- All Superinterfaces:
- AnnotatedConstruct
- All Known Subinterfaces:
- ArrayType,- DeclaredType,- ErrorType,- ExecutableType,- IntersectionType,- NoType,- NullType,- PrimitiveType,- ReferenceType,- TypeVariable,- UnionType,- WildcardType
void.
  Types should be compared using the utility methods in Types.  There is no guarantee that any particular type will always
 be represented by the same object.
 
 To implement operations based on the class of an 
 TypeMirror object, either use a visitor
 or use the result of the getKind() method.  Using 
 instanceof is not necessarily a reliable idiom for
 determining the effective class of an object in this modeling
 hierarchy since an implementation may choose to have a single
 object implement multiple TypeMirror subinterfaces.
- See Java Language Specification:
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4.1 The Kinds of Types and Values
 4.2 Primitive Types and Values
 4.3 Reference Types and Values
 4.4 Type Variables
 4.5 Parameterized Types
 4.8 Raw Types
 4.9 Intersection Types
 10.1 Array Types
- Since:
- 1.6
- See Also:
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Method SummaryModifier and TypeMethodDescription<R,P> R accept(TypeVisitor<R, P> v, P p) Applies a visitor to this type.booleanObeys the general contract ofObject.equals.<A extends Annotation>
 AgetAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType) Returns this construct's annotation of the specified type if such an annotation is present, elsenull.List<? extends AnnotationMirror> Returns the annotations that are directly present on this construct.<A extends Annotation>
 A[]getAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationType) Returns annotations that are associated with this construct.getKind()Returns thekindof this type.inthashCode()Obeys the general contract ofObject.hashCode.toString()Returns an informative string representation of this type.
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Method Details- 
getKindTypeKind getKind()Returns thekindof this type.-  The kind of a primitive type is
 one of the kinds for which TypeKind.isPrimitive()returnstrue.
-  The kind of a null type is NULL.
-  The kind of an array type is ARRAY.
-  The kind of a declared type is
 DECLARED.
-  The kind of an error type is ERROR.
-  The kind of a type variable is
 TYPEVAR.
-  The kind of a wildcard type is
 WILDCARD.
-  The kind of an executable type
 is EXECUTABLE.
-  The kind of a pseudo-type is one
 of VOID,PACKAGE,MODULE, orNONE.
-  The kind of a union type is UNION.
-  The kind of an intersection
 type is INTERSECTION.
 - Returns:
- the kindof this type
 
-  The kind of a primitive type is
 one of the kinds for which 
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equalsObeys the general contract ofObject.equals. This method does not, however, indicate whether two types represent the same type. Semantic comparisons of type equality should instead useTypes.isSameType(TypeMirror, TypeMirror). The results oft1.equals(t2)andTypes.isSameType(t1, t2)may differ.
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hashCodeint hashCode()Obeys the general contract ofObject.hashCode.
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toStringString toString()Returns an informative string representation of this type. If possible, the string should be of a form suitable for representing this type in source code. Any names embedded in the result are qualified if possible.
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getAnnotationMirrorsList<? extends AnnotationMirror> getAnnotationMirrors()Returns the annotations that are directly present on this construct.Note that any annotations returned by this method are type annotations. - Specified by:
- getAnnotationMirrorsin interface- AnnotatedConstruct
- Returns:
- the annotations directly present on this construct; an empty list if there are none
- Since:
- 1.8
 
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getAnnotationReturns this construct's annotation of the specified type if such an annotation is present, elsenull.The annotation returned by this method could contain an element whose value is of type Class. This value cannot be returned directly: information necessary to locate and load a class (such as the class loader to use) is not available, and the class might not be loadable at all. Attempting to read aClassobject by invoking the relevant method on the returned annotation will result in aMirroredTypeException, from which the correspondingTypeMirrormay be extracted. Similarly, attempting to read aClass[]-valued element will result in aMirroredTypesException.Note: This method is unlike others in this and related interfaces. It operates on runtime reflective information — representations of annotation interfaces currently loaded into the VM — rather than on the representations defined by and used throughout these interfaces. Consequently, calling methods on the returned annotation object can throw many of the exceptions that can be thrown when calling methods on an annotation object returned by core reflection. This method is intended for callers that are written to operate on a known, fixed set of annotation interfaces. Note that any annotation returned by this method is a type annotation. - Specified by:
- getAnnotationin interface- AnnotatedConstruct
- Type Parameters:
- A- the annotation interface
- Parameters:
- annotationType- the- Classobject corresponding to the annotation interface
- Returns:
- this construct's annotation of the specified type if
 such an annotation is present, else null
- Since:
- 1.8
- See Also:
 
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getAnnotationsByTypeReturns annotations that are associated with this construct. If there are no annotations associated with this construct, the return value is an array of length 0. The order of annotations which are directly or indirectly present on a construct C is computed as if indirectly present annotations on C are directly present on C in place of their container annotation, in the order in which they appear in the value element of the container annotation. The difference between this method andAnnotatedConstruct.getAnnotation(Class)is that this method detects if its argument is a repeatable annotation interface, and if so, attempts to find one or more annotations of that type by "looking through" a container annotation.The annotations returned by this method could contain an element whose value is of type Class. This value cannot be returned directly: information necessary to locate and load a class (such as the class loader to use) is not available, and the class might not be loadable at all. Attempting to read aClassobject by invoking the relevant method on the returned annotation will result in aMirroredTypeException, from which the correspondingTypeMirrormay be extracted. Similarly, attempting to read aClass[]-valued element will result in aMirroredTypesException.Note: This method is unlike others in this and related interfaces. It operates on runtime reflective information — representations of annotation interfaces currently loaded into the VM — rather than on the representations defined by and used throughout these interfaces. Consequently, calling methods on the returned annotation object can throw many of the exceptions that can be thrown when calling methods on an annotation object returned by core reflection. This method is intended for callers that are written to operate on a known, fixed set of annotation interfaces. Note that any annotations returned by this method are type annotations. - Specified by:
- getAnnotationsByTypein interface- AnnotatedConstruct
- Type Parameters:
- A- the annotation interface
- Parameters:
- annotationType- the- Classobject corresponding to the annotation interface
- Returns:
- this construct's annotations for the specified annotation type if present on this construct, else an empty array
- Since:
- 1.8
- See Also:
 
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acceptApplies a visitor to this type.- Type Parameters:
- R- the return type of the visitor's methods
- P- the type of the additional parameter to the visitor's methods
- Parameters:
- v- the visitor operating on this type
- p- additional parameter to the visitor
- Returns:
- a visitor-specified result
 
 
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