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30 package com.tc.asm.signature;
31
32 /**
33  * A visitor to visit a generic signature. The methods of this interface must be
34  * called in one of the three following orders (the last one is the only valid
35  * order for a {@link SignatureVisitor} that is returned by a method of this
36  * interface): <ul> <li><i>ClassSignature</i> = (
37  * <tt>visitFormalTypeParameter</tt>
38  * <tt>visitClassBound</tt>?
39  * <tt>visitInterfaceBound</tt>* )* ( <tt>visitSuperClass</tt>
40  * <tt>visitInterface</tt>* )</li>
41  * <li><i>MethodSignature</i> = ( <tt>visitFormalTypeParameter</tt>
42  * <tt>visitClassBound</tt>?
43  * <tt>visitInterfaceBound</tt>* )* ( <tt>visitParameterType</tt>*
44  * <tt>visitReturnType</tt>
45  * <tt>visitExceptionType</tt>* )</li> <li><i>TypeSignature</i> =
46  * <tt>visitBaseType</tt> | <tt>visitTypeVariable</tt> |
47  * <tt>visitArrayType</tt> | (
48  * <tt>visitClassType</tt> <tt>visitTypeArgument</tt>* (
49  * <tt>visitInnerClassType</tt> <tt>visitTypeArgument</tt>* )*
50  * <tt>visitEnd</tt> ) )</li> </ul>
51  *
52  * @author Thomas Hallgren
53  * @author Eric Bruneton
54  */

55 public interface SignatureVisitor {
56
57     /**
58      * Wildcard for an "extends" type argument.
59      */

60     char EXTENDS = '+';
61
62     /**
63      * Wildcard for a "super" type argument.
64      */

65     char SUPER = '-';
66
67     /**
68      * Wildcard for a normal type argument.
69      */

70     char INSTANCEOF = '=';
71
72     /**
73      * Visits a formal type parameter.
74      *
75      * @param name the name of the formal parameter.
76      */

77     void visitFormalTypeParameter(String JavaDoc name);
78
79     /**
80      * Visits the class bound of the last visited formal type parameter.
81      *
82      * @return a non null visitor to visit the signature of the class bound.
83      */

84     SignatureVisitor visitClassBound();
85
86     /**
87      * Visits an interface bound of the last visited formal type parameter.
88      *
89      * @return a non null visitor to visit the signature of the interface bound.
90      */

91     SignatureVisitor visitInterfaceBound();
92
93     /**
94      * Visits the type of the super class.
95      *
96      * @return a non null visitor to visit the signature of the super class
97      * type.
98      */

99     SignatureVisitor visitSuperclass();
100
101     /**
102      * Visits the type of an interface implemented by the class.
103      *
104      * @return a non null visitor to visit the signature of the interface type.
105      */

106     SignatureVisitor visitInterface();
107
108     /**
109      * Visits the type of a method parameter.
110      *
111      * @return a non null visitor to visit the signature of the parameter type.
112      */

113     SignatureVisitor visitParameterType();
114
115     /**
116      * Visits the return type of the method.
117      *
118      * @return a non null visitor to visit the signature of the return type.
119      */

120     SignatureVisitor visitReturnType();
121
122     /**
123      * Visits the type of a method exception.
124      *
125      * @return a non null visitor to visit the signature of the exception type.
126      */

127     SignatureVisitor visitExceptionType();
128
129     /**
130      * Visits a signature corresponding to a primitive type.
131      *
132      * @param descriptor the descriptor of the primitive type, or 'V' for
133      * <tt>void</tt>.
134      */

135     void visitBaseType(char descriptor);
136
137     /**
138      * Visits a signature corresponding to a type variable.
139      *
140      * @param name the name of the type variable.
141      */

142     void visitTypeVariable(String JavaDoc name);
143
144     /**
145      * Visits a signature corresponding to an array type.
146      *
147      * @return a non null visitor to visit the signature of the array element
148      * type.
149      */

150     SignatureVisitor visitArrayType();
151
152     /**
153      * Starts the visit of a signature corresponding to a class or interface
154      * type.
155      *
156      * @param name the internal name of the class or interface.
157      */

158     void visitClassType(String JavaDoc name);
159
160     /**
161      * Visits an inner class.
162      *
163      * @param name the local name of the inner class in its enclosing class.
164      */

165     void visitInnerClassType(String JavaDoc name);
166
167     /**
168      * Visits an unbounded type argument of the last visited class or inner
169      * class type.
170      */

171     void visitTypeArgument();
172
173     /**
174      * Visits a type argument of the last visited class or inner class type.
175      *
176      * @param wildcard '+', '-' or '='.
177      * @return a non null visitor to visit the signature of the type argument.
178      */

179     SignatureVisitor visitTypeArgument(char wildcard);
180
181     /**
182      * Ends the visit of a signature corresponding to a class or interface type.
183      */

184     void visitEnd();
185 }
186
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