J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | /* |
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| 25 | |
| 26 | package sun.reflect.generics.factory; |
| 27 | |
| 28 | import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType; |
| 29 | import java.lang.reflect.Type; |
| 30 | import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable; |
| 31 | import java.lang.reflect.WildcardType; |
| 32 | import sun.reflect.generics.tree.FieldTypeSignature; |
| 33 | |
| 34 | /** |
| 35 | * A factory interface for reflective objects representing generic types. |
| 36 | * Implementors (such as core reflection or JDI, or possibly javadoc |
| 37 | * will manufacture instances of (potentially) different classes |
| 38 | * in response to invocations of the methods described here. |
| 39 | * <p> The intent is that reflective systems use these factories to |
| 40 | * produce generic type information on demand. |
| 41 | * Certain components of such reflective systems can be independent |
| 42 | * of a specific implementation by using this interface. For example, |
| 43 | * repositories of generic type information are initialized with a |
| 44 | * factory conforming to this interface, and use it to generate the |
| 45 | * tpe information they are required to provide. As a result, such |
| 46 | * repository code can be shared across different reflective systems. |
| 47 | */ |
| 48 | public interface GenericsFactory { |
| 49 | /** |
| 50 | * Returns a new type variable declaration. Note that <tt>name</tt> |
| 51 | * may be empty (but not <tt>null</tt>). If <tt>bounds</tt> is |
| 52 | * empty, a bound of <tt>java.lang.Object</tt> is used. |
| 53 | * @param name The name of the type variable |
| 54 | * @param bounds An array of abstract syntax trees representing |
| 55 | * the upper bound(s) on the type variable being declared |
| 56 | * @return a new type variable declaration |
| 57 | * @throws NullPointerException - if any of the actual parameters |
| 58 | * or any of the elements of <tt>bounds</tt> are <tt>null</tt>. |
| 59 | */ |
| 60 | TypeVariable<?> makeTypeVariable(String name, |
| 61 | FieldTypeSignature[] bounds); |
| 62 | /** |
| 63 | * Return an instance of the <tt>ParameterizedType</tt> interface |
| 64 | * that corresponds to a generic type instantiation of the |
| 65 | * generic declaration <tt>declaration</tt> with actual type arguments |
| 66 | * <tt>typeArgs</tt>. |
| 67 | * If <tt>owner</tt> is <tt>null</tt>, the declaring class of |
| 68 | * <tt>declaration</tt> is used as the owner of this parameterized |
| 69 | * type. |
| 70 | * <p> This method throws a MalformedParameterizedTypeException |
| 71 | * under the following circumstances: |
| 72 | * If the type declaration does not represent a generic declaration |
| 73 | * (i.e., it is not an instance of <tt>GenericDeclaration</tt>). |
| 74 | * If the number of actual type arguments (i.e., the size of the |
| 75 | * array <tt>typeArgs</tt>) does not correspond to the number of |
| 76 | * formal type arguments. |
| 77 | * If any of the actual type arguments is not an instance of the |
| 78 | * bounds on the corresponding formal. |
| 79 | * @param declaration - the generic type declaration that is to be |
| 80 | * instantiated |
| 81 | * @param typeArgs - the list of actual type arguments |
| 82 | * @return - a parameterized type representing the instantiation |
| 83 | * of the declaration with the actual type arguments |
| 84 | * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException - if the instantiation |
| 85 | * is invalid |
| 86 | * @throws NullPointerException - if any of <tt>declaration</tt> |
| 87 | * , <tt>typeArgs</tt> |
| 88 | * or any of the elements of <tt>typeArgs</tt> are <tt>null</tt> |
| 89 | */ |
| 90 | ParameterizedType makeParameterizedType(Type declaration, |
| 91 | Type[] typeArgs, |
| 92 | Type owner); |
| 93 | |
| 94 | /** |
| 95 | * Returns the type variable with name <tt>name</tt>, if such |
| 96 | * a type variable is declared in the |
| 97 | * scope used to create this factory. |
| 98 | * Returns <tt>null</tt> otherwise. |
| 99 | * @param name - the name of the type variable to search for |
| 100 | * @return - the type variable with name <tt>name</tt>, or <tt>null</tt> |
| 101 | * @throws NullPointerException - if any of actual parameters are |
| 102 | * <tt>null</tt> |
| 103 | */ |
| 104 | TypeVariable<?> findTypeVariable(String name); |
| 105 | |
| 106 | /** |
| 107 | * Returns a new wildcard type variable. If |
| 108 | * <tt>ubs</tt> is empty, a bound of <tt>java.lang.Object</tt> is used. |
| 109 | * @param ubs An array of abstract syntax trees representing |
| 110 | * the upper bound(s) on the type variable being declared |
| 111 | * @param lbs An array of abstract syntax trees representing |
| 112 | * the lower bound(s) on the type variable being declared |
| 113 | * @return a new wildcard type variable |
| 114 | * @throws NullPointerException - if any of the actual parameters |
| 115 | * or any of the elements of <tt>ubs</tt> or <tt>lbs</tt>are |
| 116 | * <tt>null</tt> |
| 117 | */ |
| 118 | WildcardType makeWildcard(FieldTypeSignature[] ubs, |
| 119 | FieldTypeSignature[] lbs); |
| 120 | |
| 121 | Type makeNamedType(String name); |
| 122 | |
| 123 | /** |
| 124 | * Returns a (possibly generic) array type. |
| 125 | * If the component type is a parameterized type, it must |
| 126 | * only have unbounded wildcard arguemnts, otherwise |
| 127 | * a MalformedParameterizedTypeException is thrown. |
| 128 | * @param componentType - the component type of the array |
| 129 | * @return a (possibly generic) array type. |
| 130 | * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if <tt>componentType</tt> |
| 131 | * is a parameterized type with non-wildcard type arguments |
| 132 | * @throws NullPointerException - if any of the actual parameters |
| 133 | * are <tt>null</tt> |
| 134 | */ |
| 135 | Type makeArrayType(Type componentType); |
| 136 | |
| 137 | /** |
| 138 | * Returns the reflective representation of type <tt>byte</tt>. |
| 139 | * @return the reflective representation of type <tt>byte</tt>. |
| 140 | */ |
| 141 | Type makeByte(); |
| 142 | |
| 143 | /** |
| 144 | * Returns the reflective representation of type <tt>boolean</tt>. |
| 145 | * @return the reflective representation of type <tt>boolean</tt>. |
| 146 | */ |
| 147 | Type makeBool(); |
| 148 | |
| 149 | /** |
| 150 | * Returns the reflective representation of type <tt>short</tt>. |
| 151 | * @return the reflective representation of type <tt>short</tt>. |
| 152 | */ |
| 153 | Type makeShort(); |
| 154 | |
| 155 | /** |
| 156 | * Returns the reflective representation of type <tt>char</tt>. |
| 157 | * @return the reflective representation of type <tt>char</tt>. |
| 158 | */ |
| 159 | Type makeChar(); |
| 160 | |
| 161 | /** |
| 162 | * Returns the reflective representation of type <tt>int</tt>. |
| 163 | * @return the reflective representation of type <tt>int</tt>. |
| 164 | */ |
| 165 | Type makeInt(); |
| 166 | |
| 167 | /** |
| 168 | * Returns the reflective representation of type <tt>long</tt>. |
| 169 | * @return the reflective representation of type <tt>long</tt>. |
| 170 | */ |
| 171 | Type makeLong(); |
| 172 | |
| 173 | /** |
| 174 | * Returns the reflective representation of type <tt>float</tt>. |
| 175 | * @return the reflective representation of type <tt>float</tt>. |
| 176 | */ |
| 177 | Type makeFloat(); |
| 178 | |
| 179 | /** |
| 180 | * Returns the reflective representation of type <tt>double</tt>. |
| 181 | * @return the reflective representation of type <tt>double</tt>. |
| 182 | */ |
| 183 | Type makeDouble(); |
| 184 | |
| 185 | /** |
| 186 | * Returns the reflective representation of <tt>void</tt>. |
| 187 | * @return the reflective representation of <tt>void</tt>. |
| 188 | */ |
| 189 | Type makeVoid(); |
| 190 | } |