DeclaredType (Java SE 9 & JDK 9 )

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotatedConstruct, ReferenceType, TypeMirror

All Known Subinterfaces:

ErrorType
```
public interface DeclaredType
extends ReferenceType
```
Represents a declared type, either a class type or an interface type. This includes parameterized types such as java.util.Set<String> as well as raw types.
While a TypeElement represents a class or interface element, a DeclaredType represents a class or interface type, the latter being a use (or invocation) of the former. See TypeElement for more on this distinction.
The supertypes (both class and interface types) of a declared type may be found using the Types.directSupertypes(TypeMirror) method. This returns the supertypes with any type arguments substituted in.

Since:

1.6

See Also:

TypeElement

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Element`	`asElement()`	Returns the element corresponding to this type.
`TypeMirror`	`getEnclosingType()`	Returns the type of the innermost enclosing instance or a `NoType` of kind `NONE` if there is no enclosing instance.
`List<? extends TypeMirror>`	`getTypeArguments()`	Returns the actual type arguments of this type.

Methods inherited from interface javax.lang.model.AnnotatedConstruct
getAnnotation, getAnnotationMirrors, getAnnotationsByType

Methods inherited from interface javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror
accept, equals, getKind, hashCode, toString

- Method Detail
  - asElement
```
Element asElement()
```
    Returns the element corresponding to this type.
    
    Returns:
    
    the element corresponding to this type
  - getEnclosingType
```
TypeMirror getEnclosingType()
```
    Returns the type of the innermost enclosing instance or a NoType of kind NONE if there is no enclosing instance. Only types corresponding to inner classes have an enclosing instance.
    
    Returns:
    
    a type mirror for the enclosing type
    
    See The Java™ Language Specification:
    
    8.1.3 Inner Classes and Enclosing Instances, 15.9.2 Determining Enclosing Instances
  - getTypeArguments
```
List<? extends TypeMirror> getTypeArguments()
```
    Returns the actual type arguments of this type. For a type nested within a parameterized type (such as Outer<String>.Inner<Number>), only the type arguments of the innermost type are included.
    
    Returns:
    
    the actual type arguments of this type, or an empty list if none