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| package com.sun.javadoc; |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents a type. A type can be a class or interface, an |
| * invocation (like {@code List<String>}) of a generic class or interface, |
| * a type variable, a wildcard type ("{@code ?}"), |
| * or a primitive data type (like {@code char}). |
| * |
| * @since 1.2 |
| * @author Kaiyang Liu (original) |
| * @author Robert Field (rewrite) |
| * @author Scott Seligman (generics) |
| * |
| * @deprecated |
| * The declarations in this package have been superseded by those |
| * in the package {@code jdk.javadoc.doclet}. |
| * For more information, see the <i>Migration Guide</i> in the documentation for that package. |
| */ |
| @Deprecated(since="9", forRemoval=true) |
| @SuppressWarnings("removal") |
| public interface Type { |
| |
| /** |
| * Return unqualified name of type excluding any dimension information. |
| * <p> |
| * For example, a two dimensional array of String returns |
| * "{@code String}". |
| * @return unqualified name of type excluding any dimension information. |
| */ |
| String typeName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return qualified name of type excluding any dimension information. |
| *<p> |
| * For example, a two dimensional array of String |
| * returns "{@code java.lang.String}". |
| * @return qualified name of this type excluding any dimension information. |
| */ |
| String qualifiedTypeName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the simple name of this type excluding any dimension information. |
| * This is the unqualified name of the type, except that for nested types |
| * only the identifier of the innermost type is included. |
| * <p> |
| * For example, the class {@code Outer.Inner} returns |
| * "{@code Inner}". |
| * |
| * @since 1.5 |
| * @return the simple name of this type excluding any dimension information. |
| */ |
| String simpleTypeName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the type's dimension information, as a string. |
| * <p> |
| * For example, a two dimensional array of String returns |
| * "{@code [][]}". |
| * @return the type's dimension information as a string. |
| */ |
| String dimension(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return a string representation of the type. |
| * This includes any dimension information and type arguments. |
| * <p> |
| * For example, a two dimensional array of String may return |
| * "{@code java.lang.String[][]}", |
| * and the parameterized type {@code List<Integer>} may return |
| * "{@code java.util.List<java.lang.Integer>}". |
| * |
| * @return a string representation of the type. |
| */ |
| String toString(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return true if this type represents a primitive type. |
| * |
| * @return true if this type represents a primitive type. |
| * @since 1.5 |
| */ |
| boolean isPrimitive(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return this type as a {@code ClassDoc} if it represents a class |
| * or interface. Array dimensions are ignored. |
| * If this type is a {@code ParameterizedType}, |
| * {@code TypeVariable}, or {@code WildcardType}, return |
| * the {@code ClassDoc} of the type's erasure. If this is an |
| * {@code AnnotationTypeDoc}, return this as a {@code ClassDoc} |
| * (but see {@link #asAnnotationTypeDoc()}). |
| * If this is a primitive type, return null. |
| * |
| * @return the {@code ClassDoc} of this type, |
| * or null if it is a primitive type. |
| */ |
| ClassDoc asClassDoc(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return this type as a {@code ParameterizedType} if it represents |
| * an invocation of a generic class or interface. Array dimensions |
| * are ignored. |
| * |
| * @return a {@code ParameterizedType} if the type is an |
| * invocation of a generic type, or null if it is not. |
| * @since 1.5 |
| */ |
| ParameterizedType asParameterizedType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return this type as a {@code TypeVariable} if it represents |
| * a type variable. Array dimensions are ignored. |
| * |
| * @return a {@code TypeVariable} if the type is a type variable, |
| * or null if it is not. |
| * @since 1.5 |
| */ |
| TypeVariable asTypeVariable(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return this type as a {@code WildcardType} if it represents |
| * a wildcard type. |
| * |
| * @return a {@code WildcardType} if the type is a wildcard type, |
| * or null if it is not. |
| * @since 1.5 |
| */ |
| WildcardType asWildcardType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns this type as a {@code AnnotatedType} if it represents |
| * an annotated type. |
| * |
| * @return a {@code AnnotatedType} if the type if an annotated type, |
| * or null if it is not |
| * @since 1.8 |
| */ |
| AnnotatedType asAnnotatedType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return this type as an {@code AnnotationTypeDoc} if it represents |
| * an annotation type. Array dimensions are ignored. |
| * |
| * @return an {@code AnnotationTypeDoc} if the type is an annotation |
| * type, or null if it is not. |
| * @since 1.5 |
| */ |
| AnnotationTypeDoc asAnnotationTypeDoc(); |
| |
| /** |
| * If this type is an array type, return the element type of the |
| * array. Otherwise, return null. |
| * |
| * @return a {@code Type} representing the element type or null. |
| * @since 1.8 |
| */ |
| Type getElementType(); |
| } |