Class MethodSnippet

jdk.jshell.MethodSnippet

public class MethodSnippet extends DeclarationSnippet

Snippet for a method definition. The Kind is Snippet.Kind.METHOD.

MethodSnippet is immutable: an access to any of its methods will always return the same result. and thus is thread-safe.

See Java Language Specification:: 8.4 Method Declarations
Since:: 9

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces declared in class Snippet

Snippet.Kind, Snippet.Status, Snippet.SubKind

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`parameterTypes()`	A String representation of the parameter types of the method.
`String`	`signature()`	The full type signature of the method, including return type.

Methods declared in class PersistentSnippet

name

Methods declared in class Snippet

id, kind, source, subKind

Methods declared in class Object

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

Method Details

parameterTypes

public String parameterTypes()

A String representation of the parameter types of the method.

Returns:: a comma separated list of user entered parameter types for the method.

signature

public String signature()

The full type signature of the method, including return type.

Returns:: A String representation of the parameter and return types

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