Scala Library
scala.reflect

trait ClassManifest
[source: scala/reflect/ClassManifest.scala]
@serializable

trait ClassManifest[T]
extends OptManifest[T] with AnyRef

A ClassManifest[T] is an opaque descriptor for type T. Currently, its only use is to give access to the erasure of the type as a Class instance.

BE AWARE: The different type-relation operators are all forwarded to the erased type as an approximation of the final semantics where these operators should be on the unerased type.

Method Summary
def <:< (that : ClassManifest[Any]) : Boolean
Tests whether the type represented by this manifest is a subtype of the type represented by `that' manifest. BE AWARE: the current implementation is an approximation, as the test is done on the erasure of the type.
def >:> (that : ClassManifest[Any]) : Boolean
Tests whether the type represented by this manifest is a supertype of the type represented by `that' manifest. BE AWARE: the current implementation is an approximation, as the test is done on the erasure of the type.
protected def argString : java.lang.String
protected def arrayClass [T](tp : java.lang.Class[Any]) : java.lang.Class[Array[T]]
def arrayManifest : ClassManifest[Array[T]]
override def equals (that : Any) : Boolean
Tests whether the type represented by this manifest is equal to the type represented by `that' manifest. BE AWARE: the current implementation is an approximation, as the test is done on the erasure of the type.
abstract def erasure : java.lang.Class[Any]
A class representing the type U to which T would be erased. Note that there is no subtyping relationship between T and U.
def newArray (len : Int) : Array[T]
def newArray2 (len : Int) : Array[Array[T]]
def newArray3 (len : Int) : Array[Array[Array[T]]]
def newArray4 (len : Int) : Array[Array[Array[Array[T]]]]
def newArray5 (len : Int) : Array[Array[Array[Array[Array[T]]]]]
def newArrayBuilder : ArrayBuilder[T]
def newWrappedArray (len : Int) : WrappedArray[T]
def typeArguments : List[OptManifest[Any]]
Methods inherited from AnyRef
getClass, hashCode, clone, toString, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait, finalize, ==, !=, eq, ne, synchronized
Methods inherited from Any
==, !=, isInstanceOf, asInstanceOf
Method Details
abstract def erasure : java.lang.Class[Any]
A class representing the type U to which T would be erased. Note that there is no subtyping relationship between T and U.
def <:<(that : ClassManifest[Any]) : Boolean
Tests whether the type represented by this manifest is a subtype of the type represented by `that' manifest. BE AWARE: the current implementation is an approximation, as the test is done on the erasure of the type.
def >:>(that : ClassManifest[Any]) : Boolean
Tests whether the type represented by this manifest is a supertype of the type represented by `that' manifest. BE AWARE: the current implementation is an approximation, as the test is done on the erasure of the type.
override def equals(that : Any) : Boolean
Tests whether the type represented by this manifest is equal to the type represented by `that' manifest. BE AWARE: the current implementation is an approximation, as the test is done on the erasure of the type.
protected def arrayClass[T](tp : java.lang.Class[Any]) : java.lang.Class[Array[T]]
def arrayManifest : ClassManifest[Array[T]]
def newArray(len : Int) : Array[T]
def newArray2(len : Int) : Array[Array[T]]
def newArray3(len : Int) : Array[Array[Array[T]]]
def newArray4(len : Int) : Array[Array[Array[Array[T]]]]
def newArray5(len : Int) : Array[Array[Array[Array[Array[T]]]]]
def newWrappedArray(len : Int) : WrappedArray[T]
def newArrayBuilder : ArrayBuilder[T]
def typeArguments : List[OptManifest[Any]]
protected def argString : java.lang.String
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