Package org.jboss.jandex

Class TypeVariable

java.lang.Object
org.jboss.jandex.Type
org.jboss.jandex.TypeVariable
All Implemented Interfaces:
Descriptor
public final class TypeVariable extends Type
Represents a resolved type parameter or type argument. The name() of this type variable corresponds to the raw type name. For type variables, the raw type name is the first upper bound. The identifier() is the name of the type variable as present in the source code.

For example: 

 T extends Number
In this case, the identifier is T, while the name is java.lang.Number.
Author:
Jason T. Greene
Since:
2.0

  • Method Details

    • create

      public static TypeVariable create(String identifier)
      Create an instance of a type variable with the given identifier. The type variable has a single bound of java.lang.Object.
      Parameters:
      identifier - identifier of the type variable
      Returns:
      the type variable
      Since:
      3.1.0
      See Also:

    • builder

      public static TypeVariable.Builder builder(String identifier)
      Create a builder of a type variable.
      Returns:
      the builder
      Since:
      3.1.0

    • name

      public DotName name()
      Description copied from class: Type
      Returns the name of this type (or its erasure in case of generic types) as a DotName, using the Class.getName() format. Specifically:
      • for primitive types and the void pseudo-type, the corresponding Java keyword is returned (void, boolean, byte, short, int, long, float, double, char);
      • for class types, the binary name of the class is returned;
      • for array types, a string is returned that consists of one or more [ characters corresponding to the number of dimensions of the array type, followed by the element type as a single-character code for primitive types or Lbinary.name.of.TheClass; for class types (for example, [I for int[] or [[Ljava.lang.String; for String[][]);
      • for parameterized types, the binary name of the generic class is returned (for example, java.util.List for List<String>);
      • for type variables, the name of the first bound of the type variable is returned, or java.lang.Object for type variables that have no bound;
      • for wildcard types, the name of the upper bound is returned, or java.lang.Object if the wildcard type does not have an upper bound (for example, java.lang.Number for ? extends Number).
      Overrides:
      name in class Type
      Returns:
      the name of this type (or its erasure in case of generic types)

    • identifier

      public String identifier()
      The identifier of this type variable as it appears in Java source code.

      The following class has a type parameter with an identifier of T: 

       class Foo<T extends Number> {
 }
      Returns:
      the identifier of this type variable

    • bounds

      public List<Type> bounds()

    • kind

      public Type.Kind kind()
      Description copied from class: Type
      Returns the kind of Type this is.
      Specified by:
      kind in class Type
      Returns:
      the kind

    • asTypeVariable

      public TypeVariable asTypeVariable()
      Description copied from class: Type
      Casts this type to a TypeVariable and returns it if the kind is Type.Kind.TYPE_VARIABLE. Throws an exception otherwise.
      Overrides:
      asTypeVariable in class Type
      Returns:
      a TypeVariable

    • equals

      public boolean equals(Object o)
      Description copied from class: Type
      Compares this Type with another type. A type is equal to another type if it is of the same kind, and all of their fields are equal. This includes annotations, which must be equal as well.
      Overrides:
      equals in class Type
      Parameters:
      o - the type to compare to
      Returns:
      true if equal
      See Also:

    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()
      Description copied from class: Type
      Computes a hash code representing this type.
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class Type
      Returns:
      the hash code