Module org.eclipse.xtend.lib.macro

Package org.eclipse.xtend.lib.macro.declaration

Interface Type

All Superinterfaces:

Element, NamedElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

AnnotationTypeDeclaration, ClassDeclaration, EnumerationTypeDeclaration, InterfaceDeclaration, MutableAnnotationTypeDeclaration, MutableClassDeclaration, MutableEnumerationTypeDeclaration, MutableInterfaceDeclaration, MutableTypeDeclaration, MutableTypeParameterDeclaration, PrimitiveType, TypeDeclaration, TypeParameterDeclaration, VoidType

@Beta
public interface Type
extends NamedElement

Author:

Sven Efftinge

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getQualifiedName()	Returns the qualified name of this type declaration.
boolean	isAssignableFrom(Type otherType)	Determines if the type represented by this Type object is either the same as, or is a supertype of, the type represented by the specified Type parameter.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.xtend.lib.macro.declaration.NamedElement

getCompilationUnit, getSimpleName

Method Details

getQualifiedName

String getQualifiedName()

Returns the qualified name of this type declaration. Nested types use the '.' char as the inner class delimiter.

Returns:

the qualified name of this type declaration.

isAssignableFrom

boolean isAssignableFrom(Type otherType)

Determines if the type represented by this Type object is either the same as, or is a supertype of, the type represented by the specified Type parameter. It returns true if so; otherwise it returns false. If this Type object represents a primitive type, this method returns true if the specified Type parameter is exactly this Type object; otherwise it returns false.

Parameters:

otherType - the Type object to be checked

Returns:

the boolean value indicating whether objects of the type cls can be assigned to objects of this type. The method returns false if the given parameter is null.