Package net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.channel.unions

Interface GuildMessageChannelUnion

All Superinterfaces:
Channel, Comparable<GuildChannel>, Formattable, GuildChannel, GuildMessageChannel, IMentionable, ISnowflake, MessageChannel
public interface GuildMessageChannelUnion extends GuildMessageChannel
A union representing all channel types that implement GuildMessageChannel.
This class extends GuildMessageChannel and primarily acts as a discovery tool for developers to discover some common interfaces that a GuildMessageChannel could be cast to.
This interface represents the follow concrete channel types:

  • Method Details

    • asTextChannel

      @Nonnull TextChannel asTextChannel()
      Casts this union to a TextChannel. This method exists for developer discoverability. Note: This is effectively equivalent to using the cast operator: 
      
 //These are the same!
 TextChannel channel = union.asTextChannel();
 TextChannel channel2 = (TextChannel) union;
      You can use Channel.getType() to see if the channel is of type ChannelType.TEXT to validate whether you can call this method in addition to normal instanceof checks: channel instanceof TextChannel
      Returns:
      The channel as a TextChannel
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - If the channel represented by this union is not actually a TextChannel.

    • asNewsChannel

      @Nonnull NewsChannel asNewsChannel()
      Casts this union to a NewsChannel. This method exists for developer discoverability. Note: This is effectively equivalent to using the cast operator: 
      
 //These are the same!
 NewsChannel channel = union.asNewsChannel();
 NewsChannel channel2 = (NewsChannel) union;
      You can use Channel.getType() to see if the channel is of type ChannelType.NEWS to validate whether you can call this method in addition to normal instanceof checks: channel instanceof NewsChannel
      Returns:
      The channel as a NewsChannel
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - If the channel represented by this union is not actually a NewsChannel.

    • asThreadChannel

      @Nonnull ThreadChannel asThreadChannel()
      Casts this union to a ThreadChannel. This method exists for developer discoverability. Note: This is effectively equivalent to using the cast operator: 
      
 //These are the same!
 ThreadChannel channel = union.asThreadChannel();
 ThreadChannel channel2 = (ThreadChannel) union;
      You can use Channel.getType().isThread() to validate whether you can call this method in addition to normal instanceof checks: channel instanceof ThreadChannel
      Returns:
      The channel as a ThreadChannel
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - If the channel represented by this union is not actually a ThreadChannel.

    • asVoiceChannel

      @Nonnull VoiceChannel asVoiceChannel()
      Casts this union to a VoiceChannel. This method exists for developer discoverability. Note: This is effectively equivalent to using the cast operator: 
      
 //These are the same!
 VoiceChannel channel = union.asVoiceChannel();
 VoiceChannel channel2 = (VoiceChannel) union;
      You can use Channel.getType() to see if the channel is of type ChannelType.VOICE to validate whether you can call this method in addition to normal instanceof checks: channel instanceof VoiceChannel
      Returns:
      The channel as a VoiceChannel
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - If the channel represented by this union is not actually a VoiceChannel.

    • asThreadContainer

      IThreadContainer asThreadContainer()
      Casts this union to a IThreadContainer. This method exists for developer discoverability. Note: This is effectively equivalent to using the cast operator: 
      
 //These are the same!
 IThreadContainer channel = union.asThreadContainer();
 IThreadContainer channel2 = (IThreadContainer) union;
      You can use channel instanceof IThreadContainer to validate whether you can call this method.
      Returns:
      The channel as a IThreadContainer
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - If the channel represented by this union is not actually a IThreadContainer.

    • asStandardGuildChannel

      @Nonnull StandardGuildChannel asStandardGuildChannel()
      Casts this union to a StandardGuildChannel.you can call this method Note: This is effectively equivalent to using the cast operator: 
      
 //These are the same!
 StandardGuildChannel channel = union.asStandardGuildChannel();
 StandardGuildChannel channel2 = (StandardGuildChannel) union;
      Returns:
      The channel as a StandardGuildChannel
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - If the channel represented by this union is not actually a StandardGuildChannel.

    • asStandardGuildMessageChannel

      @Nonnull StandardGuildMessageChannel asStandardGuildMessageChannel()
      Casts this union to a StandardGuildMessageChannel. This method exists for developer discoverability. Note: This is effectively equivalent to using the cast operator: 
      
 //These are the same!
 StandardGuildMessageChannel channel = union.asStandardGuildMessageChannel();
 StandardGuildMessageChannel channel2 = (StandardGuildMessageChannel) union;
      Returns:
      The channel as a StandardGuildMessageChannel
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - If the channel represented by this union is not actually a StandardGuildMessageChannel.