Package org.immutables.value.processor.encode

Interface Type

All Known Subinterfaces:

Type.Defined, Type.Nonprimitive, Type.Wildcard

All Known Implementing Classes:

Type.Array, Type.Parameterized, Type.Primitive, Type.Reference, Type.Variable, Type.Wildcard.Extends, Type.Wildcard.Super

public interface Type

I've created this type model as an experiment which I want to bring forward and evolve into something more general purpose, probably, an utility library some day. The idea here is to give practical, yet accurate depiction of the type system in java using immutable types, being lightweight, efficient and easy to analyse and transform. Apparently, neither java.lang.reflect nor javax.lang.model (nor any 3rd party lib I've seen) are not suitable for anything I want to do.

What we tried to avoid:

• Compicated reverse references and mutability
• Idealism and unrealistic overgeneralization (WildcardType anyone?)
• Complicated types like intersection or unions where we get without them

Moreover we are only concerned with the types in signatures, not a whole spectre of types which might occur in java code.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static class	Type.Array
static interface	Type.Defined
static interface	Type.Factory
static interface	Type.Nonprimitive
static class	Type.Parameterized
static interface	Type.Parameters
static class	Type.Parser
static class	Type.Primitive
static class	Type.Print
static class	Type.Producer
static class	Type.Reference
static class	Type.Template
static class	Type.Transformer
static class	Type.Variable
static class	Type.VariableResolver
static interface	Type.Visitor<V>
static interface	Type.Wildcard

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static Type.Reference	OBJECT

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<V> V	accept(Type.Visitor<V> visitor)

Field Detail

OBJECT

static final Type.Reference OBJECT

Method Detail

accept

<V> V accept(Type.Visitor<V> visitor)