io.github.classgraph

Class TypeSignature

java.lang.Object

io.github.classgraph.HierarchicalTypeSignature

io.github.classgraph.TypeSignature

Direct Known Subclasses:

BaseTypeSignature, ReferenceTypeSignature

public abstract class TypeSignature
extends HierarchicalTypeSignature

A type signature for a reference type or base type. Subclasses are ReferenceTypeSignature (whose own subclasses are ClassRefTypeSignature, TypeVariableSignature, and ArrayTypeSignature), and BaseTypeSignature.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract boolean	equalsIgnoringTypeParams(TypeSignature other) Compare base types, ignoring generic type parameters.
String	toString() toString() method for type signature.
String	toStringWithSimpleNames() toString() method, but returning simple names for classes (i.e.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

equalsIgnoringTypeParams

public abstract boolean equalsIgnoringTypeParams(TypeSignature other)

Compare base types, ignoring generic type parameters.

Parameters:

other - the other TypeSignature to compare to.

Returns:

True if the two TypeSignature objects are equal, ignoring type parameters.

toStringWithSimpleNames

public String toStringWithSimpleNames()

toString() method, but returning simple names for classes (i.e. the package names of classes are stripped).

Returns:

the string representation of the type signature, with package names stripped.

toString

public String toString()

toString() method for type signature.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the string representation of the type signature.