interface TypeDescriptor
Known Indirect Subclasses
| Class |
Instances of the class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application. |
| MethodType |
A method type represents the arguments and return type accepted and returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed and expected by a method handle caller. |
An entity that has a type descriptor.
Summary
| Nested classes | |
|---|---|
| abstract |
An entity that has a field type descriptor. |
| abstract |
An entity that has a method type descriptor Method descriptors conforming to JVMS {@jvms 4. |
| Public methods | |
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| abstract String! |
Returns the descriptor string for this |
Public methods
descriptorString
abstract fun descriptorString(): String!
Returns the descriptor string for this TypeDescriptor object. If this TypeDescriptor object can be described in nominal form, then this method returns a type descriptor as specified in JVMS {@jvms 4.3}. The result descriptor string can be used to produce a java.lang.constant.ConstantDesc nominal descriptor. Otherwise, the result string is not a type descriptor. No java.lang.constant.ConstantDesc nominal descriptor can be produced from the result string.
| Return | |
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String! |
the descriptor string for this TypeDescriptor object |