net.bytebuddy.utility

Enum JavaType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<JavaType>

net.bytebuddy.utility.JavaType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<JavaType>

public enum JavaType
extends Enum<JavaType>

Representations of Java types that do not exist in Java 6 but that have a special meaning to the JVM.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
CALL_SITE The Java 7 java.lang.invoke.CallSite type.
EXECUTABLE The java.lang.reflect.Executable type.
METHOD_HANDLE The Java 7 java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle type.
METHOD_HANDLES The Java 7 java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles type.
METHOD_HANDLES_LOOKUP The Java 7 java.lang.invoke.MethodTypes.Lookup type.
METHOD_TYPE The Java 7 java.lang.invoke.MethodType type.
MODULE The java.lang.Module type.
PARAMETER The Java 8 java.lang.reflect.Parameter type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
TypeDescription	getTypeStub() Returns at least a stub representing this type where the stub does not define any methods or fields.
Class<?>	load() Loads the class that is represented by this Java type.
static JavaType	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static JavaType[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

METHOD_HANDLE

public static final JavaType METHOD_HANDLE

The Java 7 java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle type.

METHOD_HANDLES

public static final JavaType METHOD_HANDLES

The Java 7 java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles type.

METHOD_TYPE

public static final JavaType METHOD_TYPE

The Java 7 java.lang.invoke.MethodType type.

METHOD_HANDLES_LOOKUP

public static final JavaType METHOD_HANDLES_LOOKUP

The Java 7 java.lang.invoke.MethodTypes.Lookup type.

CALL_SITE

public static final JavaType CALL_SITE

The Java 7 java.lang.invoke.CallSite type.

PARAMETER

public static final JavaType PARAMETER

The Java 8 java.lang.reflect.Parameter type.

EXECUTABLE

public static final JavaType EXECUTABLE

The java.lang.reflect.Executable type.

MODULE

public static final JavaType MODULE

The java.lang.Module type.

Method Detail

values

public static JavaType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (JavaType c : JavaType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static JavaType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

getTypeStub

public TypeDescription getTypeStub()

Returns at least a stub representing this type where the stub does not define any methods or fields. If a type exists for the current runtime, a loaded type representation is returned.

Returns:

A type description for this Java type.

load

public Class<?> load()
              throws ClassNotFoundException

Loads the class that is represented by this Java type.

Returns:

A loaded type of this Java type.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - If the represented type cannot be loaded.