net.digitalid.utility.processing.utility

Interface TypeImporter

@Mutable
public interface TypeImporter

This interface allows a code generator to import the referenced types.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
@Nonnull String	importIfPossible(@Nonnull Class<?> type) Imports the given type if its simple name is not yet mapped to a different type.
@Nonnull String	importIfPossible(@Nonnull Element typeElement) Imports the given element, which has to be qualified nameable, if its simple name is not yet mapped to a different type.
@Nonnull String	importIfPossible(@Nonnull String qualifiedTypeName) Imports the given qualified type name if its simple name is not yet mapped to a different type.
@Nonnull String	importIfPossible(@Nonnull TypeMirror typeMirror) Imports the given type mirror with its generic parameters if their simple names are not yet mapped to different types.
@Nonnull String	importStaticallyIfPossible(@Nonnull String qualifiedMemberName) Imports the given qualified member name if its simple name is not yet mapped to a different member.

Method Detail

importIfPossible

@Impure
 @Nonnull
@Nonnull String importIfPossible(@Nonnull
                                                   @Nonnull String qualifiedTypeName)

Imports the given qualified type name if its simple name is not yet mapped to a different type.

Returns:

the simple name of the given qualified type name if it could be imported without a naming conflict and the given qualified type name otherwise.

Requires:

qualifiedName.contains(".") - the name has to be qualified.

importIfPossible

@Impure
 @Nonnull
@Nonnull String importIfPossible(@Nonnull
                                                   @Nonnull Class<?> type)

Imports the given type if its simple name is not yet mapped to a different type.

Returns:

the simple name of the given type if it could be imported without a naming conflict and the qualified name of the given type otherwise.

importIfPossible

@Impure
 @Nonnull
@Nonnull String importIfPossible(@Nonnull
                                                   @Nonnull Element typeElement)

Imports the given element, which has to be qualified nameable, if its simple name is not yet mapped to a different type.

Returns:

the simple name of the given element if it could be imported without a naming conflict and the qualified name of the given element otherwise.

Requires:

typeElement.getKind().isClass() || typeElement.getKind().isInterface() - the element has to be a type.

importIfPossible

@Impure
 @Nonnull
@Nonnull String importIfPossible(@Nonnull
                                                   @Nonnull TypeMirror typeMirror)

Imports the given type mirror with its generic parameters if their simple names are not yet mapped to different types.

Returns:

the simple name of the given type mirror if it could be imported without a naming conflict and the qualified name of the given type mirror otherwise.

importStaticallyIfPossible

@Impure
 @Nonnull
@Nonnull String importStaticallyIfPossible(@Nonnull
                                                             @Nonnull String qualifiedMemberName)

Imports the given qualified member name if its simple name is not yet mapped to a different member.

Returns:

the simple name of the given member if the qualified member name could be imported without a naming conflict and the given qualified member name otherwise.