1. /*

  2.  * @(#)ClassType.java	1.2 04/04/30

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL.  Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package com.sun.mirror.type;

  9. 

  10. 

  11. import com.sun.mirror.declaration.*;

  12. 

  13. 

  14. /**

  15.  * Represents a class type.

  16.  * Interface types are represented separately by {@link InterfaceType}.

  17.  * Note that an {@linkplain EnumType enum} is a kind of class.

  18.  *

  19.  * <p> While a {@link ClassDeclaration} represents the <i>declaration</i>

  20.  * of a class, a <tt>ClassType</tt> represents a class <i>type</i>.

  21.  * See {@link TypeDeclaration} for more on this distinction.

  22.  *

  23.  * @author Joseph D. Darcy

  24.  * @author Scott Seligman

  25.  * @version 1.2 04/04/30

  26.  * @since 1.5

  27.  */

  28. 

  29. public interface ClassType extends DeclaredType {

  30. 

  31.     /**

  32.      * {@inheritDoc}

  33.      */

  34.     ClassDeclaration getDeclaration();

  35. 

  36.     /**

  37.      * Returns the class type that is a direct supertype of this one.

  38.      * This is the superclass of this type's declaring class, with any

  39.      * type arguments substituted in.

  40.      * The only class with no superclass is <tt>java.lang.Object</tt>,

  41.      * for which this method returns <tt>null</tt>.

  42.      *

  43.      * <p> For example, the class type extended by

  44.      * {@code java.util.TreeSet<String>} is

  45.      * {@code java.util.AbstractSet<String>}.

  46.      *

  47.      * @return the class type that is a direct supertype of this one,

  48.      * or <tt>null</tt> if there is none

  49.      */

  50.     ClassType getSuperclass();

  51. }