org.eclipse.xtend.lib.macro.services

Interface UpstreamTypeLookup

All Known Subinterfaces:

RegisterGlobalsContext

@Beta
public interface UpstreamTypeLookup

Facilities to lookup of Java type declarations in upstream dependencies of the current CompilationUnit. This means that types defined in the same project will not be found.

Since:

2.7

Noimplement:

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Type	findUpstreamType(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)
Type	findUpstreamType(java.lang.String typeName)

Method Detail

findUpstreamType

Type findUpstreamType(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)

Parameters:

clazz - the clazz representing the type to look up

Returns:

the type with the same qualified name as the given Class object, or null if that type couldn't be found on the compilation unit's upstream dependencies.

findUpstreamType

Type findUpstreamType(java.lang.String typeName)

Parameters:

typeName - the qualified name of the type to look up. Nested class delimiter is expected to be the '.' (dot).

Returns:

the type with the given qualified name, or null if such a type couldn't be found on the compilation unit's upstream dependencies.