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TypeDescriptor
interface TypeDescriptor
Known Indirect Subclasses
Class |
Instances of the class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
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MethodType |
A method type represents the arguments and return type accepted and returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed and expected by a method handle caller.
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An entity that has a type descriptor.
Summary
Nested classes |
abstract |
An entity that has a field type descriptor.
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abstract |
An entity that has a method type descriptor Method descriptors conforming to JVMS {@jvms 4.
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Public methods |
abstract String! |
Returns the descriptor string for this TypeDescriptor object.
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Public methods
descriptorString
abstract fun descriptorString(): String!
Returns the descriptor string for this TypeDescriptor
object. If this TypeDescriptor
object can be described in nominal form, then this method returns a type descriptor as specified in JVMS {@jvms 4.3}. The result descriptor string can be used to produce a java.lang.constant.ConstantDesc nominal descriptor
. Otherwise, the result string is not a type descriptor. No java.lang.constant.ConstantDesc nominal descriptor
can be produced from the result string.
Return |
String! |
the descriptor string for this TypeDescriptor object |
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Last updated 2024-02-16 UTC.
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