com.fitbur.bytebuddy.description.NamedElement Maven / Gradle / Ivy
package com.fitbur.bytebuddy.description;
/**
* Represents a Java element with a name.
*/
public interface NamedElement {
/**
* Indicates that an element is not named.
*/
String NO_NAME = null;
/**
* Represents an element without a name in the source code.
*/
String EMPTY_NAME = "";
/**
* Returns the name of this element as it is found in the source code. If no such name exists,
* an empty string is returned.
*
* @return The name of this element as given in a Java program's source code.
*/
String getSourceCodeName();
/**
* A named element with a name that has a particular meaning to the Java runtime.
*/
interface WithRuntimeName extends NamedElement {
/**
* Returns the internalName of this byte code element.
*
* @return The internalName of this byte code element as visible from within a running Java application.
*/
String getName();
/**
* Returns the internal internalName of this byte code element.
*
* @return The internal internalName of this byte code element as used within the Java class file format.
*/
String getInternalName();
}
/**
* A named element with a generic type name.
*/
interface WithGenericName extends WithRuntimeName {
/**
* Returns a generic string of this byte code element.
*
* @return A generic string of this byte code element.
*/
String toGenericString();
}
}