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Cleanup of Graal API: Rename methods so that it follows the getXxx naming convention and so that they are similar to the names of the java.lang.reflect classes. Remove unused methods.
author Christian Wimmer <christian.wimmer@oracle.com>
date Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:23:38 -0700
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1 /*
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2 * Copyright (c) 2009, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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4 *
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5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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7 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
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8 *
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9 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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10 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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11 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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12 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
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13 * accompanied this code).
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14 *
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15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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16 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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17 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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18 *
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19 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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20 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
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21 * questions.
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22 */
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23 package com.oracle.graal.api.meta;
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25 /**
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26 * Represents a resolved or unresolved type. Types include primitives, objects, {@code void}, and arrays thereof.
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27 */
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28 public interface JavaType {
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30 /**
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31 * Returns the name of this type in internal form. The following are examples of strings returned by this method:
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32 *
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33 * <pre>
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34 * "Ljava/lang/Object;"
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35 * "I"
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36 * "[[B"
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37 * </pre>
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38 */
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39 String getName();
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41 /**
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42 * For array types, gets the type of the components, or {@code null} if this is not an array type. This method is
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43 * analogous to {@link Class#getComponentType()}.
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44 */
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45 JavaType getComponentType();
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47 /**
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48 * Gets the array class type representing an array with elements of this type.
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49 */
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50 JavaType getArrayClass();
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52 /**
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53 * Gets the kind of this type.
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54 */
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55 Kind getKind();
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57 /**
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58 * Resolved this type and returns a {@link ResolvedJavaType}. If this type is already a {@link ResolvedJavaType}, it
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59 * returns this type.
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60 *
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61 * @param accessingClass the class that requests resolving this type
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62 * @return the resolved Java type
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63 */
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64 ResolvedJavaType resolve(ResolvedJavaType accessingClass);
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65 }