Interface Symbol.TypeSymbol

All Superinterfaces:

Symbol

All Known Implementing Classes:

Symbols.UnkownTypeSymbol

Enclosing interface:

Symbol

public static interface Symbol.TypeSymbol
extends Symbol

Symbol for a type : class, enum, interface or annotation.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface Symbol

Symbol.LabelSymbol, Symbol.MethodSymbol, Symbol.TypeSymbol, Symbol.VariableSymbol

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final Symbol.TypeSymbol	UNKNOWN_TYPE	An instance of Symbol.TypeSymbol representing an unknown type symbol

Fields inherited from interface Symbol

ROOT_PACKAGE, UNKNOWN_SYMBOL

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ClassTree	declaration()	Declaration node of this symbol.
List<Type>	interfaces()	Interfaces implemented by this type.
boolean	isAnnotation()
Collection<Symbol>	lookupSymbols(String name)	Lookup symbols accessible from this type with the name passed in parameter.
Collection<Symbol>	memberSymbols()	List of symbols defined by this type symbols.
Symbol.TypeSymbol	outermostClass()
Type	superClass()	Returns the superclass of this type symbol.
Set<Type>	superTypes()

Methods inherited from interface Symbol

enclosingClass, isAbstract, isDeprecated, isEnum, isFinal, isInterface, isLocalVariable, isMethodSymbol, isPackageSymbol, isPackageVisibility, isParameter, isPrivate, isProtected, isPublic, isStatic, isTypeSymbol, isUnknown, isVariableSymbol, isVolatile, metadata, name, owner, type, usages

Field Details

UNKNOWN_TYPE

static final Symbol.TypeSymbol UNKNOWN_TYPE

An instance of Symbol.TypeSymbol representing an unknown type symbol

Method Details

superClass

@CheckForNull
Type superClass()

Returns the superclass of this type symbol.

Returns:

null for java.lang.Object, the superclass for every other type.

interfaces

List<Type> interfaces()

Interfaces implemented by this type.

Returns:

an empty list if this type does not implement any interface.

memberSymbols

Collection<Symbol> memberSymbols()

List of symbols defined by this type symbols. This will not return any inherited symbol.

Returns:

The collection of symbols defined by this type.

lookupSymbols

Collection<Symbol> lookupSymbols(String name)

Lookup symbols accessible from this type with the name passed in parameter.

Parameters:

name - name of searched symbol.

Returns:

A collection of symbol matching the looked up name.

declaration

@Nullable
ClassTree declaration()

Description copied from interface: Symbol

Declaration node of this symbol. Currently, only works for declaration within the same file.

Specified by:

declaration in interface Symbol

Returns:

the Tree of the declaration of this symbol. Null if declaration does not occur in the currently analyzed file.

superTypes

Set<Type> superTypes()

Returns:

the set of types that are super types of this type (extended classes and implemented interfaces).

outermostClass

Symbol.TypeSymbol outermostClass()

Returns:

the most outer class containing this symbol.

isAnnotation

boolean isAnnotation()

Returns:

true if this type is an annotation.