Package manifold.internal.javac

Class ArrayTypeExtender

java.lang.Object

manifold.internal.javac.ArrayTypeExtender

public class ArrayTypeExtender
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ArrayTypeExtender()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	extend(com.sun.tools.javac.util.Context context, com.sun.source.tree.CompilationUnitTree compilingClass)	Array types in Java all share the same symbol, Symtab.arrayClass.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ArrayTypeExtender

public ArrayTypeExtender()

Method Detail

extend

public static void extend(com.sun.tools.javac.util.Context context,
                          com.sun.source.tree.CompilationUnitTree compilingClass)

Array types in Java all share the same symbol, Symtab.arrayClass. For example, int[], String[], Foo[], and long[][] all share the same symbol instance. Also, Java has no base type for the array class; there's no "java.lang.Array" to add extension methods to. Therefore, Manifold provides a substitute type for the sole purpose of adding extension methods, namely manifold.rt.api.Array. Extension classes extending this class effectively extend Java's array class.