public interface

Type

implements Mirror
com.sun.jdi.Type
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

The mirror for a type in the target VM. This interface is the root of a type hierarchy encompassing primitive types and reference types.

A Type may be used to represent a run-time type:

Value.type()
or a compile-time type:
type()
returnType()
argumentTypes()
type()
componentType()

The following table illustrates which subinterfaces of Type are used to mirror types in the target VM --

Subinterfaces of PrimitiveType
Type declared in target as Is mirrored as an instance of
boolean BooleanType
byte ByteType
char CharType
double DoubleType
float FloatType
int IntegerType
long LongType
short ShortType
void VoidType
Subinterfaces of ReferenceType
Type declared in target as For example Is mirrored as an instance of
a class Date ClassType
an interface Runnable InterfaceType
an array   ArrayType
an array int[] ArrayType whose componentType() is IntegerType
an array Date[] ArrayType whose componentType() is ClassType
an array Runnable[] ArrayType whose componentType() is InterfaceType

See Also

Summary

Public Methods
abstract String name()
abstract String signature()
Returns the JNI-style signature for this type.
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Inherited Methods
From interface com.sun.jdi.Mirror

Public Methods

public abstract String name ()

Returns
  • a text representation of this type.

public abstract String signature ()

Returns the JNI-style signature for this type.

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 TYPE.

Returns
  • the string containing the type signature.
See Also