GenericTypeDescription (Byte Buddy (without dependencies) 0.7.7 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Iterable<GenericTypeDescription>, NamedElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

InstrumentedType, TypeDescription

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericTypeDescription.ForGenericArray, GenericTypeDescription.ForGenericArray.Latent, GenericTypeDescription.ForGenericArray.OfLoadedType, GenericTypeDescription.ForNonGenericType, GenericTypeDescription.ForNonGenericType.Latent, GenericTypeDescription.ForNonGenericType.OfLoadedType, GenericTypeDescription.ForParameterizedType, GenericTypeDescription.ForParameterizedType.Latent, GenericTypeDescription.ForParameterizedType.OfLoadedType, GenericTypeDescription.ForTypeVariable, GenericTypeDescription.ForTypeVariable.InDetachedForm, GenericTypeDescription.ForTypeVariable.OfLoadedType, GenericTypeDescription.ForWildcardType, GenericTypeDescription.ForWildcardType.Latent, GenericTypeDescription.ForWildcardType.OfLoadedType, GenericTypeDescription.LazyProjection, GenericTypeDescription.LazyProjection.OfLoadedFieldType, GenericTypeDescription.LazyProjection.OfLoadedParameter, GenericTypeDescription.LazyProjection.OfLoadedParameter.OfLegacyVmConstructor, GenericTypeDescription.LazyProjection.OfLoadedParameter.OfLegacyVmMethod, GenericTypeDescription.LazyProjection.OfLoadedReturnType, GenericTypeDescription.LazyProjection.OfLoadedSuperType, GenericTypeDescription.Visitor.Substitutor.ForDetachment.DetachedTypeVariable, GenericTypeList.ForDetachedTypes.OfTypeVariable.LazyTypeVariable, InstrumentedType.Default, MethodDescription.TypeSubstituting.VariableRetainingDelegator.RetainedVariable, TypeDescription.AbstractBase, TypeDescription.AbstractBase.OfSimpleType, TypeDescription.AbstractBase.RawTypeWrapper.RawTypeVariable, TypeDescription.ArrayProjection, TypeDescription.ForLoadedType, TypeDescription.ForPackageDescription, TypeDescription.Latent, TypePool.LazyFacade.LazyResolution.LazyTypeDescription, TypePool.LazyTypeDescription, TypePool.LazyTypeDescription.GenericTypeToken.ForParameterizedType.LazyParameterizedType, TypePool.LazyTypeDescription.GenericTypeToken.ForParameterizedType.Nested.LazyParameterizedType, TypePool.LazyTypeDescription.GenericTypeToken.ForTypeVariable.Formal.LazyTypeVariable
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public interface GenericTypeDescription
extends NamedElement, Iterable<GenericTypeDescription>
```
Represents a generic type of the Java programming language. A non-generic TypeDescription is considered to be a specialization of a generic type.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
`static class`	`GenericTypeDescription.ForGenericArray` A base implementation of a generic type description that represents a potentially generic array.
`static class`	`GenericTypeDescription.ForNonGenericType` A raw type representation of a non-generic type.
`static class`	`GenericTypeDescription.ForParameterizedType` A base implementation of a generic type description that represents a parameterized type.
`static class`	`GenericTypeDescription.ForTypeVariable` A base implementation of a generic type description that represents a type variable.
`static class`	`GenericTypeDescription.ForWildcardType` A base implementation of a generic type description that represents a wildcard type.
`static class`	`GenericTypeDescription.LazyProjection` A lazy projection of a generic type.
`static class`	`GenericTypeDescription.Sort` Represents a `GenericTypeDescription`'s form.
`static class`	`GenericTypeDescription.SuperTypeIterator` An iterator that iterates over a type's class hierarchy.
`static interface`	`GenericTypeDescription.Visitor<T>` A visitor that can be applied to a `GenericTypeDescription` for differentiating on the sort of the visited type.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface net.bytebuddy.description.NamedElement
NamedElement.WithGenericName, NamedElement.WithRuntimeName

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface net.bytebuddy.description.NamedElement
  EMPTY_NAME, NO_NAME

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`<T> T`	`accept(GenericTypeDescription.Visitor<T> visitor)` Applies a visitor to this generic type description.
`TypeDescription`	`asErasure()` Returns the erasure of this type.
`GenericTypeDescription`	`getComponentType()` Returns the component type of this type.
`FieldList<?>`	`getDeclaredFields()` Returns a list of field descriptions that are declared by this type.
`MethodList<?>`	`getDeclaredMethods()` Returns a list of method descriptions that are declared by this type.
`GenericTypeList`	`getInterfaces()` Returns the generic interface types of this type.
`GenericTypeList`	`getLowerBounds()` Returns the lower bounds of this type.
`GenericTypeDescription`	`getOwnerType()` Returns the owner type of this type.
`GenericTypeList`	`getParameters()` Returns the type parameters of this type.
`GenericTypeDescription.Sort`	`getSort()` Returns the sort of the generic type this instance represents.
`StackSize`	`getStackSize()` Returns the size of the type described by this instance.
`GenericTypeDescription`	`getSuperType()` Returns the generic super type of this type.
`String`	`getSymbol()` Returns the symbol of this type variable.
`String`	`getTypeName()` Returns the name of the type.
`GenericTypeList`	`getUpperBounds()` Returns the upper bounds of this type.
`TypeVariableSource`	`getVariableSource()` Returns the source of this type variable.
`boolean`	`isArray()` Checks if the type described by this entity is an array.
`boolean`	`isPrimitive()` Checks if the type described by this entity is a primitive type.
`boolean`	`represents(Type type)` Checks if the type described by this instance represents `type`.

Methods inherited from interface net.bytebuddy.description.NamedElement
getSourceCodeName

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable
forEach, iterator, spliterator

- Method Detail
  - getSort
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GenericTypeDescription.Sort getSort()
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    Returns the sort of the generic type this instance represents.
    
    Returns:
    
    The sort of the generic type.
  - getTypeName
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String getTypeName()
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    Returns the name of the type. For generic types, this name is their Object.toString() representations. For a non-generic type, it is the fully qualified binary name of the type.
    
    Returns:
    
    The name of this type.
  - asErasure
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TypeDescription asErasure()
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    Returns the erasure of this type. Wildcard types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.WILDCARD) do not have a well-defined erasure and cause an IllegalStateException to be thrown.
    
    Returns:
    
    The erasure of this type.
  - getSuperType
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GenericTypeDescription getSuperType()
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    Returns the generic super type of this type.
    
    Only non-generic types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.NON_GENERIC) and parameterized types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.PARAMETERIZED) define a super type. For a generic array type, (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.GENERIC_ARRAY), a description of Object is returned. For other generic types, an IllegalStateException is thrown.
    
    Returns:
    
    The generic super type of this type or null if no such type exists.
  - getInterfaces
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GenericTypeList getInterfaces()
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    Returns the generic interface types of this type.
    
    Only non-generic types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.NON_GENERIC) and parameterized types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.PARAMETERIZED) define a super type. For a generic array type, (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.GENERIC_ARRAY), a list of Serializable and Cloneable) is returned. For other generic types, an IllegalStateException is thrown.
    
    Returns:
    
    The generic interface types of this type.
  - getDeclaredFields
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FieldList<?> getDeclaredFields()
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    Returns a list of field descriptions that are declared by this type. For parameterized types, all type variables of these fields are resolved to the values of the type variables.
    
    Only non-generic types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.NON_GENERIC) and parameterized types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.PARAMETERIZED) define a super type. For a generic array type, (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.GENERIC_ARRAY), an empty list is returned. For other generic types, an IllegalStateException is thrown.
    
    Returns:
    
    A list of fields that are declared by this type.
  - getDeclaredMethods
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MethodList<?> getDeclaredMethods()
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    Returns a list of method descriptions that are declared by this type. For parameterized types, all type variables used by these methods are resolved to the values of the type variables.
    
    Only non-generic types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.NON_GENERIC) and parameterized types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.PARAMETERIZED) define a super type. For a generic array type, (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.GENERIC_ARRAY), an empty list is returned. For other generic types, an IllegalStateException is thrown.
    
    Returns:
    
    A list of methods that are declared by this type.
  - getUpperBounds
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GenericTypeList getUpperBounds()
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    Returns the upper bounds of this type. Any type with a well-defined upper bound is bound by at least one type. If no such type is defined, the bound is implicitly Object.
    
    Only non-symbolic type variables (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.VARIABLE, GenericTypeDescription.Sort.VARIABLE_DETACHED) and wildcard types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.WILDCARD) have well-defined upper bounds. For other types, an IllegalStateException is thrown.
    
    Returns:
    
    The upper bounds of this type.
  - getLowerBounds
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GenericTypeList getLowerBounds()
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    Returns the lower bounds of this type.
    
    Only wildcard types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.WILDCARD) define a lower bound. For other types, an IllegalStateException is thrown.
    
    Returns:
    
    The lower bounds of this type.
  - getComponentType
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GenericTypeDescription getComponentType()
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    Returns the component type of this type.
    
    Only non-generic types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.NON_GENERIC) and generic array types GenericTypeDescription.Sort.GENERIC_ARRAY) define a component type. For other types, an IllegalStateException is thrown.
    
    Returns:
    
    The component type of this type or null if this type does not represent an array type.
  - getParameters
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GenericTypeList getParameters()
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    Returns the type parameters of this type.
    
    Parameters are only well-defined for parameterized types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.PARAMETERIZED), generic array types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.GENERIC_ARRAY) and non-generic types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.NON_GENERIC). For non-generic and generic array types, the returned list is always empty. For all other types, this method throws an IllegalStateException.
    
    Returns:
    
    A list of this type's type parameters.
  - getOwnerType
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GenericTypeDescription getOwnerType()
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    Returns the owner type of this type.
    
    An owner type is only well-defined for parameterized types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.PARAMETERIZED) , generic array types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.GENERIC_ARRAY) and non-generic types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.NON_GENERIC). Non-generic types and generic array types do never have an owner type. For all other types, this method throws an IllegalStateException.
    
    Returns:
    
    This type's owner type or null if no such owner type exists.
  - getVariableSource
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TypeVariableSource getVariableSource()
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    Returns the source of this type variable. A type variable source is only well-defined for an attached type variable (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.VARIABLE. For other types, this method throws an IllegalStateException.
    
    Returns:
    
    This type's type variable source.
  - getSymbol
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String getSymbol()
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    Returns the symbol of this type variable. A symbol is only well-defined for type variables (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.VARIABLE, GenericTypeDescription.Sort.VARIABLE_DETACHED, GenericTypeDescription.Sort.VARIABLE_SYMBOLIC). For other types, this method throws an IllegalStateException.
    
    Returns:
    
    This type's type variable symbol.
  - getStackSize
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StackSize getStackSize()
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    Returns the size of the type described by this instance. Wildcard types (GenericTypeDescription.Sort.WILDCARD do not have a well-defined a stack size and cause an IllegalStateException to be thrown.
    
    Returns:
    
    The size of the type described by this instance.
  - isArray
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boolean isArray()
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    Checks if the type described by this entity is an array.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this type description represents an array.
  - isPrimitive
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boolean isPrimitive()
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    Checks if the type described by this entity is a primitive type.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this type description represents a primitive type.
  - represents
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boolean represents(Type type)
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    Checks if the type described by this instance represents type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - The type of interest.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the type described by this instance represents type.
  - accept
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<T> T accept(GenericTypeDescription.Visitor<T> visitor)
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    Applies a visitor to this generic type description.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - The value that this visitor yields.
    
    Parameters:
    
    visitor - The visitor to apply.
    
    Returns:
    
    The visitor's return value.

Interface GenericTypeDescription

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface net.bytebuddy.description.NamedElement

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.bytebuddy.description.NamedElement

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface net.bytebuddy.description.NamedElement

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

Method Detail

getSort

getTypeName

asErasure

getSuperType

getInterfaces

getDeclaredFields

getDeclaredMethods

getUpperBounds

getLowerBounds

getComponentType

getParameters

getOwnerType

getVariableSource

getSymbol

getStackSize

isArray

isPrimitive

represents

accept