1 cananian 1.1 // HParameterizedType.java, created Mon Mar 17 20:19:39 2003 by cananian
2 cananian 1.1 // Copyright (C) 2003 C. Scott Ananian <cananian@alumni.princeton.edu>
3 cananian 1.1 // Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL; see COPYING for details.
4 cananian 1.1 package harpoon.ClassFile;
5 cananian 1.1
6 cananian 1.1 /**
7 cananian 1.1 * The <code>HParameterizedType</code> interface describes the behavior
8 cananian 1.1 * of parameterized types such as <code>Collection<Applet></code> or
9 cananian 1.1 * <code>HashMap<String, Class></code>.
10 cananian 1.1 * <p>
11 cananian 1.1 * Note that implementations of this interface are free to return
12 cananian 1.1 * distinct objects for the same parameterized type; the identity of
13 cananian 1.1 * an objects implementing this interface may not be used to test for identity
14 cananian 1.1 * among the parameterized types they represent. (In other words,
15 cananian 1.1 * this interface does not extend <code>ReferenceUnique</code>.)
16 cananian 1.1 *
17 cananian 1.1 * @author C. Scott Ananian <cananian@alumni.princeton.edu>
18 cananian 1.1 * @version $Id: HParameterizedType.java,v 1.1 2003/03/18 02:27:02 cananian Exp $
19 cananian 1.1 * @see java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType
20 cananian 1.1 */
21 cananian 1.1 public interface HParameterizedType extends HType {
22 cananian 1.1 /**
23 cananian 1.1 * Returns an array of objects representing the type arguments used
24 cananian 1.1 * to instantiate this parameterized type. The length of the array
25 cananian 1.1 * is the exact number of type arguments to this parameterized type,
26 cananian 1.1 * hence it is always at least 1.
27 cananian 1.1 * @return the actual type arguments to the parameterized type
28 cananian 1.1 * represented by this object.
29 cananian 1.1 */
30 cananian 1.1 public HType[] getActualTypeArguments();
31 cananian 1.1 /**
32 cananian 1.1 * Returns an <code>HClass</code> object representing the generic
33 cananian 1.1 * class or interface that this parameterized type instantiates.
34 cananian 1.1 * @return the class of interface that this parameterized type
35 cananian 1.1 * instantiates.
36 cananian 1.1 */
37 cananian 1.1 public HClass getRawClass();
38 cananian 1.1 }