org.revapi.java.spi

Interface JavaModelElement

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<org.revapi.Element>, org.revapi.Element, JavaElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

JavaFieldElement, JavaMethodElement, JavaMethodParameterElement, JavaTypeElement

public interface JavaModelElement
extends JavaElement

All elements corresponding to various Java language model (apart from annotations (see JavaAnnotationElement)), i.e. classes, methods, fields and method parameters, will implement this interface.

Since:

0.1

Author:

Lukas Krejci

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Element	getDeclaringElement() For an inherited method for example, this will return the element in the super type that declares this method.
TypeMirror	getModelRepresentation() Note that this is distinctly different from getDeclaringElement().
JavaModelElement	getParent()
boolean	isInherited() Each JavaTypeElement contains as its children not only the elements that are declared on the type but also elements that it inherits from its super types (with type parameters "instantiated" according to the actual type).

Methods inherited from interface org.revapi.java.spi.JavaElement

getChildren, getTypeEnvironment

Methods inherited from interface org.revapi.Element

as, getApi, getArchive, getFullHumanReadableString, iterateOverChildren, searchChildren, searchChildren, setParent

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getParent

@Nullable
JavaModelElement getParent()

Specified by:

getParent in interface org.revapi.Element

getModelRepresentation

TypeMirror getModelRepresentation()

Note that this is distinctly different from getDeclaringElement(). This method returns a type mirror describing an element on its position in the type hierarchy. I.e. if an inherited method with type parameters resolved according to the class it is inherited "to".

Returns:

the representation of this java element at its position in the type hierarchy

getDeclaringElement

Element getDeclaringElement()

For an inherited method for example, this will return the element in the super type that declares this method.

Returns:

The element that represents the declaration this model element.

isInherited

boolean isInherited()

Each JavaTypeElement contains as its children not only the elements that are declared on the type but also elements that it inherits from its super types (with type parameters "instantiated" according to the actual type).

This flag indicates if this is a child of type that is directly declared on it (false) or if it is an instantiation of an inherited element (true).

Returns:

false if the parent type declares this child element, true if it is inherited from a super type