19 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
20 *
21 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
22 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
23 * questions.
24 */
25
26 package java.lang.reflect;
27
28 /**
29 * {@code AnnotatedType} represents the potentially annotated use of a type in
30 * the program currently running in this VM. The use may be of any type in the
31 * Java programming language, including an array type, a parameterized type, a
32 * type variable, or a wildcard type.
33 *
34 * @since 1.8
35 */
36 public interface AnnotatedType extends AnnotatedElement {
37
38 /**
39 * Returns the underlying type that this annotated type represents.
40 *
41 * @return the type this annotated type represents
42 */
43 public Type getType();
44 }
|
19 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
20 *
21 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
22 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
23 * questions.
24 */
25
26 package java.lang.reflect;
27
28 /**
29 * {@code AnnotatedType} represents the potentially annotated use of a type in
30 * the program currently running in this VM. The use may be of any type in the
31 * Java programming language, including an array type, a parameterized type, a
32 * type variable, or a wildcard type.
33 *
34 * @since 1.8
35 */
36 public interface AnnotatedType extends AnnotatedElement {
37
38 /**
39 * Returns the potentially annotated type that this type is a member of, if
40 * this type represents a nested type. For example, if this type is
41 * {@code @TA O<T>.I<S>}, return a representation of {@code @TA O<T>}.
42 *
43 * <p>Returns {@code null} if this {@code AnnotatedType} represents a
44 * top-level type, or a local or anonymous class, or a primitive type, or
45 * void.
46 *
47 * <p>Returns {@code null} if this {@code AnnotatedType} is an instance of
48 * {@code AnnotatedArrayType}, {@code AnnotatedTypeVariable}, or
49 * {@code AnnotatedWildcardType}.
50 *
51 * @return an {@code AnnotatedType} object representing the potentially
52 * annotated type that this type is a member of, or {@code null}
53 * @throws TypeNotPresentException if the owner type
54 * refers to a non-existent type declaration
55 * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if the owner type
56 * refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated
57 * for any reason
58 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the {@code getAnnotatedOwnerType}
59 * operation is not supported by the implementation of this interface
60 *
61 * @since 1.9
62 */
63 default AnnotatedType getAnnotatedOwnerType() {
64 throw new UnsupportedOperationException("getAnnotatedOwnerType() is not supported by this implementation");
65 }
66
67 /**
68 * Returns the underlying type that this annotated type represents.
69 *
70 * @return the type this annotated type represents
71 */
72 public Type getType();
73 }
|