aptIn16/apt-mirror-api/src/main/java/com/sun/mirror/type/ClassType.java

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/*
* @(#)ClassType.java 1.2 04/04/30
*
* Copyright (c) 2004, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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package com.sun.mirror.type;
import com.sun.mirror.declaration.*;
/**
* Represents a class type.
* Interface types are represented separately by {@link InterfaceType}.
* Note that an {@linkplain EnumType enum} is a kind of class.
* <p/>
* <p> While a {@link ClassDeclaration} represents the <i>declaration</i>
* of a class, a <tt>ClassType</tt> represents a class <i>type</i>.
* See {@link TypeDeclaration} for more on this distinction.
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @version 1.2 04/04/30
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface ClassType extends DeclaredType {
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
ClassDeclaration getDeclaration();
/**
* Returns the class type that is a direct supertype of this one.
* This is the superclass of this type's declaring class, with any
* type arguments substituted in.
* The only class with no superclass is <tt>java.lang.Object</tt>,
* for which this method returns <tt>null</tt>.
* <p/>
* <p> For example, the class type extended by
* {@code java.util.TreeSet<String>} is
* {@code java.util.AbstractSet<String>}.
*
* @return the class type that is a direct supertype of this one,
* or <tt>null</tt> if there is none
*/
ClassType getSuperclass();
}