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package com.sun.mirror.type;
import com.sun.mirror.declaration.Declaration;
import com.sun.mirror.util.Types;
import com.sun.mirror.util.TypeVisitor;
/**
* Represents a type in the Java programming language.
* Types include primitive types, class and interface types, array
* types, and type variables. Wildcard type arguments, and the
* pseudo-type representing the type of <tt>void</tt>, are represented
* by type mirrors as well.
*
* <p> Types may be compared using the utility methods in
* {@link Types}.
* There is no guarantee that any particular type will
* always be represented by the same object.
*
* @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
* standardized annotation processing API. The replacement for the
* functionality of this interface is {@link
* javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror}.
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
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* @see Declaration
* @see Types
* @since 1.5
*/
@Deprecated
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public interface TypeMirror {
/**
* Returns a string representation of this type.
* Any names embedded in the expression are qualified.
*
* @return a string representation of this type
*/
String toString();
/**
* Tests whether two types represent the same type.
*
* @param obj the object to be compared with this type
* @return <tt>true</tt> if the specified object represents the same
* type as this.
*/
boolean equals(Object obj);
/**
* Applies a visitor to this type.
*
* @param v the visitor operating on this type
*/
void accept(TypeVisitor v);
}