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25 
26 package com.sun.jdi;
27 
28 /**
29  * An entity declared within a user defined
30  * type (class or interface).
31  * This interface is the root of the type
32  * component hierarchy which
33  * includes {@link Field} and {@link Method}.
34  * Type components of the same name declared in different classes
35  * (including those related by inheritance) have different
36  * TypeComponent objects.
37  * TypeComponents can be used alone to retrieve static information
38  * about their declaration, or can be used in conjunction with a
39  * {@link ReferenceType} or {@link ObjectReference} to access values
40  * or invoke, as applicable.
41  *
42  * @author Robert Field
43  * @author Gordon Hirsch
44  * @author James McIlree
45  * @since  1.3
46  */
47 @jdk.Exported
48 public interface TypeComponent extends Mirror, Accessible {
49 
50     /**
51      * Gets the name of this type component.
52      * <P>
53      * Note: for fields, this is the field name; for methods,
54      * this is the method name; for constructors, this is &lt;init&gt;;
55      * for static initializers, this is &lt;clinit&gt;.
56      *
57      * @return a string containing the name.
58      */
name()59     String name();
60 
61     /**
62      * Gets the JNI-style signature for this type component. The
63      * signature is encoded type information as defined
64      * in the JNI documentation. It is a convenient, compact format for
65      * for manipulating type information internally, not necessarily
66      * for display to an end user. See {@link Field#typeName} and
67      * {@link Method#returnTypeName} for ways to help get a more readable
68      * representation of the type.
69      *
70      * @see <a href="doc-files/signature.html">Type Signatures</a>
71      * @return a string containing the signature
72      */
signature()73     String signature();
74 
75     /**
76      * Gets the generic signature for this TypeComponent if there is one.
77      * Generic signatures are described in the
78      * <cite>The Java&trade; Virtual Machine Specification</cite>.
79      *
80      * @return a string containing the generic signature, or <code>null</code>
81      * if there is no generic signature.
82      *
83      * @since 1.5
84      */
genericSignature()85     String genericSignature();
86 
87     /**
88      * Returns the type in which this component was declared. The
89      * returned {@link ReferenceType} mirrors either a class or an
90      * interface in the target VM.
91      *
92      * @return a {@link ReferenceType} for the type that declared
93      * this type component.
94      */
declaringType()95     ReferenceType declaringType();
96 
97     /**
98      * Determines if this TypeComponent is static.
99      * Return value is undefined for constructors and static initializers.
100      *
101      * @return <code>true</code> if this type component was declared
102      * static; false otherwise.
103      */
isStatic()104     boolean isStatic();
105 
106     /**
107      * Determines if this TypeComponent is final.
108      * Return value is undefined for constructors and static initializers.
109      *
110      * @return <code>true</code> if this type component was declared
111      * final; false otherwise.
112      */
isFinal()113     boolean isFinal();
114 
115     /**
116      * Determines if this TypeComponent is synthetic. Synthetic members
117      * are generated by the compiler and are not present in the source
118      * code for the containing class.
119      * <p>
120      * Not all target VMs support this query. See
121      * {@link VirtualMachine#canGetSyntheticAttribute} to determine if the
122      * operation is supported.
123      *
124      * @return <code>true</code> if this type component is synthetic;
125      * <code>false</code> otherwise.
126      * @throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the target
127      * VM cannot provide information on synthetic attributes.
128      */
isSynthetic()129     boolean isSynthetic();
130 }
131