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
    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.TargetInfoPREVIEW

    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