IJavaType (Eclipse JDT API Specification)

All Superinterfaces:

IAdaptable, IDebugElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

IJavaArrayType, IJavaClassType, IJavaInterfaceType, IJavaReferenceType
```
public interface IJavaType
extends IDebugElement
```
The type of a value on a Java debug target - a primitive data type, class, interface, or array.
Since 3.2, an IJavaType is also a debug element

See Also:

IJavaValue

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	Returns the name of this type.
`java.lang.String`	`getSignature()`	Returns the JNI-style signature for this type.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable
getAdapter

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IDebugElement
getDebugTarget, getLaunch, getModelIdentifier

- Method Detail
  - getSignature
```
java.lang.String getSignature()
                       throws DebugException
```
    Returns the JNI-style signature for this type.
    Returns:
    
    signature
    
    Throws:
    
    DebugException - if this method fails. Reasons include:
    
    Failure communicating with the VM. The DebugException's status code contains the underlying exception responsible for the failure.
  - getName
```
java.lang.String getName()
                  throws DebugException
```
    Returns the name of this type. For example, "java.lang.String".
    Returns:
    
    the name of this type
    
    Throws:
    
    DebugException - if this method fails. Reasons include:
    
    Failure communicating with the VM. The DebugException's status code contains the underlying exception responsible for the failure.