jdk8-mips64-public/langtools: src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/Types.java@e8987ce7fb4b (annotated)

src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/Types.java@e8987ce7fb4b (annotated)

src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/Types.java

Sun, 05 May 2013 21:04:41 -0700

author: darcy
date: Sun, 05 May 2013 21:04:41 -0700
changeset 1725: e8987ce7fb4b
parent 1645: 97f6839673d6
child 2223: 6d1f9d1fd585
permissions: -rw-r--r--

8013909: Fix doclint issues in javax.lang.model
Reviewed-by: jjg

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 package javax.lang.model.util;
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.annotation.AnnotationTypeMismatchException;
 import java.lang.annotation.IncompleteAnnotationException;
 import java.util.List;
 import javax.lang.model.element.*;
 import javax.lang.model.type.*;
 /**
  * Utility methods for operating on types.
  *
  * <p><b>Compatibility Note:</b> Methods may be added to this interface
  * in future releases of the platform.
  *
  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
  * @author Scott Seligman
  * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
  * @see javax.annotation.processing.ProcessingEnvironment#getTypeUtils
  * @since 1.6
  */
 public interface Types {
     /**
      * Returns the element corresponding to a type.
      * The type may be a {@code DeclaredType} or {@code TypeVariable}.
      * Returns {@code null} if the type is not one with a
      * corresponding element.
      *
      * @param t the type to map to an element
      * @return the element corresponding to the given type
      */
     Element asElement(TypeMirror t);
     /**
      * Tests whether two {@code TypeMirror} objects represent the same type.
      *
      * <p>Since annotations are only meta-data associated with a type,
      * the set of annotations on either argument is <em>not</em> taken
      * into account when computing whether or not two {@code
      * TypeMirror} objects are the same type. In particular, two
      * {@code TypeMirror} objects can have different annotations and
      * still be considered the same.
      *
      * <p>Caveat: if either of the arguments to this method represents a
      * wildcard, this method will return false.  As a consequence, a wildcard
      * is not the same type as itself.  This might be surprising at first,
      * but makes sense once you consider that an example like this must be
      * rejected by the compiler:
      * <pre>
      *   {@code List<?> list = new ArrayList<Object>();}
      *   {@code list.add(list.get(0));}
      * </pre>
      *
      * @param t1  the first type
      * @param t2  the second type
      * @return {@code true} if and only if the two types are the same
      */
     boolean isSameType(TypeMirror t1, TypeMirror t2);
     /**
      * Tests whether one type is a subtype of another.
      * Any type is considered to be a subtype of itself.
      *
      * @param t1  the first type
      * @param t2  the second type
      * @return {@code true} if and only if the first type is a subtype
      *          of the second
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if given an executable or package type
      * @jls 4.10 Subtyping
      */
     boolean isSubtype(TypeMirror t1, TypeMirror t2);
     /**
      * Tests whether one type is assignable to another.
      *
      * @param t1  the first type
      * @param t2  the second type
      * @return {@code true} if and only if the first type is assignable
      *          to the second
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if given an executable or package type
      * @jls 5.2 Assignment Conversion
      */
     boolean isAssignable(TypeMirror t1, TypeMirror t2);
     /**
      * Tests whether one type argument <i>contains</i> another.
      *
      * @param t1  the first type
      * @param t2  the second type
      * @return {@code true} if and only if the first type contains the second
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if given an executable or package type
      * @jls 4.5.1.1 Type Argument Containment and Equivalence
      */
     boolean contains(TypeMirror t1, TypeMirror t2);
     /**
      * Tests whether the signature of one method is a <i>subsignature</i>
      * of another.
      *
      * @param m1  the first method
      * @param m2  the second method
      * @return {@code true} if and only if the first signature is a
      *          subsignature of the second
      * @jls 8.4.2 Method Signature
      */
     boolean isSubsignature(ExecutableType m1, ExecutableType m2);
     /**
      * Returns the direct supertypes of a type.  The interface types, if any,
      * will appear last in the list.
      *
      * @param t  the type being examined
      * @return the direct supertypes, or an empty list if none
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if given an executable or package type
      */
     List<? extends TypeMirror> directSupertypes(TypeMirror t);
     /**
      * Returns the erasure of a type.
      *
      * @param t  the type to be erased
      * @return the erasure of the given type
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if given a package type
      * @jls 4.6 Type Erasure
      */
     TypeMirror erasure(TypeMirror t);
     /**
      * Returns the class of a boxed value of a given primitive type.
      * That is, <i>boxing conversion</i> is applied.
      *
      * @param p  the primitive type to be converted
      * @return the class of a boxed value of type {@code p}
      * @jls 5.1.7 Boxing Conversion
      */
     TypeElement boxedClass(PrimitiveType p);
     /**
      * Returns the type (a primitive type) of unboxed values of a given type.
      * That is, <i>unboxing conversion</i> is applied.
      *
      * @param t  the type to be unboxed
      * @return the type of an unboxed value of type {@code t}
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given type has no
      *          unboxing conversion
      * @jls 5.1.8 Unboxing Conversion
      */
     PrimitiveType unboxedType(TypeMirror t);
     /**
      * Applies capture conversion to a type.
      *
      * @param t  the type to be converted
      * @return the result of applying capture conversion
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if given an executable or package type
      * @jls 5.1.10 Capture Conversion
      */
     TypeMirror capture(TypeMirror t);
     /**
      * Returns a primitive type.
      *
      * @param kind  the kind of primitive type to return
      * @return a primitive type
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code kind} is not a primitive kind
      */
     PrimitiveType getPrimitiveType(TypeKind kind);
     /**
      * Returns the null type.  This is the type of {@code null}.
      *
      * @return the null type
      */
     NullType getNullType();
     /**
      * Returns a pseudo-type used where no actual type is appropriate.
      * The kind of type to return may be either
      * {@link TypeKind#VOID VOID} or {@link TypeKind#NONE NONE}.
      * For packages, use
      * {@link Elements#getPackageElement(CharSequence)}{@code .asType()}
      * instead.
      *
      * @param kind  the kind of type to return
      * @return a pseudo-type of kind {@code VOID} or {@code NONE}
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code kind} is not valid
      */
     NoType getNoType(TypeKind kind);
     /**
      * Returns an array type with the specified component type.
      *
      * @param componentType  the component type
      * @return an array type with the specified component type.
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the component type is not valid for
      *          an array
      */
     ArrayType getArrayType(TypeMirror componentType);
     /**
      * Returns a new wildcard type argument.  Either of the wildcard's
      * bounds may be specified, or neither, but not both.
      *
      * @param extendsBound  the extends (upper) bound, or {@code null} if none
      * @param superBound    the super (lower) bound, or {@code null} if none
      * @return a new wildcard
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if bounds are not valid
      */
     WildcardType getWildcardType(TypeMirror extendsBound,
                                  TypeMirror superBound);
     /**
      * Returns the type corresponding to a type element and
      * actual type arguments.
      * Given the type element for {@code Set} and the type mirror
      * for {@code String},
      * for example, this method may be used to get the
      * parameterized type {@code Set<String>}.
      *
      * <p> The number of type arguments must either equal the
      * number of the type element's formal type parameters, or must be
      * zero.  If zero, and if the type element is generic,
      * then the type element's raw type is returned.
      *
      * <p> If a parameterized type is being returned, its type element
      * must not be contained within a generic outer class.
      * The parameterized type {@code Outer<String>.Inner<Number>},
      * for example, may be constructed by first using this
      * method to get the type {@code Outer<String>}, and then invoking
      * {@link #getDeclaredType(DeclaredType, TypeElement, TypeMirror...)}.
      *
      * @param typeElem  the type element
      * @param typeArgs  the actual type arguments
      * @return the type corresponding to the type element and
      *          actual type arguments
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if too many or too few
      *          type arguments are given, or if an inappropriate type
      *          argument or type element is provided
      */
     DeclaredType getDeclaredType(TypeElement typeElem, TypeMirror... typeArgs);
     /**
      * Returns the type corresponding to a type element
      * and actual type arguments, given a
      * {@linkplain DeclaredType#getEnclosingType() containing type}
      * of which it is a member.
      * The parameterized type {@code Outer<String>.Inner<Number>},
      * for example, may be constructed by first using
      * {@link #getDeclaredType(TypeElement, TypeMirror...)}
      * to get the type {@code Outer<String>}, and then invoking
      * this method.
      *
      * <p> If the containing type is a parameterized type,
      * the number of type arguments must equal the
      * number of {@code typeElem}'s formal type parameters.
      * If it is not parameterized or if it is {@code null}, this method is
      * equivalent to {@code getDeclaredType(typeElem, typeArgs)}.
      *
      * @param containing  the containing type, or {@code null} if none
      * @param typeElem    the type element
      * @param typeArgs    the actual type arguments
      * @return the type corresponding to the type element and
      *          actual type arguments, contained within the given type
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if too many or too few
      *          type arguments are given, or if an inappropriate type
      *          argument, type element, or containing type is provided
      */
     DeclaredType getDeclaredType(DeclaredType containing,
                                  TypeElement typeElem, TypeMirror... typeArgs);
     /**
      * Returns the type of an element when that element is viewed as
      * a member of, or otherwise directly contained by, a given type.
      * For example,
      * when viewed as a member of the parameterized type {@code Set<String>},
      * the {@code Set.add} method is an {@code ExecutableType}
      * whose parameter is of type {@code String}.
      *
      * @param containing  the containing type
      * @param element     the element
      * @return the type of the element as viewed from the containing type
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the element is not a valid one
      *          for the given type
      */
     TypeMirror asMemberOf(DeclaredType containing, Element element);
 }

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