Interface UnionType

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotatedConstruct, TypeMirror

public interface UnionType
extends TypeMirror

Represents a union type. Union types can appear as the type of a multi-catch exception parameter.

See Java Language Specification:

14.20 The try statement

Since:

1.7

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<? extends TypeMirror>	getAlternatives()	Returns the alternatives comprising this union type.

Methods declared in interface TypeMirror

accept, equals, getAnnotation, getAnnotationMirrors, getAnnotationsByType, getKind, hashCode, toString

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<R,P> R	accept(TypeVisitor<R,P> v, P p)	Applies a visitor to this type.
boolean	equals(Object obj)	Obeys the general contract of Object.equals.
<A extends Annotation> A	getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType)	Returns this construct's annotation of the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
List<? extends AnnotationMirror>	getAnnotationMirrors()	Returns the annotations that are directly present on this construct.
<A extends Annotation> A[]	getAnnotationsByType(Class<A> annotationType)	Returns annotations of the specified type that are associated with this construct.
TypeKind	getKind()	Returns the kind of this type.
int	hashCode()	Obeys the general contract of Object.hashCode.
String	toString()	Returns an informative string representation of this type.

Method Details

getAlternatives

List<? extends TypeMirror> getAlternatives()

Returns the alternatives comprising this union type.

Returns:

the alternatives comprising this union type