org.exparity.beans.core

Interface Typed

All Known Implementing Classes:

Bean, Type

public interface Typed

Any BeanUtils class which can be considered to represent a single class and therefore can have it's type information examined should inherit the Typed interface so as to expose a consistent group of methods for examining type information

Author:

Stewart Bissett

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	camelName() Return the name of the type using camel notation.
String	canonicalName() Return the full name of the type.
Class<?>	getType() Return the Class for this type
boolean	is(Class<?> otherType) Return true if this type is assignable from the other type.
boolean	isArray() Return true if this type is an array
boolean	isEnum() Return true if this type is a Java enumeration
boolean	isPrimitive() Return true if this type is a primitive type
String	packageName() Return the package name for this type.
String	simpleName() Return the name of the type without any package information.
Class<?>[]	superTypes() Return this type's super types as an array of Class instances
Class<?>[]	typeHierachy() Return this type and it's super types as an array of Class instances

Method Detail

getType

Class<?> getType()

Return the Class for this type

camelName

String camelName()

Return the name of the type using camel notation. For example the class my.package.MyObject would have the camelName myObject.

simpleName

String simpleName()

Return the name of the type without any package information. For example the class my.package.MyObject would have the name MyObject.

canonicalName

String canonicalName()

Return the full name of the type. For example the class my.package.MyObject would have the name my.package.MyObject.

packageName

String packageName()

Return the package name for this type. For example the class my.package.MyObject would have the name my.package

typeHierachy

Class<?>[] typeHierachy()

Return this type and it's super types as an array of Class instances

superTypes

Class<?>[] superTypes()

Return this type's super types as an array of Class instances

is

boolean is(Class<?> otherType)

Return true if this type is assignable from the other type.

isArray

boolean isArray()

Return true if this type is an array

isPrimitive

boolean isPrimitive()

Return true if this type is a primitive type

isEnum

boolean isEnum()

Return true if this type is a Java enumeration