org.netbeans.api.java.source
Class TypeUtilities

java.lang.Object
  org.netbeans.api.java.source.TypeUtilities

public final class TypeUtilities
extends Object

Various utilities related to the TypeMirrors.

Since:

0.6

See Also:

Types

Method Summary

boolean	isCastable(TypeMirror t1, TypeMirror t2) Check if type t1 can be cast to t2.
TypeMirror	substitute(TypeMirror type, List<? extends TypeMirror> from, List<? extends TypeMirror> to) Substitute all occurrences of a type in 'from' with the corresponding type in 'to' in 'type'.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

isCastable

public boolean isCastable(TypeMirror t1,
                          TypeMirror t2)

Check if type t1 can be cast to t2.

Parameters:

t1 - cast from type

t2 - cast to type

Returns:

true if and only if type t1 can be cast to t2 without a compile time error

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the 't1' is of EXACUTABLE, PACKAGE, NONE, or OTHER kind

Since:

0.6

substitute

public TypeMirror substitute(TypeMirror type,
                             List<? extends TypeMirror> from,
                             List<? extends TypeMirror> to)

Substitute all occurrences of a type in 'from' with the corresponding type in 'to' in 'type'. 'from' and 'to' lists have to be of the same length.

Parameters:

type - in which the types should be substituted

from - types to substitute

to - substitute to types

Returns:

type corresponding to input 'type' with all references to any type from 'from' replaced with a corresponding type from 'to'

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the 'from' and 'to' lists are not of the same length

Since:

0.36