org.jboss.jandex

Class WildcardType

java.lang.Object

org.jboss.jandex.Type

org.jboss.jandex.WildcardType

public class WildcardType
extends Type

Represents a generic wildcard. A generic wildcard can have either an upper (extends) or a lower (super) bound. A wildcard declared without a bound ("?") has a default extends bound of "java.lang.Object".

Since:

2.0

Author:

Jason T. Greene

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.jboss.jandex.Type

Type.Kind

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.jboss.jandex.Type

EMPTY_ARRAY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
WildcardType	asWildcardType() Casts this type to a WildcardType and returns it if the kind is Type.Kind.WILDCARD_TYPE Throws an exception otherwise.
boolean	equals(Object o) Compares this Type with another type, and returns true if they are equivalent.
Type	extendsBound() Returns the extends (upper) bound of this wildcard.
int	hashCode() Computes a hash code representing this type.
Type.Kind	kind() Returns the kind of Type this is.
Type	superBound() Returns the super (lower) bound of this wildcard.
String	toString() Returns a string representation for this type.

Methods inherited from class org.jboss.jandex.Type

annotations, asArrayType, asClassType, asParameterizedType, asPrimitiveType, asTypeVariable, asUnresolvedTypeVariable, asVoidType, create, name

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

extendsBound

public Type extendsBound()

Returns the extends (upper) bound of this wildcard. If this wildcard declares a super (lower) bound, this method will return null

Returns:

the extends bound, or null if this wildcard has a super bound

superBound

public Type superBound()

Returns the super (lower) bound of this wildcard. If this wildcard declares an extends (upper) bound, this method will return nnull

Returns:

the super bound, or null if this wildcard has a extends bound

kind

public Type.Kind kind()

Description copied from class: Type

Returns the kind of Type this is.

Specified by:

kind in class Type

Returns:

the kind

asWildcardType

public WildcardType asWildcardType()

Description copied from class: Type

Casts this type to a WildcardType and returns it if the kind is Type.Kind.WILDCARD_TYPE Throws an exception otherwise.

Overrides:

asWildcardType in class Type

Returns:

a ClassType

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from class: Type

Returns a string representation for this type. It is similar, yet not equivalent to a Java source code representation.

Overrides:

toString in class Type

Returns:

the string representation.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Description copied from class: Type

Compares this Type with another type, and returns true if they are equivalent. A type is equivalent to another type if it is the same kind, and all of its fields are equal. This includes annotations, which must be equal as well.

Overrides:

equals in class Type

Parameters:

o - the type to compare to

Returns:

true if equal

See Also:

Object.equals(Object)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Description copied from class: Type

Computes a hash code representing this type.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Type

Returns:

the hash code