Interface TypeElement
- All Superinterfaces:
-
AnnotatedConstruct
,Element
,Parameterizable
,QualifiedNameable
public interface TypeElement extends Element, Parameterizable, QualifiedNameable
Represents a class or interface program element. Provides access to information about the type and its members. Note that an enum type is a kind of class and an annotation type is a kind of interface.
While a TypeElement
represents a class or interface element, a DeclaredType
represents a class or interface type, the latter being a use (or invocation) of the former. The distinction is most apparent with generic types, for which a single element can define a whole family of types. For example, the element java.util.Set
corresponds to the parameterized types java.util.Set<String>
and java.util.Set<Number>
(and many others), and to the raw type java.util.Set
.
Each method of this interface that returns a list of elements will return them in the order that is natural for the underlying source of program information. For example, if the underlying source of information is Java source code, then the elements will be returned in source code order.
- Since:
- 1.6
- See Also:
DeclaredType
Method Summary
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
List<? extends Element> | getEnclosedElements() | Returns the fields, methods, constructors, and member types that are directly declared in this class or interface. |
Element | getEnclosingElement() | Returns the package of a top-level type and returns the immediately lexically enclosing element for a nested type. |
List<? extends TypeMirror> | getInterfaces() | Returns the interface types directly implemented by this class or extended by this interface. |
NestingKind | getNestingKind() | Returns the nesting kind of this type element. |
Name | getQualifiedName() | Returns the fully qualified name of this type element. |
Name | getSimpleName() | Returns the simple name of this type element. |
TypeMirror | getSuperclass() | Returns the direct superclass of this type element. |
List<? extends TypeParameterElement> | getTypeParameters() | Returns the formal type parameters of this type element in declaration order. |
Methods declared in interface javax.lang.model.AnnotatedConstruct
getAnnotationsByType
Methods declared in interface javax.lang.model.element.Element
accept, asType, equals, getAnnotation, getAnnotationMirrors, getKind, getModifiers, hashCode
Method Detail
getEnclosedElements
List<? extends Element> getEnclosedElements()
Returns the fields, methods, constructors, and member types that are directly declared in this class or interface. This includes any mandated elements such as the (implicit) default constructor and the implicit values
and valueOf
methods of an enum type.
- Specified by:
-
getEnclosedElements
in interfaceElement
- API Note:
- As a particular instance of the general accuracy requirements and the ordering behavior required of this interface, the list of enclosed elements will be returned in the natural order for the originating source of information about the type. For example, if the information about the type is originating from a source file, the elements will be returned in source code order. (However, in that case the the ordering of implicitly declared elements, such as default constructors, is not specified.)
- Returns:
- the enclosed elements in proper order, or an empty list if none
- See Also:
-
getEnclosedElements()
,PackageElement.getEnclosedElements()
,ModuleElement.getEnclosedElements()
,Elements.getAllMembers(javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement)
getNestingKind
NestingKind getNestingKind()
Returns the nesting kind of this type element.
- Returns:
- the nesting kind of this type element
getQualifiedName
Name getQualifiedName()
Returns the fully qualified name of this type element. More precisely, it returns the canonical name. For local and anonymous classes, which do not have canonical names, an empty name is returned.
The name of a generic type does not include any reference to its formal type parameters. For example, the fully qualified name of the interface java.util.Set<E>
is "java.util.Set
". Nested types use ".
" as a separator, as in "java.util.Map.Entry
".
- Specified by:
-
getQualifiedName
in interfaceQualifiedNameable
- Returns:
- the fully qualified name of this class or interface, or an empty name if none
- See Also:
Elements.getBinaryName(javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement)
getSimpleName
Name getSimpleName()
Returns the simple name of this type element. For an anonymous class, an empty name is returned.
- Specified by:
-
getSimpleName
in interfaceElement
- Returns:
- the simple name of this class or interface, an empty name for an anonymous class
- See Also:
-
PackageElement.getSimpleName()
,ExecutableElement.getSimpleName()
,getSimpleName()
,VariableElement.getSimpleName()
,ModuleElement.getSimpleName()
getSuperclass
TypeMirror getSuperclass()
Returns the direct superclass of this type element. If this type element represents an interface or the class java.lang.Object
, then a NoType
with kind NONE
is returned.
- Returns:
- the direct superclass, or a
NoType
if there is none
getInterfaces
List<? extends TypeMirror> getInterfaces()
Returns the interface types directly implemented by this class or extended by this interface.
- Returns:
- the interface types directly implemented by this class or extended by this interface, or an empty list if there are none
getTypeParameters
List<? extends TypeParameterElement> getTypeParameters()
Returns the formal type parameters of this type element in declaration order.
- Specified by:
-
getTypeParameters
in interfaceParameterizable
- Returns:
- the formal type parameters, or an empty list if there are none
getEnclosingElement
Element getEnclosingElement()
Returns the package of a top-level type and returns the immediately lexically enclosing element for a nested type.
- Specified by:
-
getEnclosingElement
in interfaceElement
- Returns:
- the package of a top-level type, the immediately lexically enclosing element for a nested type
- See Also:
Elements.getPackageOf(javax.lang.model.element.Element)