com.sun.star.lib.uno.typedesc

Class TypeDescription

java.lang.Object

com.sun.star.lib.uno.typedesc.TypeDescription

public final class TypeDescription
extends Object

Supplies information about UNO types. Allows to examine a type in detail (e.g. it is used for marshaling/unmarshaling).

Since:

UDK2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getArrayTypeName() Gets the (Java) array type name.
TypeDescription	getComponentType() Gets the component TypeDescription if this is an array type, otherwise returns null.
FieldDescription	getFieldDescription(String name) Gets the FieldDescription for the field with the name name, if it exists, otherwise returns null.
FieldDescription[]	getFieldDescriptions() Gets the FieldDescription for every field, if this type is an interface.
MethodDescription	getMethodDescription(int methodId) Gets the MethodDescription for the method with index methodId, if it exists, otherwise returns null.
MethodDescription	getMethodDescription(String name) Gets the MethodDescription for the method with the name name, if it exists, otherwise returns null.
MethodDescription[]	getMethodDescriptions() Gets the MethodDescription for every method, if this type is an interface.
TypeDescription	getSuperType() Gets the TypeDescription of the super, if it exists.
com.sun.star.uno.TypeClass	getTypeClass() Gets the IDL TypeClass of the type.
static TypeDescription	getTypeDescription(Class<?> zClass)
static TypeDescription	getTypeDescription(String typeName)
static TypeDescription	getTypeDescription(Type type)
static TypeDescription	getTypeDescription(com.sun.star.uno.TypeClass typeClass)
String	getTypeName() Gets the (UNO) type name.
Class<?>	getZClass() Gets the corresponding java class for the type.
boolean	hasTypeArguments()
static boolean	isTypeClassSimple(com.sun.star.uno.TypeClass typeClass)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getTypeDescription

public static TypeDescription getTypeDescription(String typeName)
                                          throws ClassNotFoundException

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

getTypeDescription

public static TypeDescription getTypeDescription(Class<?> zClass)

getTypeDescription

public static TypeDescription getTypeDescription(Type type)
                                          throws ClassNotFoundException

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

getTypeDescription

public static TypeDescription getTypeDescription(com.sun.star.uno.TypeClass typeClass)

isTypeClassSimple

public static boolean isTypeClassSimple(com.sun.star.uno.TypeClass typeClass)

getSuperType

public TypeDescription getSuperType()

Gets the TypeDescription of the super, if it exists.

Returns:

the TypeDescription.

getMethodDescriptions

public MethodDescription[] getMethodDescriptions()

Gets the MethodDescription for every method, if this type is an interface. Otherwise returns null.

Returns:

the MethodDescription[].

getMethodDescription

public MethodDescription getMethodDescription(int methodId)

Gets the MethodDescription for the method with index methodId, if it exists, otherwise returns null.

Parameters:

methodId - the index.

Returns:

the MethodDescription.

getMethodDescription

public MethodDescription getMethodDescription(String name)

Gets the MethodDescription for the method with the name name, if it exists, otherwise returns null.

Parameters:

name - the name of the method.

Returns:

the MethodDescription.

getFieldDescriptions

public FieldDescription[] getFieldDescriptions()

Gets the FieldDescription for every field, if this type is an interface. Otherwise returns null.

Returns:

the FieldDescription[].

getFieldDescription

public FieldDescription getFieldDescription(String name)

Gets the FieldDescription for the field with the name name, if it exists, otherwise returns null.

Parameters:

name - the name of the field.

Returns:

the FieldDescription.

getTypeClass

public com.sun.star.uno.TypeClass getTypeClass()

Gets the IDL TypeClass of the type.

Returns:

the TypeClass.

getComponentType

public TypeDescription getComponentType()

Gets the component TypeDescription if this is an array type, otherwise returns null.

Returns:

the TypeDescription

getTypeName

public String getTypeName()

Gets the (UNO) type name.

Mapping from UNO types to type names

UNO type	type name
VOID	"void"
BOOLEAN	"boolean"
CHAR	"char"
BYTE	"byte"
SHORT	"short"
UNSIGNED SHORT	"unsigned short"
LONG	"long"
UNSIGNED LONG	"unsigned long"
HYPER	"hyper"
UNSIGNED HYPER	"unsigned hyper"
FLOAT	"float"
DOUBLE	"double"
STRING	"string"
TYPE	"type"
ANY	"any"
sequence type of base type T	"[]" followed by type name for T
enum type named N	N (see below)
struct type named N	N (see below)
exception type named N	N (see below)
interface type named N	N (see below)

For a UNO type named N, consisting of a sequence of module names M₁, ..., M_n followed by a simple name S, the corresponding type name consists of the same sequence of module names and simple name, with "." separating the individual elements.

Returns:

the type name.

getArrayTypeName

public String getArrayTypeName()

Gets the (Java) array type name.

The array type name is defined to be the Java class name (as returned by Class.forName) of the Java array class that corresponds to the UNO sequence type with this type (the UNO type represented by this TypeDescription instance) as base type. For an TypeDescription instance representing the UNO type VOID, the array type name is defined to be "[Ljava.lang.Void;".

Returns:

the array type name.

getZClass

public Class<?> getZClass()

Gets the corresponding java class for the type.

Returns:

the corresponding java class.

hasTypeArguments

public boolean hasTypeArguments()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object