TypeSignature (ClassGraph 4.8.59 API)

java.lang.Object

io.github.classgraph.HierarchicalTypeSignature

io.github.classgraph.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 (whose own subclasses are ClassRefTypeSignature, TypeVariableSignature, and ArrayTypeSignature), and BaseTypeSignature.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract boolean`	`equalsIgnoringTypeParams(TypeSignature other)`	Compare base types, ignoring generic type parameters.
`String`	`toString()`	`toString()` method for type signature.
`String`	`toStringWithSimpleNames()`	`toString()` method, but returning simple names for classes (i.e.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Details
- 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.
- toStringWithSimpleNames
  
  public String toStringWithSimpleNames()
  
  toString() method, but returning simple names for classes (i.e. the package names of classes are stripped).
  
  Returns:
  
  the string representation of the type signature, with package names stripped.
- toString
  
  public String toString()
  
  toString() method for type signature.
  
  Overrides:
  
  toString in class Object
  
  Returns:
  
  the string representation of the type signature.