Package org.aspectj.lang.reflect

Interface AjType<T>

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotatedElement, Type

All Known Implementing Classes:

AjTypeImpl

public interface AjType<T>
extends Type, AnnotatedElement

The runtime representation of a type (Aspect, Class, Interface, Annotation, Enum, or Array) in an AspectJ program.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Advice	getAdvice(String name)	For an annotation style advice member, this is the name of the annotated method.
Advice[]	getAdvice(AdviceKind... ofTypes)
AjType<?>[]	getAjTypes()
Constructor	getConstructor(AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
Constructor[]	getConstructors()
DeclareAnnotation[]	getDeclareAnnotations()
Advice	getDeclaredAdvice(String name)	For an annotation style advice member, this is the name of the annotated method.
Advice[]	getDeclaredAdvice(AdviceKind... ofTypes)
AjType<?>[]	getDeclaredAjTypes()
Constructor	getDeclaredConstructor(AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
Constructor[]	getDeclaredConstructors()
Field	getDeclaredField(String name)
Field[]	getDeclaredFields()
InterTypeConstructorDeclaration	getDeclaredITDConstructor(AjType<?> target, AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
InterTypeConstructorDeclaration[]	getDeclaredITDConstructors()
InterTypeFieldDeclaration	getDeclaredITDField(String name, AjType<?> target)
InterTypeFieldDeclaration[]	getDeclaredITDFields()
InterTypeMethodDeclaration	getDeclaredITDMethod(String name, AjType<?> target, AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
InterTypeMethodDeclaration[]	getDeclaredITDMethods()
Method	getDeclaredMethod(String name, AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
Method[]	getDeclaredMethods()
Pointcut	getDeclaredPointcut(String name)
Pointcut[]	getDeclaredPointcuts()
DeclareErrorOrWarning[]	getDeclareErrorOrWarnings()
DeclareParents[]	getDeclareParents()
DeclarePrecedence[]	getDeclarePrecedence()
DeclareSoft[]	getDeclareSofts()
AjType<?>	getDeclaringType()
Constructor	getEnclosingConstructor()
Method	getEnclosingMethod()
AjType<?>	getEnclosingType()
T[]	getEnumConstants()
Field	getField(String name)
Field[]	getFields()
Type	getGenericSupertype()
AjType<?>[]	getInterfaces()
InterTypeConstructorDeclaration	getITDConstructor(AjType<?> target, AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
InterTypeConstructorDeclaration[]	getITDConstructors()
InterTypeFieldDeclaration	getITDField(String name, AjType<?> target)
InterTypeFieldDeclaration[]	getITDFields()
InterTypeMethodDeclaration	getITDMethod(String name, AjType<?> target, AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
InterTypeMethodDeclaration[]	getITDMethods()
Class<T>	getJavaClass()
Method	getMethod(String name, AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
Method[]	getMethods()
int	getModifiers()
String	getName()
Package	getPackage()
PerClause	getPerClause()
Pointcut	getPointcut(String name)
Pointcut[]	getPointcuts()
AjType<?>	getSupertype()
TypeVariable<Class<T>>[]	getTypeParameters()
boolean	isArray()
boolean	isAspect()
boolean	isEnum()
boolean	isInstance(Object o)
boolean	isInterface()
boolean	isLocalClass()
boolean	isMemberAspect()
boolean	isMemberClass()
boolean	isPrimitive()
boolean	isPrivileged()

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement

getAnnotation, getAnnotations, getAnnotationsByType, getDeclaredAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotations, getDeclaredAnnotationsByType, isAnnotationPresent

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.reflect.Type

getTypeName

Method Details

getName

String getName()

Returns:

the name of this type, in the same format as returned by Class.getName()

getPackage

Package getPackage()

Returns:

the package in which this type is declared

getInterfaces

AjType<?>[] getInterfaces()

Returns:

the interfaces implemented by this type

getModifiers

int getModifiers()

Returns:

the modifiers declared for this type. The return value can be interpreted using java.lang.reflect.Modifier

getJavaClass

Class<T> getJavaClass()

Returns:

the java.lang.Class that corresponds to this AjType

getSupertype

AjType<?> getSupertype()

Returns:

the supertype of this type. If this type represents Object or a primitive type then null is returned.

getGenericSupertype

Type getGenericSupertype()

Returns:

the generic supertype of this type, as defined by Class.getGenericSupertype

getEnclosingMethod

Method getEnclosingMethod()

Returns:

the enclosing Method if this type represents a local or anonymous type declared within a method

getEnclosingConstructor

Constructor getEnclosingConstructor()

Returns:

the enclosing Method if this type represents a local or anonymous type declared within a constructor

getEnclosingType

AjType<?> getEnclosingType()

Returns:

the immediately enclosing type of this type.

getDeclaringType

AjType<?> getDeclaringType()

Returns:

the AjType representing the typei n which it was declared (if this type is a member of another type)

getPerClause

PerClause getPerClause()

Returns:

the per-clause if this is an aspect, otherwise null

getAjTypes

AjType<?>[] getAjTypes()

Returns:

an array containing all the public types that are members of this type

getDeclaredAjTypes

AjType<?>[] getDeclaredAjTypes()

Returns:

an array containing all the types declared by this type

getConstructor

Constructor getConstructor(AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
                    throws NoSuchMethodException

Parameters:

parameterTypes - the types of the constructor parameters

Returns:

the constructor object for the specified public constructor of this type

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - if constructor not found

getConstructors

Constructor[] getConstructors()

Returns:

all of the public constructors of this type

getDeclaredConstructor

Constructor getDeclaredConstructor(AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
                            throws NoSuchMethodException

Parameters:

parameterTypes - the types of the constructor parameters

Returns:

the constructor object for the specified constructor of this type

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - if constructor not found

getDeclaredConstructors

Constructor[] getDeclaredConstructors()

Returns:

all the constructors declared in this type

getDeclaredField

Field getDeclaredField(String name)
                throws NoSuchFieldException

Parameters:

name - the field name

Returns:

the declared field

Throws:

NoSuchFieldException - if no field of that name is found

getDeclaredFields

Field[] getDeclaredFields()

Returns:

all the fields declared in this type

getField

Field getField(String name)
        throws NoSuchFieldException

Parameters:

name - the field name

Returns:

the public field with the given name

Throws:

NoSuchFieldException - if field not found

getFields

Field[] getFields()

Returns:

the public fields declared by this type

getDeclaredMethod

Method getDeclaredMethod(String name,
 AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
                  throws NoSuchMethodException

Parameters:

name - the method name

parameterTypes - the types of the method parameters

Returns:

the method object for the specified method declared in this type

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - if the method cannot be found

getMethod

Method getMethod(String name,
 AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
          throws NoSuchMethodException

Parameters:

name - the method name

parameterTypes - the types of the method parameters

Returns:

the method object for the specified public method declared in this type

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - if the method cannot be found

getDeclaredMethods

Method[] getDeclaredMethods()

Returns:

all the methods declared by this type

getMethods

Method[] getMethods()

Returns:

all the public methods of this type

getDeclaredPointcut

Pointcut getDeclaredPointcut(String name)
                      throws NoSuchPointcutException

Parameters:

name - the pointcut name

Returns:

the pointcut object representing the specified pointcut declared by this type

Throws:

NoSuchPointcutException - if no pointcut of that name can be found

getPointcut

Pointcut getPointcut(String name)
              throws NoSuchPointcutException

Parameters:

name - the pointcut name

Returns:

the pointcut object representing the specified public pointcut

Throws:

NoSuchPointcutException - if no pointcut of that name can be found

getDeclaredPointcuts

Pointcut[] getDeclaredPointcuts()

Returns:

all of the pointcuts declared by this type

getPointcuts

Pointcut[] getPointcuts()

Returns:

all of the public pointcuts of this type

getDeclaredAdvice

Advice[] getDeclaredAdvice(AdviceKind... ofTypes)

Parameters:

ofTypes - the AdviceKinds of interest

Returns:

all of the advice declared by this type, of an advice kind contained in the parameter list.

getAdvice

Advice[] getAdvice(AdviceKind... ofTypes)

Parameters:

ofTypes - the AdviceKinds of interest

Returns:

all of the advice for this type, of an advice kind contained in the parameter list.

getAdvice

Advice getAdvice(String name)
          throws NoSuchAdviceException

For an annotation style advice member, this is the name of the annotated method. For a code-style advice declaration, this is the name given in the @AdviceName annotation if present.

Parameters:

name - the advice name

Returns:

the advice with the given name.

Throws:

NoSuchAdviceException - if no advice can be found with that name

getDeclaredAdvice

Advice getDeclaredAdvice(String name)
                  throws NoSuchAdviceException

For an annotation style advice member, this is the name of the annotated method. For a code-style advice declaration, this is the name given in the @AdviceName annotation if present.

Parameters:

name - the advice name

Returns:

the advice declared in this type with the given name.

Throws:

NoSuchAdviceException - if no advice can be found with that name

getDeclaredITDMethod

InterTypeMethodDeclaration getDeclaredITDMethod(String name,
 AjType<?> target,
 AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
                                         throws NoSuchMethodException

Parameters:

name - the method name

target - the target of the inter-type declaration

parameterTypes - the types of the inter-type method declaration

Returns:

the inter-type method declared by this type matching the given specification

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - if the inter-type declaration cannot be found

getDeclaredITDMethods

InterTypeMethodDeclaration[] getDeclaredITDMethods()

Returns:

all of the inter-type methods declared by this type

getITDMethod

InterTypeMethodDeclaration getITDMethod(String name,
 AjType<?> target,
 AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
                                 throws NoSuchMethodException

Parameters:

name - the method name

target - the target of the inter-type declaration

parameterTypes - the types of the inter-type method declaration

Returns:

the public inter-type method of this type matching the given specification

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - if the inter-type declaration cannot be found

getITDMethods

InterTypeMethodDeclaration[] getITDMethods()

Returns:

all of the public inter-type declared methods of this type

getDeclaredITDConstructor

InterTypeConstructorDeclaration getDeclaredITDConstructor(AjType<?> target,
 AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
                                                   throws NoSuchMethodException

Parameters:

target - the target of the inter-type constructor of interest

parameterTypes - the types of the parameter of the inter-type constructor of interest

Returns:

the inter-type constructor declared by this type matching the given specification

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - if the inter-type declaration cannot be found

getDeclaredITDConstructors

InterTypeConstructorDeclaration[] getDeclaredITDConstructors()

Returns:

all of the inter-type constructors declared by this type

getITDConstructor

InterTypeConstructorDeclaration getITDConstructor(AjType<?> target,
 AjType<?>... parameterTypes)
                                           throws NoSuchMethodException

Parameters:

target - the target of the inter-type constructor of interest

parameterTypes - the types of the parameter of the inter-type constructor of interest

Returns:

the public inter-type constructor matching the given specification

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - if the inter-type declaration cannot be found

getITDConstructors

InterTypeConstructorDeclaration[] getITDConstructors()

Returns:

all of the public inter-type constructors of this type

getDeclaredITDField

InterTypeFieldDeclaration getDeclaredITDField(String name,
 AjType<?> target)
                                       throws NoSuchFieldException

Parameters:

name - the field name

target - the target type for the inter-type declaration

Returns:

the inter-type field declared in this type with the given specification

Throws:

NoSuchFieldException - if the inter-type declaration cannot be found

getDeclaredITDFields

InterTypeFieldDeclaration[] getDeclaredITDFields()

Returns:

all of the inter-type fields declared in this type

getITDField

InterTypeFieldDeclaration getITDField(String name,
 AjType<?> target)
                               throws NoSuchFieldException

Parameters:

name - the field name

target - the target type for the inter-type declaration

Returns:

the public inter-type field matching the given specification

Throws:

NoSuchFieldException - if the inter-type declaration cannot be found

getITDFields

InterTypeFieldDeclaration[] getITDFields()

Returns:

all of the public inter-type fields for this type

getDeclareErrorOrWarnings

DeclareErrorOrWarning[] getDeclareErrorOrWarnings()

Returns:

all of the declare error and declare warning members of this type, including declare error/warning members inherited from super-types

getDeclareParents

DeclareParents[] getDeclareParents()

Returns:

all of the declare parents members of this type, including declare parent members inherited from super-types

getDeclareSofts

DeclareSoft[] getDeclareSofts()

Returns:

all of the declare soft members of this type, including declare soft members inherited from super-types

getDeclareAnnotations

DeclareAnnotation[] getDeclareAnnotations()

Returns:

all of the declare annotation members of this type, including declare annotation members inherited from super-types

getDeclarePrecedence

DeclarePrecedence[] getDeclarePrecedence()

Returns:

all of the declare precedence members of this type, including declare precedence members inherited from super-types

getEnumConstants

T[] getEnumConstants()

Returns:

the elements of this enum class, or null if this type does not represent an enum type.

getTypeParameters

TypeVariable<Class<T>>[] getTypeParameters()

Returns:

an array of TypeVariable objects that represent the type variables declared by this type (if any)

isEnum

boolean isEnum()

Returns:

true if this is an enum type

isInstance

boolean isInstance(Object o)

Parameters:

o - the object to check for assignment compatibility

Returns:

true if the given object is assignment-compatible with an object of the type represented by this AjType

isInterface

boolean isInterface()

Returns:

true if this is an interface type

isLocalClass

boolean isLocalClass()

Returns:

true if and only if the underlying type is a local class

isMemberClass

boolean isMemberClass()

Returns:

true if and only if the underlying type is a member class

isArray

boolean isArray()

Returns:

true if this is an array type

isPrimitive

boolean isPrimitive()

Returns:

true if this object represents a primitive type

isAspect

boolean isAspect()

Returns:

true if this is an aspect type

isMemberAspect

boolean isMemberAspect()

Returns:

true if and only if the underlying type is a member aspect

isPrivileged

boolean isPrivileged()

Returns:

true if and only if the underlying type is a privileged aspect