RefLikeType (Soot - a J*va Optimization Framework 4.6.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- soot.Type
- - soot.RefLikeType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Numberable, Switchable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AnySubType, ArrayType, NullType, RefType
```
public abstract class RefLikeType
extends Type
```
Abstract class for Soot classes that model subtypes of java.lang.Object (ie. object references and arrays)

Author:

Ondrej Lhotak

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class soot.Type
  arrayType

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

RefLikeType()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Type`	`getArrayElementType()`	If I have a variable x of declared type t, what is a good declared type for the expression ((Object[]) x)[i]? The getArrayElementType() method in RefLikeType was introduced even later to answer this question for all classes implementing RefLikeType.

Methods inherited from class soot.Type
apply, getArrayType, getDefaultFinalType, getEscapedName, getNumber, isAllowedInFinalCode, makeArrayType, merge, setArrayType, setNumber, toMachineType, toQuotedString, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - RefLikeType
```
public RefLikeType()
```
- Method Detail
  - getArrayElementType
```
public abstract Type getArrayElementType()
```
    If I have a variable x of declared type t, what is a good declared type for the expression ((Object[]) x)[i]? The getArrayElementType() method in RefLikeType was introduced even later to answer this question for all classes implementing RefLikeType. If t is an array, then the answer is the same as getElementType(). But t could also be Object, Serializable, or Cloneable, which can all hold any array, so then the answer is Object.