Added in API level 34
Summary:
Nested Classes
| Methods
TypeDescriptor
public
interface
TypeDescriptor
| java.lang.invoke.TypeDescriptor |
An entity that has a type descriptor.
Summary
Nested classes | |
|---|---|
interface |
TypeDescriptor.OfField<F extends OfField<F>>
An entity that has a field type descriptor. |
interface |
TypeDescriptor.OfMethod<F extends OfField<F>, M extends OfMethod<F, M>>
An entity that has a method type descriptor Method descriptors conforming to JVMS {@jvms 4.3.3} can be described |
Public methods | |
|---|---|
abstract
String
|
descriptorString()
Returns the descriptor string for this |
Public methods
descriptorString
Added in API level 34
public abstract String descriptorString ()
Returns the descriptor string for this TypeDescriptor object.
If this TypeDescriptor object can be described in nominal form,
then this method returns a type descriptor as specified in JVMS {@jvms 4.3}.
The result descriptor string can be used to produce
a java.lang.constant.ConstantDesc nominal descriptor.
Otherwise, the result string is not a type descriptor.
No java.lang.constant.ConstantDesc nominal descriptor
can be produced from the result string.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
String |
the descriptor string for this TypeDescriptor object |
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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|\n\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| Known indirect subclasses [Class](/reference/java/lang/Class)\\\u003cT\\\u003e, [MethodType](/reference/java/lang/invoke/MethodType), [TypeDescriptor.OfField](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfField)\\\u003cF extends [OfField](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfField)\\\u003cF\\\u003e\\\u003e, [TypeDescriptor.OfMethod](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfMethod)\\\u003cF extends [OfField](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfField)\\\u003cF\\\u003e, M extends [OfMethod](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfMethod)\\\u003cF, M\\\u003e\\\u003e |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Class](/reference/java/lang/Class)\\\u003cT\\\u003e | Instances of the class `Class` represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application. | | [MethodType](/reference/java/lang/invoke/MethodType) | A method type represents the arguments and return type accepted and returned by a method handle, or the arguments and return type passed and expected by a method handle caller. | | [TypeDescriptor.OfField](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfField)\\\u003cF extends [OfField](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfField)\\\u003cF\\\u003e\\\u003e | An entity that has a field type descriptor. | | [TypeDescriptor.OfMethod](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfMethod)\\\u003cF extends [OfField](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfField)\\\u003cF\\\u003e, M extends [OfMethod](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfMethod)\\\u003cF, M\\\u003e\\\u003e | An entity that has a method type descriptor Method descriptors conforming to JVMS {@jvms 4.3.3} can be described | |\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n*** ** * ** ***\n\nAn entity that has a type descriptor.\n\nSummary\n-------\n\n| ### Nested classes ||\n|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ` interface` | [TypeDescriptor.OfField](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfField)`\u003cF extends `[OfField](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfField)`\u003cF\u003e\u003e` An entity that has a field type descriptor. |\n| ` interface` | [TypeDescriptor.OfMethod](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfMethod)`\u003cF extends `[OfField](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfField)`\u003cF\u003e, M extends `[OfMethod](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor.OfMethod)`\u003cF, M\u003e\u003e` An entity that has a method type descriptor Method descriptors conforming to JVMS {@jvms 4.3.3} can be described |\n\n| ### Public methods ||\n|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ` abstract `[String](/reference/java/lang/String) | ` `[descriptorString](/reference/java/lang/invoke/TypeDescriptor#descriptorString())`() ` Returns the descriptor string for this `TypeDescriptor` object. |\n\nPublic methods\n--------------\n\n### descriptorString\n\nAdded in [API level 34](/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels) \n\n```\npublic abstract String descriptorString ()\n```\n\nReturns the descriptor string for this `TypeDescriptor` object.\n\nIf this `TypeDescriptor` object can be described in nominal form,\nthen this method returns a type descriptor as specified in JVMS {@jvms 4.3}.\nThe result descriptor string can be used to produce\na `java.lang.constant.ConstantDesc nominal descriptor`.\n\nOtherwise, the result string is not a type descriptor.\nNo `java.lang.constant.ConstantDesc nominal descriptor`\ncan be produced from the result string.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n| Returns ||\n|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [String](/reference/java/lang/String) | the descriptor string for this `TypeDescriptor` object \u003cbr /\u003e |"]]