Package jakarta.enterprise.lang.model.types

Interface ArrayType

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotationTarget, Type

public interface ArrayType
extends Type

An array type is created from a component type. For a component type T, the array type is written T[]. A component type may itself be an array type. For a component type T[], the array type is written T[][]. Such array type is also called multi-dimensional array type.

Array types also have an element type, which is obtained by repeatedly asking for the component type until a non-array type is returned. For example, the String[][] array type has an element type of String.

Since:

4.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface jakarta.enterprise.lang.model.types.Type

Type.Kind

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default ArrayType	asArray()	Returns this type as an array type.
Type	componentType()	Returns the component type of this array type, as defined by The Java™ Language Specification.
default Type.Kind	kind()	Returns the kind of this type.

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.enterprise.lang.model.AnnotationTarget

annotation, annotations, annotations, hasAnnotation, hasAnnotation, repeatableAnnotation

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.enterprise.lang.model.types.Type

asClass, asDeclaration, asParameterizedType, asPrimitive, asType, asTypeVariable, asVoid, asWildcardType, isArray, isClass, isDeclaration, isParameterizedType, isPrimitive, isType, isTypeVariable, isVoid, isWildcardType

Method Details

componentType

Type componentType()

Returns the component type of this array type, as defined by The Java™ Language Specification. That is, in case of a single-dimensional array, the element type of the array, and in case of a multi-dimensional array, an array type with one less dimension.

For example, the component type of int[] is the int type. The component type of String[][] is the String[] array type, whose component type is the String type.

Each dimension of the array type may be annotated independently.

Returns:

the component type, never null

kind

default Type.Kind kind()

Description copied from interface: Type

Returns the kind of this type.

Specified by:

kind in interface Type

Returns:

the kind of this type

asArray

default ArrayType asArray()

Description copied from interface: Type

Returns this type as an array type.

Specified by:

asArray in interface Type

Returns:

this array type, never null