word (void, boolean, byte, short, char, int, long, float, double). Arrays are returned using the internal JVM array syntax (see JVM specification). Classes are returned as a normal DotName.

Returns:

kind

public Type.Kind kind()

Returns the kind of Type this is.

Returns:

the kind

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object