Package jakarta.enterprise.lang.model.declarations

Interface DeclarationInfo

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotationTarget

All Known Subinterfaces:

ClassInfo, FieldInfo, MethodInfo, PackageInfo, ParameterInfo, RecordComponentInfo

public interface DeclarationInfo
extends AnnotationTarget

A declaration is an element of a program source code. Declarations are:

• packages
• classes, including interfaces, enums, annotations, and records
• fields
• methods, including constructors
• method parameters, including constructor parameters

Since:

4.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static enum	DeclarationInfo.Kind

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default ClassInfo	asClass()	Returns this declaration as a class.
default DeclarationInfo	asDeclaration()	Returns this annotation target as a declaration.
default FieldInfo	asField()	Returns this declaration as a field.
default MethodInfo	asMethod()	Returns this declaration as a method.
default PackageInfo	asPackage()	Returns this declaration as a package.
default ParameterInfo	asParameter()	Returns this declaration as a method parameter.
default RecordComponentInfo	asRecordComponent()	Returns this declaration as a record component.
default Type	asType()	Returns this annotation target as a type.
default boolean	isClass()	Returns whether this declaration is a class.
default boolean	isDeclaration()	Returns whether this annotation target is a declaration.
default boolean	isField()	Returns whether this declaration is a field.
default boolean	isMethod()	Returns whether this declaration is a method.
default boolean	isPackage()	Returns whether this declaration is a package.
default boolean	isParameter()	Returns whether this declaration is a method parameter.
default boolean	isRecordComponent()	Returns whether this declaration is a record component.
default boolean	isType()	Returns whether this annotation target is a type.
DeclarationInfo.Kind	kind()	Returns the kind of this declaration.

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.enterprise.lang.model.AnnotationTarget

annotation, annotations, annotations, hasAnnotation, hasAnnotation, repeatableAnnotation

Method Details

isDeclaration

default boolean isDeclaration()

Description copied from interface: AnnotationTarget

Returns whether this annotation target is a declaration.

Specified by:

isDeclaration in interface AnnotationTarget

Returns:

true if this is a declaration, false otherwise

isType

default boolean isType()

Description copied from interface: AnnotationTarget

Returns whether this annotation target is a type.

Specified by:

isType in interface AnnotationTarget

Returns:

true if this is a type, false otherwise

asDeclaration

default DeclarationInfo asDeclaration()

Description copied from interface: AnnotationTarget

Returns this annotation target as a declaration.

Specified by:

asDeclaration in interface AnnotationTarget

Returns:

this declaration, never null

asType

default Type asType()

Description copied from interface: AnnotationTarget

Returns this annotation target as a type.

Specified by:

asType in interface AnnotationTarget

Returns:

this type, never null

kind

DeclarationInfo.Kind kind()

Returns the kind of this declaration.

Returns:

the kind of this declaration

isPackage

default boolean isPackage()

Returns whether this declaration is a package.

Returns:

true if this is a package, false otherwise

isClass

default boolean isClass()

Returns whether this declaration is a class.

Returns:

true if this is a class, false otherwise

isMethod

default boolean isMethod()

Returns whether this declaration is a method.

Returns:

true if this is a method, false otherwise

isParameter

default boolean isParameter()

Returns whether this declaration is a method parameter.

Returns:

true if this is a parameter, false otherwise

isField

default boolean isField()

Returns whether this declaration is a field.

Returns:

true if this is a field, false otherwise

isRecordComponent

default boolean isRecordComponent()

Returns whether this declaration is a record component.

Returns:

true if this is a record component, false otherwise

asPackage

default PackageInfo asPackage()

Returns this declaration as a package.

Returns:

this package, never null

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if isPackage() returns false

asClass

default ClassInfo asClass()

Returns this declaration as a class.

Returns:

this class, never null

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if isClass() returns false

asMethod

default MethodInfo asMethod()

Returns this declaration as a method.

Returns:

this method, never null

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if isMethod() returns false

asParameter

default ParameterInfo asParameter()

Returns this declaration as a method parameter.

Returns:

this parameter, never null

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if isParameter() returns false

asField

default FieldInfo asField()

Returns this declaration as a field.

Returns:

this field, never null

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if isField() returns false

asRecordComponent

default RecordComponentInfo asRecordComponent()

Returns this declaration as a record component.

Returns:

this record component, never null

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if isRecordComponent() returns false