org.ballerinalang.model.types

Class BArrayType

java.lang.Object

org.ballerinalang.model.types.BType

org.ballerinalang.model.types.BArrayType

All Implemented Interfaces:

BLangSymbol, BIndexedType

public class BArrayType
extends BType
implements BIndexedType

BArrayType represents a type of an arrays in Ballerina.

Arrays are defined using the arrays constructor [] as follows: TypeName[]

All arrays are unbounded in length and support 0 based indexing.

Since:

0.8.0

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.ballerinalang.model.types.BType

pkgPath, typeName, valueClass

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BArrayType(BType elementType)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
int	getDimensions()
BType	getElementType() Get the type of a child elements of this type.
<V extends BValue> V	getEmptyValue() Get the empty initialized value of this type.
TypeSignature	getSig()
int	getTag()
<V extends BValue> V	getZeroValue() Get the default value of the type.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.ballerinalang.model.types.BType

getName, getPackagePath, getValueClass, isNative, isPublic

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BArrayType

public BArrayType(BType elementType)

Method Detail

getElementType

public BType getElementType()

Description copied from interface: BIndexedType

Get the type of a child elements of this type.

Specified by:

getElementType in interface BIndexedType

Returns:

Type of the child elements

getZeroValue

public <V extends BValue> V getZeroValue()

Description copied from class: BType

Get the default value of the type. This is the value of an uninitialized variable of this type. For value types, this is same as the value get from BType#getInitValue().

Specified by:

getZeroValue in class BType

Type Parameters:

V - Type of the value

Returns:

Default value of the type

getEmptyValue

public <V extends BValue> V getEmptyValue()

Description copied from class: BType

Get the empty initialized value of this type. For reference types, this is the value of a variable, when initialized with the empty initializer. For value types, this is same as the default value (value get from BType#getDefaultValue()).

Specified by:

getEmptyValue in class BType

Type Parameters:

V - Type of the value

Returns:

Init value of this type

getSig

public TypeSignature getSig()

Specified by:

getSig in class BType

getTag

public int getTag()

Specified by:

getTag in class BType

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class BType

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class BType

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class BType

getDimensions

public int getDimensions()