org.mule.devkit.model.code
Class NullType

java.lang.Object
  org.mule.devkit.model.code.Type
      org.mule.devkit.model.code.TypeReference
          org.mule.devkit.model.code.NullType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<Type>, Generable

public final class NullType
extends TypeReference

Special class object that represents the type of "null".

Use this class with care.

Author:

Kohsuke Kawaguchi (kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.mule.devkit.model.code.TypeReference

EMPTY_ARRAY

Method Summary

TypeReference	_extends() Gets the super class of this class.
Iterator<TypeReference>	_implements() Iterates all super interfaces directly implemented by this class/interface.
GeneratedPackage	_package() Gets the package to which this class belongs.
String	fullName() Gets the full name of the type.
boolean	isAbstract() Checks if this class is an abstract class.
boolean	isInterface() Checks if this object represents an interface.
String	name() Gets the name of this class.
protected TypeReference	substituteParams(TypeVariable[] variables, List<TypeReference> bindings) Substitutes the type variables with their actual arguments.

Methods inherited from class org.mule.devkit.model.code.TypeReference

array, array, boxify, erasure, generate, getBaseClass, getBaseClass, getPrimitiveType, getTypeParameters, isAssignableFrom, isParameterized, narrow, narrow, narrow, narrow, narrow, narrow, narrow, outer, owner, staticInvoke, staticInvoke, staticRef, staticRef, toString, typeParams, unboxify, wildcard

Methods inherited from class org.mule.devkit.model.code.Type

binaryName, compareTo, dotclass, elementType, equals, hashCode, isArray, isPrimitive, isReference, parse

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

name

public String name()

Description copied from class: TypeReference

Gets the name of this class.

Specified by:

name in class TypeReference

Returns:

name of this class, without any qualification. For example, this method returns "String" for java.lang.String.

fullName

public String fullName()

Description copied from class: Type

Gets the full name of the type.

See http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/names.doc.html#25430 for the details.

Specified by:

fullName in class Type

Returns:

Strings like "int", "java.lang.String", "java.io.File[]". Never null.

_package

public GeneratedPackage _package()

Description copied from class: TypeReference

Gets the package to which this class belongs. TODO: shall we move move this down?

Specified by:

_package in class TypeReference

_extends

public TypeReference _extends()

Description copied from class: TypeReference

Gets the super class of this class.

Specified by:

_extends in class TypeReference

Returns:

Returns the TypeReference representing the superclass of the entity (class or interface) represented by this TypeReference. Even if no super class is given explicitly or this TypeReference is not a class, this method still returns TypeReference for Object. If this TypeReference represents Object, return null.

_implements

public Iterator<TypeReference> _implements()

Description copied from class: TypeReference

Iterates all super interfaces directly implemented by this class/interface.

Specified by:

_implements in class TypeReference

Returns:

A non-null valid iterator that iterates all TypeReference objects that represents those interfaces implemented by this object.

isInterface

public boolean isInterface()

Description copied from class: TypeReference

Checks if this object represents an interface.

Specified by:

isInterface in class TypeReference

isAbstract

public boolean isAbstract()

Description copied from class: TypeReference

Checks if this class is an abstract class.

Specified by:

isAbstract in class TypeReference

substituteParams

protected TypeReference substituteParams(TypeVariable[] variables,
                                         List<TypeReference> bindings)

Description copied from class: TypeReference

Substitutes the type variables with their actual arguments.

For example, when this class is Map<String,Map<V>>, (where V then doing substituteParams( V, Integer ) returns a TypeReference for Map<String,Map<Integer>>.

This method needs to work recursively.

Specified by:

substituteParams in class TypeReference