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Eclipse JDT
Release 3.5

org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom
Class Type


java.lang.Object
  extended by 

org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode
      extended by 
org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Type
Direct Known Subclasses:
ArrayType, ParameterizedType, PrimitiveType, QualifiedType, SimpleType, WildcardType

public abstract class Type
extends ASTNode

Abstract base class of all type AST node types. A type node represents a reference to a primitive type (including void), to an array type, or to a simple named type (or type variable), to a qualified type, to a parameterized type, or to a wildcard type. Note that not all of these are meaningful in all contexts; for example, a wildcard type is only meaningful in the type argument position of a parameterized type.

 Type:
    PrimitiveType
    ArrayType
    SimpleType
    QualifiedType
    ParameterizedType
    WildcardType
 PrimitiveType:
    byte
    short
    char
    int
    long
    float
    double
    boolean
    void
 ArrayType:
    Type [ ]
 SimpleType:
    TypeName
 ParameterizedType:
    Type < Type { , Type } >
 QualifiedType:
    Type . SimpleName
 WildcardType:
    ? [ ( extends | super) Type ]
 

Since:
2.0

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom. ASTNode
ANNOTATION_TYPE_DECLARATION, ANNOTATION_TYPE_MEMBER_DECLARATION, ANONYMOUS_CLASS_DECLARATION, ARRAY_ACCESS, ARRAY_CREATION, ARRAY_INITIALIZER, ARRAY_TYPE, ASSERT_STATEMENT, ASSIGNMENT, BLOCK, BLOCK_COMMENT, BOOLEAN_LITERAL, BREAK_STATEMENT, CAST_EXPRESSION, CATCH_CLAUSE, CHARACTER_LITERAL, CLASS_INSTANCE_CREATION, COMPILATION_UNIT, CONDITIONAL_EXPRESSION, CONSTRUCTOR_INVOCATION, CONTINUE_STATEMENT, DO_STATEMENT, EMPTY_STATEMENT, ENHANCED_FOR_STATEMENT, ENUM_CONSTANT_DECLARATION, ENUM_DECLARATION, EXPRESSION_STATEMENT, FIELD_ACCESS, FIELD_DECLARATION, FOR_STATEMENT, IF_STATEMENT, IMPORT_DECLARATION, INFIX_EXPRESSION, INITIALIZER, INSTANCEOF_EXPRESSION, JAVADOC, LABELED_STATEMENT, LINE_COMMENT, MALFORMED, MARKER_ANNOTATION, MEMBER_REF, MEMBER_VALUE_PAIR, METHOD_DECLARATION, METHOD_INVOCATION, METHOD_REF, METHOD_REF_PARAMETER, MODIFIER, NORMAL_ANNOTATION, NULL_LITERAL, NUMBER_LITERAL, ORIGINAL, PACKAGE_DECLARATION, PARAMETERIZED_TYPE, PARENTHESIZED_EXPRESSION, POSTFIX_EXPRESSION, PREFIX_EXPRESSION, PRIMITIVE_TYPE, PROTECT, QUALIFIED_NAME, QUALIFIED_TYPE, RECOVERED, RETURN_STATEMENT, SIMPLE_NAME, SIMPLE_TYPE, SINGLE_MEMBER_ANNOTATION, SINGLE_VARIABLE_DECLARATION, STRING_LITERAL, SUPER_CONSTRUCTOR_INVOCATION, SUPER_FIELD_ACCESS, SUPER_METHOD_INVOCATION, SWITCH_CASE, SWITCH_STATEMENT, SYNCHRONIZED_STATEMENT, TAG_ELEMENT, TEXT_ELEMENT, THIS_EXPRESSION, THROW_STATEMENT, TRY_STATEMENT, TYPE_DECLARATION, TYPE_DECLARATION_STATEMENT, TYPE_LITERAL, TYPE_PARAMETER, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_EXPRESSION, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_FRAGMENT, VARIABLE_DECLARATION_STATEMENT, WHILE_STATEMENT, WILDCARD_TYPE
 
Method Summary
 boolean isArrayType ()
          Returns whether this type is an array type (ArrayType).
 boolean isParameterizedType ()
          Returns whether this type is a parameterized type (ParameterizedType).
 boolean isPrimitiveType ()
          Returns whether this type is a primitive type (PrimitiveType).
 boolean isQualifiedType ()
          Returns whether this type is a qualified type (QualifiedType).
 boolean isSimpleType ()
          Returns whether this type is a simple type (SimpleType).
 boolean isWildcardType ()
          Returns whether this type is a wildcard type (WildcardType).
  ITypeBinding resolveBinding ()
          Resolves and returns the binding for this type.
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom. ASTNode
accept, copySubtree, copySubtrees, delete, equals, getAST, getFlags, getLength, getLocationInParent, getNodeType, getParent, getProperty, getRoot, getStartPosition, getStructuralProperty, hashCode, nodeClassForType, properties, setFlags, setProperty, setSourceRange, setStructuralProperty, structuralPropertiesForType, subtreeBytes, subtreeMatch, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang. Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

isPrimitiveType

public final boolean isPrimitiveType()
Returns whether this type is a primitive type (PrimitiveType).

Returns:
true if this is a primitive type, and false otherwise

isSimpleType

public final boolean isSimpleType()
Returns whether this type is a simple type (SimpleType).

Returns:
true if this is a simple type, and false otherwise

isArrayType

public final boolean isArrayType()
Returns whether this type is an array type (ArrayType).

Returns:
true if this is an array type, and false otherwise

isParameterizedType

public final boolean isParameterizedType()
Returns whether this type is a parameterized type (ParameterizedType).

Returns:
true if this is a parameterized type, and false otherwise
Since:
3.1

isQualifiedType

public final boolean isQualifiedType()
Returns whether this type is a qualified type (QualifiedType).

Note that a type like "A.B" can be represented either of two ways:

  1. QualifiedType(SimpleType(SimpleName("A")),SimpleName("B"))
  2. SimpleType(QualifiedName(SimpleName("A"),SimpleName("B")))
The first form is preferred when "A" is known to be a type. However, a parser cannot always determine this. Clients should be prepared to handle either rather than make assumptions. (Note also that the first form became possible as of JLS3; only the second form existed in the JLS2 API.)

Returns:
true if this is a qualified type, and false otherwise
Since:
3.1

isWildcardType

public final boolean isWildcardType()
Returns whether this type is a wildcard type (WildcardType).

Note that a wildcard type is only meaningful as a type argument of a ParameterizedType node.

Returns:
true if this is a wildcard type, and false otherwise
Since:
3.1

resolveBinding

public final 
ITypeBinding resolveBinding()
Resolves and returns the binding for this type.

Note that bindings are generally unavailable unless requested when the AST is being built.

Returns:
the type binding, or null if the binding cannot be resolved

Eclipse JDT
Release 3.5

Copyright (c) IBM Corp. and others 2000, 2008. All Rights Reserved.

 
 
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