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package javax.lang.model.type;

/**

 * The kind of a type mirror.

 *

 * <p>Note that it is possible additional type kinds will be added to

 * accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures added to

 * future versions of the Java™ programming language.

 *

 * @author Joseph D. Darcy

 * @author Scott Seligman

 * @author Peter von der Ahé

 * @see TypeMirror

 * @since 1.6

 */

public enum TypeKind {

    /**

     * The primitive type {@code boolean}.

     */

    BOOLEAN,

    /**

     * The primitive type {@code byte}.

     */

    BYTE,

    /**

     * The primitive type {@code short}.

     */

    SHORT,

    /**

     * The primitive type {@code int}.

     */

    INT,

    /**

     * The primitive type {@code long}.

     */

    LONG,

    /**

     * The primitive type {@code char}.

     */

    CHAR,

    /**

     * The primitive type {@code float}.

     */

    FLOAT,

    /**

     * The primitive type {@code double}.

     */

    DOUBLE,

    /**

     * The pseudo-type corresponding to the keyword {@code void}.

     * @see NoType

     */

    VOID,

    /**

     * A pseudo-type used where no actual type is appropriate.

     * @see NoType

     */

    NONE,

    /**

     * The null type.

     */

    NULL,

    /**

     * An array type.

     */

    ARRAY,

    /**

     * A class or interface type.

     */

    DECLARED,

    /**

     * A class or interface type that could not be resolved.

     */

    ERROR,

    /**

     * A type variable.

     */

    TYPEVAR,

    /**

     * A wildcard type argument.

     */

    WILDCARD,

    /**

     * A pseudo-type corresponding to a package element.

     * @see NoType

     */

    PACKAGE,

    /**

     * A method, constructor, or initializer.

     */

    EXECUTABLE,

    /**

     * An implementation-reserved type.

     * This is not the type you are looking for.

     */

    OTHER;

    /**

     * Returns {@code true} if this kind corresponds to a primitive

     * type and {@code false} otherwise.

     * @return {@code true} if this kind corresponds to a primitive type

     */

    public boolean isPrimitive() {

        switch(this) {

        case BOOLEAN:

        case BYTE:

        case SHORT:

        case INT:

        case LONG:

        case CHAR:

        case FLOAT:

        case DOUBLE:

            return true;

        default:

            return false;

        }

    }

}