Module java.base

Package java.lang.classfile^PREVIEW

Interface TypeAnnotation.SupertypeTarget

All Superinterfaces:

TypeAnnotation.TargetInfoPREVIEW

Enclosing interface:

TypeAnnotationPREVIEW

public static sealed interface TypeAnnotation.SupertypeTarget
extends TypeAnnotation.TargetInfoPREVIEW

SupertypeTarget is a preview API of the Java platform.

Programs can only use SupertypeTarget when preview features are enabled.

Preview features may be removed in a future release, or upgraded to permanent features of the Java platform.

Indicates that an annotation appears on a type in the extends or implements clause of a class or interface declaration.

Since:

22

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	supertypeIndex()	JVMS: A supertype_index value of 65535 specifies that the annotation appears on the superclass in an extends clause of a class declaration.

Methods declared in interface java.lang.classfile.TypeAnnotation.TargetInfo^PREVIEW

size, targetType

Method Details

supertypeIndex

int supertypeIndex()

JVMS: A supertype_index value of 65535 specifies that the annotation appears on the superclass in an extends clause of a class declaration. Any other supertype_index value is an index into the interfaces array of the enclosing ClassFile structure, and specifies that the annotation appears on that superinterface in either the implements clause of a class declaration or the extends clause of an interface declaration.

Returns:

the index into the interfaces array or 65535 to indicate it is the superclass