Module java.compiler

# Package javax.lang.model.type

package javax.lang.model.type
Interfaces used to model Java programming language types.

Unless otherwise specified in a particular implementation, the collections returned by methods in this package should be expected to be unmodifiable by the caller and unsafe for concurrent access.

Unless otherwise specified, methods in this package will throw a `NullPointerException` if given a `null` argument.

See Java Language Specification:
  4.1 The Kinds of Types and Values
  4.2 Primitive Types and Values
  4.3 Reference Types and Values
  4.4 Type Variables
  4.5 Parameterized Types
  4.8 Raw Types
  4.9 Intersection Types
  10.1 Array Types
Since:
  1.6
See Also:
  - `Types`
  - JSR 269: Pluggable Annotation Processing API

Related Packages
Package
Description
javax.lang.model
Types and hierarchies of packages comprising a Java language model, a model of the declarations and types of the Java programming language.
javax.lang.model.element
Interfaces used to model elements of the Java programming language.
javax.lang.model.util
Utilities to assist in the processing of program elements and types.
Class
Description
ArrayType
Represents an array type.
DeclaredType
Represents a declared type, either a class type or an interface type.
ErrorType
Represents a class or interface type that cannot be properly modeled.
ExecutableType
Represents the type of an executable.
IntersectionType
Represents an intersection type.
MirroredTypeException
Thrown when an application attempts to access the `Class` object corresponding to a `TypeMirror`.
MirroredTypesException
Thrown when an application attempts to access a sequence of `Class` objects each corresponding to a `TypeMirror`.
NoType
A pseudo-type used where no actual type is appropriate.
NullType
Represents the null type.
PrimitiveType
Represents a primitive type.
ReferenceType
Represents a reference type.
TypeKind
The kind of a type mirror.
TypeMirror
Represents a type in the Java programming language.
TypeVariable
Represents a type variable.
TypeVisitor<R,P>
A visitor of types, in the style of the visitor design pattern.
UnionType
Represents a union type.
UnknownTypeException
Indicates that an unknown kind of type was encountered.
WildcardType
Represents a wildcard type argument.