oracle.javatools.parser.java.v2.model
Interface JavaTypeVariable

All Superinterfaces:

Element, JavaElement, JavaHasAnnotations, JavaHasName, JavaHasType, JavaIsGeneric, JavaMember, JavaType

All Known Subinterfaces:

SourceTypeParameter

public interface JavaTypeVariable
extends JavaType

The TypeVariable is a new concept in jdk 1.5. A TypeVariable has a name, a superclass, and an array of super-interfaces. A TypeVariable declares no fields, methods, constructors, or inner classes. If no superclass was declared, then java/lang/Object is the implicit superclass. Because type variables have a superclass and an array of super-interfaces, they may have hierarchies.

Type variables are not interface, enum, annotation, primitive, or array types. A type variable will return its variable name when asked for its qualified or raw name.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface oracle.javatools.parser.java.v2.model.JavaType

EMPTY_ARRAY

Method Summary

java.util.Collection	getBounds() Corresponds to java/lang/reflect/TypeVariable.getBounds().
JavaMember	getOwningMember() Type variables can be owned by either a class or a method.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.javatools.parser.java.v2.model.JavaType

equals, getArrayDimensions, getBaseComponentType, getClass, getClasses, getClinitMethod, getClosestClass, getComponentType, getDeclaredClass, getDeclaredClasses, getDeclaredConstructor, getDeclaredConstructors, getDeclaredField, getDeclaredFields, getDeclaredMethod, getDeclaredMethods, getDeclaredMethods, getDescriptor, getField, getFields, getHierarchy, getInterfaces, getMethod, getMethods, getMethods, getName, getPackage, getPackageName, getQualifiedName, getRawName, getSignature, getSuperclass, getThisValue, getTypeErasure, getTypeSignature, getUniqueIdentifier, getUnqualifiedName, getUnresolvedInterfaces, getURL, getVMName, isAnnotation, isArray, isAssignableFrom, isEnum, isExported, isInterface, isMemberClass, isPrimitive, isSubtypeOf

Methods inherited from interface oracle.javatools.parser.java.v2.model.JavaIsGeneric

getActualTypeArguments, getTypeParameter, getTypeParameters, hasActualTypeArguments, hasTypeParameters

Methods inherited from interface oracle.javatools.parser.java.v2.model.JavaMember

getOwningClass, isAbstract, isPackagePrivate, isPrivate, isProtected, isPublic, isStatic

Methods inherited from interface oracle.javatools.parser.java.v2.model.JavaHasType

getResolvedType, getUnresolvedType

Methods inherited from interface oracle.javatools.parser.java.v2.model.JavaHasAnnotations

getAnnotation, getAnnotations, getDeclaredAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotations

Methods inherited from interface oracle.javatools.parser.java.v2.model.JavaElement

getElementKind, getFile, getModifiers, getOwner, getSourceElement, isDeprecated, isFinal, isHidden, isSourceElement, isSynthetic, printCompiledInfo

Method Detail

getBounds

java.util.Collection getBounds()

Corresponds to java/lang/reflect/TypeVariable.getBounds().

Returns the explicitly declared bounds. If no explicit bounds were declared, an empty Collection is returned, which implicitly means that the bounds is java/lang/Object.

Returns:

A collection of JavaType's, which might be empty, that has the explicitly declared upper (inclusive) bounds for this type.

getOwningMember

JavaMember getOwningMember()

Type variables can be owned by either a class or a method.

Returns:

The owning member of this type variable.