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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.
* This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
* terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution
* and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.
*
* Contributors:
* Oracle - initial API and implementation
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jpt.utility;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
/**
* This interface describes a Java type; i.e. its "element type"
* and its "array depth". The element type is referenced by name,
* allowing us to reference classes that are not (or cannot be) loaded.
*
* Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still
* under development and expected to change significantly before reaching
* stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from
* pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API
* will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
*
* This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
*/
public interface JavaType
extends Comparable<JavaType>
{
/**
* Return the name of the type's "element type".
* A member type will have one or more '$' characters in its name.
*/
String getElementTypeName();
/**
* Return the type's "array depth".
*/
int getArrayDepth();
boolean isArray();
/**
* NB: void.class.isPrimitive() == true
*/
boolean isPrimitive();
/**
* NB: void.class.isPrimitive() == true
*/
boolean isPrimitiveWrapper();
/**
* NB: variables cannot be declared 'void'
*/
boolean isVariablePrimitive();
/**
* NB: variables cannot be declared 'void'
*/
boolean isVariablePrimitiveWrapper();
/**
* Return the class corresponding to the type's element type and array depth.
*/
Class<?> getJavaClass() throws ClassNotFoundException;
/**
* Return the version of the type's name that matches that
* returned by java.lang.Class#getName()
* (e.g. "[[J", "[Ljava.lang.Object;", "java.util.Map$Entry").
*/
String getJavaClassName();
boolean equals(String otherElementTypeName, int otherArrayDepth);
boolean describes(String className);
boolean describes(Class<?> javaClass);
boolean equals(JavaType other);
/**
* Return the version of the type's name that can be used in source code:
* "[[J" => "long[][]"
* "java.util.Map$Entry" => "java.util.Map.Entry"
*/
String declaration();
/**
* Append the version of the type's name that can be used in source code:
* "[[J" => "long[][]"
* "java.util.Map$Entry" => "java.util.Map.Entry"
*/
void appendDeclarationTo(StringBuilder sb);
/**
* Print the version of the type's name that can be used in source code:
* "[[J" => "long[][]"
* "java.util.Map$Entry" => "java.util.Map.Entry"
*/
void printDeclarationOn(PrintWriter pw);
}
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