Elvis operator for types.
Elvis operator for types. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_operator
Approximate size of the given value in bytes.
This method should be overriden in derived classes to add new methods in addition to inherited.
use lazy pattern to support O(1) amortized complexity over n invocations.
use lazy pattern to support O(1) amortized complexity over n invocations.
Returns true if this type embeddable, i.e.
Returns true if this type embeddable, i.e. a type that can be combined with type
constructor for optimized encoding. For each embeddable type T
, and type
constructor C
, the type C[T]
can be represented by a single byte.
Returns -1 if method
is not found.
Returns -1 if method
is not found.
Returns all the methods of this type.
Returns all the methods of this type.
Returns parsable type term string of the type described by this type descriptor.
Type code used in serialization of SType values.
Type parameters of this generic type.
Type parameters of this generic type.