org.eclipse.jdt.debug.core
Interface IJavaType

All Known Subinterfaces:

IJavaArrayType, IJavaClassType, IJavaInterfaceType

public interface IJavaType

The type of a value on a Java debug target - a primitive data type, class, interface, or array.

Clients are not intended to implement this interface.

See Also:

IJavaValue

Method Summary

String	getName() Returns the name of this type.
String	getSignature() Returns the JNI-style signature for this type.

Method Detail

getSignature

public String getSignature()
                    throws DebugException

Returns the JNI-style signature for this type.

Returns:

signature

Throws:

DebugException - if this method fails. Reasons include:

• Failure communicating with the VM. The DebugException's status code contains the underlying exception responsible for the failure.

getName

public String getName()
               throws DebugException

Returns the name of this type. For example, "java.lang.String".

Returns:

the name of this type

Throws:

DebugException - if this method fails. Reasons include:

• Failure communicating with the VM. The DebugException's status code contains the underlying exception responsible for the failure.