# Uses of Interface
java.lang.constant.MethodHandleDesc

Packages that use MethodHandleDesc
Package
Description
java.lang.constant
Classes and interfaces to represent nominal descriptors for run-time entities such as classes or method handles, and classfile entities such as constant pool entries or `invokedynamic` call sites.
java.lang.invoke
The `java.lang.invoke` package provides low-level primitives for interacting with the Java Virtual Machine.

## Uses of MethodHandleDesc in java.lang.constant

Subinterfaces of MethodHandleDesc in java.lang.constant
Modifier and Type
Interface
Description
`interface`
`DirectMethodHandleDesc`
A nominal descriptor for a direct `MethodHandle`.
Methods in java.lang.constant that return MethodHandleDesc
Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`default MethodHandleDesc`
MethodHandleDesc.`asType(MethodTypeDesc type)`
Returns a MethodHandleDesc that describes this method handle adapted to a different type, as if by `MethodHandle.asType(MethodType)`.
`MethodHandleDesc`
DynamicCallSiteDesc.`bootstrapMethod()`
Returns a `MethodHandleDesc` describing the bootstrap method for the `invokedynamic`.

## Uses of MethodHandleDesc in java.lang.invoke

Methods in java.lang.invoke that return types with arguments of type MethodHandleDesc
Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`Optional<MethodHandleDesc>`
MethodHandle.`describeConstable()`
Return a nominal descriptor for this instance, if one can be constructed, or an empty `Optional` if one cannot be.