org.eclipse.xtend.backend.types.builtin
Class StringType

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.xtend.backend.types.AbstractType
      org.eclipse.xtend.backend.types.builtin.StringType

All Implemented Interfaces:

BackendType

public final class StringType
extends AbstractType

The canonical, internal representation of a string object is "anything that implements CharSequence", i.e. a function that accepts a parameter of type string must accept any CharSequence. This is done to enable internal optimizations like lazy concatenation and streaming.

This has the consequence that functions may need to convert a given CharSequence to whatever more specific string representation they need internally.

Author:

Arno Haase (http://www.haase-consulting.com)

Field Summary

static StringType

INSTANCE

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	create()
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other) every type *must* implement a valid equals method, otherwise the backend will break!
boolean	isAssignableFrom(BackendType other)

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.xtend.backend.types.AbstractType

getBuiltinOperations, getName, getProperties, getProperty, getStaticProperties, getSuperTypes, getUniqueRepresentation, register, register, register, setProperty, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

INSTANCE

public static final StringType INSTANCE

Method Detail

isAssignableFrom

public boolean isAssignableFrom(BackendType other)

Specified by:

isAssignableFrom in interface BackendType

Overrides:

isAssignableFrom in class AbstractType

create

public java.lang.Object create()

Specified by:

create in interface BackendType

Overrides:

create in class AbstractType

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Description copied from class: AbstractType

every type *must* implement a valid equals method, otherwise the backend will break!

Specified by:

equals in class AbstractType