All Superinterfaces:

JTypeVisitable

All Known Subinterfaces:

JClassType, JTypeVar, JWildcardType, SubstVar

All Known Implementing Classes:

InferenceVar, JArrayType, JIntersectionType, JPrimitiveType
```
public interface JTypeMirror
extends JTypeVisitable
```
Type mirrors represent Java types. They are created by a TypeSystem from symbols, a layer of abstraction above reflection classes.
Type mirrors can be obtained from reflected types, directly from nodes, or from arbitrary symbols (see TypeSystem).
Type mirrors are primarily divided between primitive types and reference types. Reference types can be of one of those kinds:
Wildcard types implement this interface, but are not really types, they can only occur as type arguments of a class type.
A few other special types do not implement one of these public interfaces:
Lastly, types may be inference variables, which should not ever occur outside of a type inference run and should be ignored when querying the AST. If you find an ivar, report a bug.
Note that implementing this type hierarchy outside of this package is not a supported usage of this API. The API is built to work with any symbol implementation, and that is its extension point.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default JTypeMirror`	`addAnnotation(@NonNull SymbolicValue.SymAnnot newAnnot)`	Returns a type mirror that is equal to this instance but has one more type annotation.
`default JTypeMirror`	`box()`	Returns the primitive wrapper type of this type, if this is a primitive type.
`boolean`	`equals(Object o)`	Returns true if the object is a type equivalent to this one.
`default @Nullable JTypeMirror`	`getAsSuper(@NonNull JClassSymbol symbol)`	Returns the most specific declared supertype of this type whose erasure is the same as that of the parameter.
`default List<JMethodSig>`	`getConstructors()`	Returns a list of all the declared constructors for this type.
`default JTypeMirror`	`getErasure()`	Returns the erasure of this type.
`default Set<JTypeMirror>`	`getSuperTypeSet()`	Returns the set of (nominal) supertypes of this type.
`default @Nullable JTypeDeclSymbol`	`getSymbol()`	Returns the symbol declaring this type.
`org.pcollections.PSet<SymbolicValue.SymAnnot>`	`getTypeAnnotations()`	Return a list of annotations on this type.
`TypeSystem`	`getTypeSystem()`	Returns the type system that built this type.
`default boolean`	`isArray()`	Returns true if this is an array type.
`default boolean`	`isBottom()`	Returns true if this is `TypeSystem.NULL_TYPE`.
`default boolean`	`isBoxedPrimitive()`	Returns true if this type is a boxed primitive type.
`default boolean`	`isClassOrInterface()`	Returns true if this is a class or interface type.
`default TypeOps.Convertibility`	`isConvertibleTo(@NonNull JTypeMirror other)`	Tests this type's convertibility to the other type.
`default boolean`	`isFloatingPoint()`	Returns true if this type is a primitive type of a floating point type.
`default boolean`	`isGeneric()`	Returns true if this type is a generic class type.
`default boolean`	`isGenericTypeDeclaration()`	Returns true if this represents the declaration of a generic class or interface and not some parameterization.
`default boolean`	`isIntegral()`	Returns true if this type is a primitive type of an integral type.
`default boolean`	`isInterface()`	Returns true if this is an interface type.
`default boolean`	`isNumeric()`	Returns true if this is a primitive numeric type.
`default boolean`	`isParameterizedType()`	Returns true if this type is generic, and it it neither raw, nor a generic type declaration.
`default boolean`	`isPrimitive()`	Returns true if this type is a primitive type.
`default boolean`	`isPrimitive(JPrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeKind kind)`	Returns true if this type is the primitive type of the given kind in its type system.
`default boolean`	`isRaw()`	Returns true if this is a raw type.
`default boolean`	`isReifiable()`	Returns true if this type is reifiable.
`default boolean`	`isSubtypeOf(@NonNull JTypeMirror other)`	Returns true if this type is the same type or a subtype of the given type.
`default boolean`	`isTop()`	Returns true if this is `TypeSystem.OBJECT`.
`default boolean`	`isTypeVariable()`	Returns true if this type is a type variable.
`default boolean`	`isVoid()`	Returns true if this is `TypeSystem.NO_TYPE`, ie `void`.
`default Stream<JMethodSig>`	`streamDeclaredMethods(Predicate<? super JMethodSymbol> prefilter)`	Like `streamMethods`, but does not recurse into supertypes.
`default Stream<JMethodSig>`	`streamMethods(Predicate<? super JMethodSymbol> prefilter)`	Returns a stream of method signatures declared in and inherited by this type.
`JTypeMirror`	`subst(Function<? super SubstVar,? extends @NonNull JTypeMirror> subst)`	Replace the type variables occurring in the given type by their image by the given function.
`String`	`toString()`	The toString of type mirrors prints useful debug information, but shouldn't be relied on anywhere, as it may change anytime.
`default JTypeMirror`	`unbox()`	Returns the unboxed version of this type.
`JTypeMirror`	`withAnnotations(org.pcollections.PSet<SymbolicValue.SymAnnot> newTypeAnnots)`	Returns a type mirror that is equal to this instance but has different type annotations.

Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.types.JTypeVisitable
acceptVisitor

- Method Detail
  - getTypeSystem
```
TypeSystem getTypeSystem()
```
    Returns the type system that built this type.
  - getTypeAnnotations
```
org.pcollections.PSet<SymbolicValue.SymAnnot> getTypeAnnotations()
```
    Return a list of annotations on this type. Annotations can be written on nearly any type (eg @A Out.@B In<@C T>, @A ? extends @B Up).
    For JTypeVar, this includes both the annotations defined on the type var and those defined at use site. For instance
    <@A T> void accept(@B T t);
    The T type var will have annotation @A in the symbol (AnnotableSymbol.getDeclaredAnnotations()) and in the type var that is in the JMethodSig.getTypeParameters(). In the formal parameter, the type var will have annotations @B @A.
  - isSubtypeOf
```
default boolean isSubtypeOf(@NonNull JTypeMirror other)
```
    Returns true if this type is the same type or a subtype of the given type. Note that for convenience, this returns true if both types are primitive, and this type is convertible to the other through primitive widening. See TypeOps.Convertibility.bySubtyping().
    
    Throws:
    
    NullPointerException - If the argument is null
  - isConvertibleTo
```
default TypeOps.Convertibility isConvertibleTo(@NonNull JTypeMirror other)
```
    Tests this type's convertibility to the other type. See TypeOps.Convertibility for a description of the results.
    Note that this does not check for boxing/unboxing conversions.
    
    Throws:
    
    NullPointerException - If the argument is null
  - getSuperTypeSet
```
default Set<JTypeMirror> getSuperTypeSet()
```
    Returns the set of (nominal) supertypes of this type. If this is a primitive type, returns the set of other primitives to which this type is convertible by widening conversion (eg for long returns {long, float, double}).
    The returned set always contains this type, so is never empty. Ordering is stable, though unspecified.
    Note that this set contains TypeSystem.OBJECT for interfaces too.
    Note that for types having type annotations, the supertypes do not bear the same annotations. Eg the supertypes of @A String contain Object but not @A Object. The supertypes may be annotated though, eg if a class declares extends @A Foo, the supertypes contain @A Foo.
    
    Throws:
    
    UnsupportedOperationException - If this is the null type
  - getErasure
```
default JTypeMirror getErasure()
```
    Returns the erasure of this type. Erasure is defined by JLS§4.6, an adapted definition follows:
    
    The erasure of a parameterized type (§4.5) G<T1,...,Tn> is |G|.
    The erasure of a nested type T.C is |T|.C.
    The erasure of an array type T[] is |T|[].
    The erasure of a type variable (§4.4) is the erasure of its upper bound.
    The erasure of an intersection type is the erasure of its leftmost component.
    The erasure of every other type is the type itself.
    
    The JVM representation of a type is in general the symbol of its erasure. So to get a Class instance for the runtime representation of a type, you should do t.getErasure().getSymbol(). The erasure procedure gets rid of types that have no symbol (except if t is a wildcard type, or the TypeSystem.NULL_TYPE)
  - getSymbol
```
default @Nullable JTypeDeclSymbol getSymbol()
```
    Returns the symbol declaring this type. Reifiable types present a symbol, and some other types too. This method's return value depends on this type:
    
    JClassType: a JClassSymbol, always (even if not reifiable)
    JPrimitiveType: a JClassSymbol, always
    JArrayType: a JClassSymbol, if the element type does present a symbol.
    JTypeVar: a JTypeParameterSymbol, or null if this is a capture variable. Note that the erasure yields a different symbol (eg Object for unbounded tvars).
    JIntersectionType: null, though their erasure always presents a symbol.
    JWildcardType, the null type: null, always
    
    Note that type annotations are not reflected on the symbol, but only on the type.
  - box
```
default JTypeMirror box()
```
    Returns the primitive wrapper type of this type, if this is a primitive type. Otherwise returns this type unchanged.
  - unbox
```
default JTypeMirror unbox()
```
    Returns the unboxed version of this type. Returns this type unchanged if this is not a primitive wrapper type.
  - getAsSuper
```
default @Nullable JTypeMirror getAsSuper(@NonNull JClassSymbol symbol)
```
    Returns the most specific declared supertype of this type whose erasure is the same as that of the parameter. E.g. for Enum<E>, Comparable, returns Comparable<E>.
    Returns null if that can't be found, meaning that the given type is not a supertype of this type.
  - isReifiable
```
default boolean isReifiable()
```
    Returns true if this type is reifiable. If so, its symbol will not be null (the reverse is not necessarily true).
    Reifiable types are those types that are completely available at run time. See also JLS§4.7
  - isPrimitive
```
default boolean isPrimitive()
```
    Returns true if this type is a primitive type.
  - isPrimitive
```
default boolean isPrimitive(JPrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeKind kind)
```
    Returns true if this type is the primitive type of the given kind in its type system.
  - isFloatingPoint
```
default boolean isFloatingPoint()
```
    Returns true if this type is a primitive type of a floating point type.
  - isIntegral
```
default boolean isIntegral()
```
    Returns true if this type is a primitive type of an integral type.
  - isTypeVariable
```
default boolean isTypeVariable()
```
    Returns true if this type is a type variable.
  - isBoxedPrimitive
```
default boolean isBoxedPrimitive()
```
    Returns true if this type is a boxed primitive type. This is a JClassType, whose unbox() method returns a JPrimitiveType.
  - isNumeric
```
default boolean isNumeric()
```
    Returns true if this is a primitive numeric type. The only non-numeric primitive type is TypeSystem.BOOLEAN.
  - isClassOrInterface
```
default boolean isClassOrInterface()
```
    Returns true if this is a class or interface type.
  - isTop
```
default boolean isTop()
```
    Returns true if this is TypeSystem.OBJECT.
  - isBottom
```
default boolean isBottom()
```
    Returns true if this is TypeSystem.NULL_TYPE.
  - isVoid
```
default boolean isVoid()
```
    Returns true if this is TypeSystem.NO_TYPE, ie void.
  - isArray
```
default boolean isArray()
```
    Returns true if this is an array type.
  - isGenericTypeDeclaration
```
default boolean isGenericTypeDeclaration()
```
    Returns true if this represents the *declaration* of a generic class or interface and not some parameterization. This is the "canonical" form of a parameterized type.
    In that case, the JClassType.getTypeArgs() is the same as JClassType.getFormalTypeParams().
    The generic type declaration of a generic type may be obtained with JClassType.getGenericTypeDeclaration().
  - isGeneric
```
default boolean isGeneric()
```
    Returns true if this type is a generic class type. This means, the symbol declares some type parameters, which is also true for erased types, including raw types.
    For example, List, List<T>, and List<String> are generic, but String is not.
  - isParameterizedType
```
default boolean isParameterizedType()
```
    Returns true if this type is generic, and it it neither raw, nor a generic type declaration.
    E.g. returns true for List<String> or Enum<KeyCode>, but not for List (raw type), List<T> (generic type declaration), or KeyCode (not a generic type).
  - isRaw
```
default boolean isRaw()
```
    Returns true if this is a raw type. This may be
    
    A generic class or interface type for which no type arguments were provided
    An array type whose element type is raw
    A non-static member type of a raw type
    
    https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se11/html/jls-4.html#jls-4.8
    See Also:
    
    JClassType.isRaw()
  - isInterface
```
default boolean isInterface()
```
    Returns true if this is an interface type. Annotations are also interface types.
  - streamMethods
```
@Experimental
default Stream<JMethodSig> streamMethods(Predicate<? super JMethodSymbol> prefilter)
```
    Returns a stream of method signatures declared in and inherited by this type. Method signatures are created on-demand by this method, they're not reused between calls. This stream does not include constructors.
    
    Parameters:
    
    prefilter - Filter selecting symbols for which a signature should be created and yielded by the stream
  - streamDeclaredMethods
```
@Experimental
default Stream<JMethodSig> streamDeclaredMethods(Predicate<? super JMethodSymbol> prefilter)
```
    Like streamMethods, but does not recurse into supertypes. Note that only class and array types declare methods themselves.
    
    See Also:
    
    streamMethods(Predicate)
  - getConstructors
```
@Experimental
default List<JMethodSig> getConstructors()
```
    Returns a list of all the declared constructors for this type. Abstract types like type variables and interfaces have no constructors.
  - subst
```
JTypeMirror subst(Function<? super SubstVar,? extends @NonNull JTypeMirror> subst)
```
    Description copied from interface: JTypeVisitable
    
    Replace the type variables occurring in the given type by their image by the given function. Substitutions are not applied recursively (ie, is not applied on the result of a substitution).
    
    Specified by:
    
    subst in interface JTypeVisitable
    
    Parameters:
    
    subst - Substitution function, eg a Substitution
  - withAnnotations
```
JTypeMirror withAnnotations(org.pcollections.PSet<SymbolicValue.SymAnnot> newTypeAnnots)
```
    Returns a type mirror that is equal to this instance but has different type annotations. Note that some types ignore this method and return themselves without changing. Eg the null type cannot be annotated.
    
    Parameters:
    
    newTypeAnnots - New type annotations (not null)
    
    Returns:
    
    A new type, maybe this one
  - addAnnotation
```
default JTypeMirror addAnnotation(@NonNull SymbolicValue.SymAnnot newAnnot)
```
    Returns a type mirror that is equal to this instance but has one more type annotation.
    
    See Also:
    
    withAnnotations(PSet)
  - equals
```
boolean equals(Object o)
```
    Returns true if the object is a type equivalent to this one. A few kinds of types use reference identity, like captured type variables, or the null type. A few special types are represented by constants (see TypeSystem). Apart from those, types should always be compared using this method. or TypeOps.isSameType(JTypeMirror, JTypeMirror) (which is null-safe).
    Note that types belonging to different type systems do not test equal. The type system object is global to the analysis though, so this should not ever happen in rules.
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
    
    Parameters:
    
    o -
    
    Returns:
  - toString
```
String toString()
```
    The toString of type mirrors prints useful debug information, but shouldn't be relied on anywhere, as it may change anytime. Use TypePrettyPrint to display types.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object

Interface JTypeMirror

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.types.JTypeVisitable

Method Detail

getTypeSystem

getTypeAnnotations

isSubtypeOf

isConvertibleTo

getSuperTypeSet

getErasure

getSymbol

box

unbox

getAsSuper

isReifiable

isPrimitive

isPrimitive

isFloatingPoint

isIntegral

isTypeVariable

isBoxedPrimitive

isNumeric

isClassOrInterface

isTop

isBottom

isVoid

isArray

isGenericTypeDeclaration

isGeneric

isParameterizedType

isRaw

isInterface

streamMethods

streamDeclaredMethods

getConstructors

subst

withAnnotations

addAnnotation

equals

toString