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Interface TypeAnnotation.SupertypeTarget

All Superinterfaces:: TypeAnnotation.TargetInfo

Enclosing interface:: TypeAnnotation

public static sealed interface TypeAnnotation.SupertypeTarget extends TypeAnnotation.TargetInfo

Indicates that an annotation appears on a type in the extends or implements clause of a class or interface declaration.

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Field Summary

Fields declared in interface TypeAnnotation.TargetInfo

TARGET_CAST, TARGET_CLASS_EXTENDS, TARGET_CLASS_TYPE_PARAMETER, TARGET_CLASS_TYPE_PARAMETER_BOUND, TARGET_CONSTRUCTOR_INVOCATION_TYPE_ARGUMENT, TARGET_CONSTRUCTOR_REFERENCE, TARGET_CONSTRUCTOR_REFERENCE_TYPE_ARGUMENT, TARGET_EXCEPTION_PARAMETER, TARGET_FIELD, TARGET_INSTANCEOF, TARGET_LOCAL_VARIABLE, TARGET_METHOD_FORMAL_PARAMETER, TARGET_METHOD_INVOCATION_TYPE_ARGUMENT, TARGET_METHOD_RECEIVER, TARGET_METHOD_REFERENCE, TARGET_METHOD_REFERENCE_TYPE_ARGUMENT, TARGET_METHOD_RETURN, TARGET_METHOD_TYPE_PARAMETER, TARGET_METHOD_TYPE_PARAMETER_BOUND, TARGET_NEW, TARGET_RESOURCE_VARIABLE, TARGET_THROWS

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`supertypeIndex()`	JVMS: A supertype_index value of 65535 specifies that the annotation appears on the superclass in an extends clause of a class declaration.

Methods declared in interface TypeAnnotation.TargetInfo

size, targetType

Method Details

supertypeIndex

int supertypeIndex()

JVMS: A supertype_index value of 65535 specifies that the annotation appears on the superclass in an extends clause of a class declaration. Any other supertype_index value is an index into the interfaces array of the enclosing ClassFile structure, and specifies that the annotation appears on that superinterface in either the implements clause of a class declaration or the extends clause of an interface declaration.

Returns:: the index into the interfaces array or 65535 to indicate it is the superclass

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