Package io.github.lukehutch.fastclasspathscanner.typesignature

Class TypeSignature

java.lang.Object

io.github.lukehutch.fastclasspathscanner.typesignature.HierarchicalTypeSignature

io.github.lukehutch.fastclasspathscanner.typesignature.TypeSignature

Direct Known Subclasses:

BaseTypeSignature, ReferenceTypeSignature

public abstract class TypeSignature
extends HierarchicalTypeSignature

A type signature for a reference type or base type. Subclasses are ReferenceTypeSignature (ClassTypeSignature, TypeVariableSignature, or ArrayTypeSignature) and BaseTypeSignature.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TypeSignature()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract boolean	equalsIgnoringTypeParams(TypeSignature other)	Compare base types, ignoring generic type parameters.
abstract Class<?>	instantiate(ScanResult scanResult)	Instantiate the type signature into a class reference.
static TypeSignature	parse(String typeDescriptor)	Parse a type signature.

Methods inherited from class io.github.lukehutch.fastclasspathscanner.typesignature.HierarchicalTypeSignature

getAllReferencedClassNames

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TypeSignature

public TypeSignature()

Method Detail

instantiate

public abstract Class<?> instantiate(ScanResult scanResult)

Instantiate the type signature into a class reference. The ScanResult is used to ensure the correct classloader is used to load the class.

Parameters:

scanResult - The scan result.

Returns:

The instantiation of the type signature as a Class<?>.

equalsIgnoringTypeParams

public abstract boolean equalsIgnoringTypeParams(TypeSignature other)

Compare base types, ignoring generic type parameters.

Parameters:

other - the other TypeSignature to compare to.

Returns:

True if the two TypeSignature objects are equal, ignoring type parameters.

parse

public static TypeSignature parse(String typeDescriptor)

Parse a type signature.

Parameters:

typeDescriptor - The type descriptor or type signature to parse.

Returns:

The parsed type descriptor or type signature.