Java Debug Interface

com.sun.jdi
Interface Type

All Known Subinterfaces:
ArrayType, BooleanType, ByteType, CharType, ClassType, DoubleType, FloatType, IntegerType, InterfaceType, LongType, PrimitiveType, ReferenceType, ShortType, VoidType

public abstract interface Type
extends Mirror

The type of a Value retrieved from the target VM. This interface is the root of a type hierarchy encompassing primitive types and reference types.

Since:
1.3

Method Summary
 java.lang.String name()
           
 java.lang.String signature()
          Returns the JNI-style signature for this type.
 
Methods inherited from interface com.sun.jdi.Mirror
toString, virtualMachine
 

Method Detail

signature

public java.lang.String signature()
Returns the JNI-style signature for this type.

For primitive classes the returned signature is the signature of the corresponding primitive type; for example, "I" is returned as the signature of the class represented by java.lang.Integer#TYPE.

Returns:
the string containing the type signature.
See Also:
Type Signatures

name

public java.lang.String name()
Returns:
a text representation of this type.

Java Debug Interface