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* A Type may be used to represent a run-time type: *
* {@link Value}.type() ** or a compile-time type: *
* {@link Field#type()}*
* {@link Method#returnType()}
* {@link Method#argumentTypes()}
* {@link LocalVariable#type()}
* {@link ArrayType#componentType()} *
* The following table illustrates which subinterfaces of Type * are used to mirror types in the target VM -- *
Subinterfaces of {@link PrimitiveType} | *||
---|---|---|
Type declared in target as | *Is mirrored as an instance of | *|
boolean |
* {@link BooleanType} | *|
byte |
* {@link ByteType} | *|
char |
* {@link CharType} | *|
double |
* {@link DoubleType} | *|
float |
* {@link FloatType} | *|
int |
* {@link IntegerType} | *|
long |
* {@link LongType} | *|
short |
* {@link ShortType} | *|
void |
* {@link VoidType} | *|
Subinterfaces of {@link ReferenceType} | *||
Type declared in target as | *For example | *Is mirrored as an instance of | *
a class | *Date |
* {@link ClassType} | *
an interface | *Runnable |
* {@link InterfaceType} | *
an array | ** | {@link ArrayType} | *
an array | *int[] |
* {@link ArrayType} whose * {@link ArrayType#componentType() componentType()} is * {@link IntegerType} | *
an array | *Date[] |
* {@link ArrayType} whose * {@link ArrayType#componentType() componentType()} is * {@link ClassType} | *
an array | *Runnable[] |
* {@link ArrayType} whose * {@link ArrayType#componentType() componentType()} is * {@link InterfaceType} | *
* For primitive classes * the returned signature is the signature of the corresponding primitive * type; for example, "I" is returned as the signature of the class * represented by {@link java.lang.Integer#TYPE}. * * @see Type Signatures * @return the string containing the type signature. */ String signature(); /** * @return a text representation of this type. */ String name(); }