Module qilletni.api

Package dev.qilletni.api.lang.types

Interface JavaType

All Superinterfaces:

AnyType, QilletniType

public non-sealed interface JavaType
extends AnyType

A Qilletni type that references any Java type instance. This is so native methods can access references that Qilletni can deal with.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T> Optional<T>	getOptionalReference(Class<T> refType)	Gets the reference this type holds as an optional, giving an empty optional if not set yet or empty.
<T> T	getReference(Class<T> refType)	Gets the reference held by the type, or null.
void	setReference(Object reference)	Sets the type's reference to anything, overriding any previous reference.

Methods inherited from interface dev.qilletni.api.lang.types.QilletniType

getTypeClass, minusOperator, minusOperatorInPlace, plusOperator, plusOperatorInPlace, qilletniEquals, stringValue, typeName

Method Details

getOptionalReference

<T> Optional<T> getOptionalReference(Class<T> refType)

Gets the reference this type holds as an optional, giving an empty optional if not set yet or empty.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the reference

Parameters:

refType - The class type the reference is assumed to be

Returns:

The optional of the type's reference

getReference

<T> T getReference(Class<T> refType)

Gets the reference held by the type, or null.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the reference

Parameters:

refType - class type the reference is assumed to be

Returns:

The type's reference, or null

setReference

void setReference(Object reference)

Sets the type's reference to anything, overriding any previous reference.

Parameters:

reference - The reference the type should hold