Module java.base

Package java.lang.classfile^PREVIEW

Interface Signature

All Known Subinterfaces:

Signature.ArrayTypeSigPREVIEW, Signature.BaseTypeSigPREVIEW, Signature.ClassTypeSigPREVIEW, Signature.RefTypeSigPREVIEW, Signature.ThrowableSigPREVIEW, Signature.TypeVarSigPREVIEW

public sealed interface Signature
permits Signature.RefTypeSigPREVIEW, Signature.ThrowableSigPREVIEW, Signature.BaseTypeSigPREVIEW

Signature is a preview API of the Java platform.

Programs can only use Signature when preview features are enabled.

Preview features may be removed in a future release, or upgraded to permanent features of the Java platform.

Models generic Java type signatures, as defined in 4.7.9.1.

Sealed Class Hierarchy Graph:

Since:

22

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	Signature.ArrayTypeSigPREVIEW	Preview. Models the signature of an array type.
static interface	Signature.BaseTypeSigPREVIEW	Preview. Models the signature of a primitive type or void
static interface	Signature.ClassTypeSigPREVIEW	Preview. Models the signature of a possibly-parameterized class or interface type.
static interface	Signature.RefTypeSigPREVIEW	Preview. Models the signature of a reference type, which may be a class, interface, type variable, or array type.
static interface	Signature.ThrowableSigPREVIEW	Preview. Models a signature for a throwable type.
static interface	Signature.TypeArgPREVIEW	Preview. Models the type argument.
static interface	Signature.TypeParamPREVIEW	Preview. Models a signature for a type parameter of a generic class or method.
static interface	Signature.TypeVarSigPREVIEW	Preview. Models the signature of a type variable.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static SignaturePREVIEW	of(ClassDesc classDesc)	Returns a Java type signature.
static SignaturePREVIEW	parseFrom(String javaTypeSignature)	Parses generic Java type signature from raw string
String	signatureString()	Returns the raw signature string.

Method Details

signatureString

String signatureString()

Returns the raw signature string.

Returns:

the raw signature string

parseFrom

static SignaturePREVIEW parseFrom(String javaTypeSignature)

Parses generic Java type signature from raw string

Parameters:

javaTypeSignature - raw Java type signature string

Returns:

Java type signature

of

static SignaturePREVIEW of(ClassDesc classDesc)

Returns a Java type signature.

Parameters:

classDesc - the symbolic description of the Java type

Returns:

a Java type signature