src/share/classes/com/sun/javadoc/ParameterizedType.java

Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:17:37 -0800

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ksrini
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Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:17:37 -0800
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8029230: Update copyright year to match last edit in jdk8 langtools repository for 2013
Reviewed-by: ksrini
Contributed-by: steve.sides@oracle.com

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duke@1 25
duke@1 26 package com.sun.javadoc;
duke@1 27
duke@1 28
duke@1 29 /**
duke@1 30 * Represents an invocation of a generic class or interface. For example,
duke@1 31 * given the generic interface {@code List<E>}, possible invocations
duke@1 32 * include:
duke@1 33 * <pre>
duke@1 34 * {@code List<String>}
duke@1 35 * {@code List<T extends Number>}
duke@1 36 * {@code List<?>}
duke@1 37 * </pre>
duke@1 38 * A generic inner class {@code Outer<T>.Inner<S>} might be invoked as:
duke@1 39 * <pre>
duke@1 40 * {@code Outer<Number>.Inner<String>}
duke@1 41 * </pre>
duke@1 42 *
duke@1 43 * @author Scott Seligman
duke@1 44 * @since 1.5
duke@1 45 */
duke@1 46 public interface ParameterizedType extends Type {
duke@1 47
duke@1 48 /**
duke@1 49 * Return the generic class or interface that declared this type.
duke@1 50 *
duke@1 51 * @return the generic class or interface that declared this type.
duke@1 52 */
duke@1 53 ClassDoc asClassDoc();
duke@1 54
duke@1 55 /**
duke@1 56 * Return the actual type arguments of this type.
duke@1 57 * For a generic type that is nested within some other generic type
duke@1 58 * (such as {@code Outer<T>.Inner<S>}),
duke@1 59 * only the type arguments of the innermost type are included.
duke@1 60 *
duke@1 61 * @return the actual type arguments of this type.
duke@1 62 */
duke@1 63 Type[] typeArguments();
duke@1 64
duke@1 65 /**
duke@1 66 * Return the class type that is a direct supertype of this one.
duke@1 67 * This is the superclass of this type's declaring class,
duke@1 68 * with type arguments substituted in.
duke@1 69 * Return null if this is an interface type.
duke@1 70 *
duke@1 71 * <p> For example, if this parameterized type is
duke@1 72 * {@code java.util.ArrayList<String>}, the result will be
duke@1 73 * {@code java.util.AbstractList<String>}.
duke@1 74 *
duke@1 75 * @return the class type that is a direct supertype of this one.
duke@1 76 */
duke@1 77 Type superclassType();
duke@1 78
duke@1 79 /**
duke@1 80 * Return the interface types directly implemented by or extended by this
duke@1 81 * parameterized type.
duke@1 82 * These are the interfaces directly implemented or extended
duke@1 83 * by this type's declaring class or interface,
duke@1 84 * with type arguments substituted in.
duke@1 85 * Return an empty array if there are no interfaces.
duke@1 86 *
duke@1 87 * <p> For example, the interface extended by
duke@1 88 * {@code java.util.Set<String>} is {@code java.util.Collection<String>}.
duke@1 89 *
duke@1 90 * @return the interface types directly implemented by or extended by this
duke@1 91 * parameterized type.
duke@1 92 */
duke@1 93 Type[] interfaceTypes();
duke@1 94
duke@1 95 /**
duke@1 96 * Return the type that contains this type as a member.
duke@1 97 * Return null is this is a top-level type.
duke@1 98 *
duke@1 99 * <p> For example, the containing type of
duke@1 100 * {@code AnInterface.Nested<Number>} is the <code>ClassDoc</code>
duke@1 101 * representing {@code AnInterface}, and the containing type of
duke@1 102 * {@code Outer<String>.Inner<Number>} is the
duke@1 103 * <code>ParameterizedType</code> representing {@code Outer<String>}.
duke@1 104 *
duke@1 105 * @return the type that contains this type as a member.
duke@1 106 */
duke@1 107 Type containingType();
duke@1 108 }

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