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package com.sun.jdi;
/**
* The mirror for a type in the target VM.
* This interface is the root of a type hierarchy encompassing primitive
* types and reference types.
* <P>
* A Type may be used to represent a run-time type:
* <BLOCKQUOTE>
* {@link Value}.type()
* </BLOCKQUOTE>
* or a compile-time type:
* <BLOCKQUOTE>
* {@link Field#type()} <BR>
* {@link Method#returnType()} <BR>
* {@link Method#argumentTypes()} <BR>
* {@link LocalVariable#type()} <BR>
* {@link ArrayType#componentType()}
* </BLOCKQUOTE>
* <P>
* The following table illustrates which subinterfaces of Type
* are used to mirror types in the target VM --
* <TABLE BORDER=1 SUMMARY="Maps each type declared in target to a mirrored
* instance of a subinterface of PrimitiveType or ReferenceType">
* <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF">
* <TH id="primtype" colspan=3>Subinterfaces of {@link PrimitiveType}</TH>
* <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF">
* <TH id="declared" align="left" colspan=2>Type declared in target as</TH>
* <TH id="mirrored" align="left">Is mirrored as an instance of</TH>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="primtype declared" colspan=2><CODE>boolean</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="primtype mirrored"> {@link BooleanType}</TD>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="primtype declared" colspan=2><CODE>byte</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="primtype mirrored">{@link ByteType}</TD>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="primtype declared" colspan=2><CODE>char</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="primtype mirrored">{@link CharType}</TD>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="primtype declared" colspan=2><CODE>double</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="primtype mirrored">{@link DoubleType}</TD>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="primtype declared" colspan=2><CODE>float</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="primtype mirrored">{@link FloatType}</TD>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="primtype declared" colspan=2><CODE>int</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="primtype mirrored">{@link IntegerType}</TD>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="primtype declared" colspan=2><CODE>long</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="primtype mirrored">{@link LongType}</TD>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="primtype declared" colspan=2><CODE>short</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="primtype mirrored">{@link ShortType}</TD>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="primtype declared" colspan=2><CODE>void</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="primtype mirrored">{@link VoidType}</TD>
* <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF">
* <TH id="reftype" colspan=3>Subinterfaces of {@link ReferenceType}</TH>
* <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF">
* <TH id="declared2" align="left">Type declared in target as</TH>
* <TH id="example2" align="left">For example</TH>
* <TH id="mirrored2" align="left">Is mirrored as an instance of</TH>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="reftype declared2"><I>a class</I></TD>
* <TD headers="reftype example2"><CODE>Date</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="reftype mirrored2">{@link ClassType}</TD>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="reftype declared2"><I>an interface</I></TD>
* <TD headers="reftype example2"><CODE>Runnable</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="reftype mirrored2">{@link InterfaceType}</TD>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="reftype declared2"><I>an array</I></TD>
* <TD headers="reftype example2"> </TD>
* <TD headers="reftype mirrored2">{@link ArrayType}</TD>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="reftype declared2"><I>an array</I></TD>
* <TD headers="reftype example2"><CODE>int[]</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="reftype mirrored2">{@link ArrayType} whose
* {@link ArrayType#componentType() componentType()} is
* {@link IntegerType}</TD>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="reftype declared2"><I>an array</I></TD>
* <TD headers="reftype example2"><CODE>Date[]</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="reftype mirrored2">{@link ArrayType} whose
* {@link ArrayType#componentType() componentType()} is
* {@link ClassType}</TD>
* <TR>
* <TD headers="reftype declared2"><I>an array</I></TD>
* <TD headers="reftype example2"><CODE>Runnable[]</CODE></TD>
* <TD headers="reftype mirrored2">{@link ArrayType} whose
* {@link ArrayType#componentType() componentType()} is
* {@link InterfaceType}</TD>
* </TABLE>
*
* @see PrimitiveType Subinterface PrimitiveType
* @see ReferenceType Subinterface ReferenceType
* @see Value Value - for relationship between Type and Value
* @see Field#type() Field.type() - for usage examples
*
* @author Robert Field
* @author Gordon Hirsch
* @author James McIlree
* @since 1.3
*/
public interface Type extends Mirror
{
/**
* Returns the JNI-style signature for this type.
* <p>
* For primitive classes
* the returned signature is the signature of the corresponding primitive
* type; for example, "I" is returned as the signature of the class
* represented by {@link java.lang.Integer#TYPE}.
*
* @see <a href="doc-files/signature.html">Type Signatures</a>
* @return the string containing the type signature.
*/
String signature();
/**
* @return a text representation of this type.
*/
String name();
}