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    Interface: GenericType<T>

    compiler.GenericType

    Represents a type which takes in generic type arguments.

    Since

    0.12.0

    Type parameters

    Name Type
    T extends GenericTypeArguments

    Hierarchy

    • ProcessedType

      ↳ GenericType

    Implemented by

    • GenericBuiltInType

    Table of contents

    Properties

    • _identifier
    • genericTypeArguments
    • isGeneric

    Accessors

    • identifier
    • isCompilable
    • isUnion

    Methods

    • assertAssignableTo
    • changeGenericTypeArguments
    • getCompilableType
    • isAssignableTo
    • toString

    Properties

    _identifier

    • Protected Readonly _identifier: string

    Inherited from

    ProcessedType._identifier

    Defined in

    kipper/core/src/compiler/semantics/types/base/type.ts:9


    genericTypeArguments

    • Readonly genericTypeArguments: T

    The generic type arguments for this type.

    Since

    0.12.0

    Defined in

    kipper/core/src/compiler/semantics/types/base/generic-type.ts:23


    isGeneric

    • Readonly isGeneric: true

    Returns whether the type is a generic type.

    Since

    0.12.0

    Overrides

    ProcessedType.isGeneric

    Defined in

    kipper/core/src/compiler/semantics/types/base/generic-type.ts:18

    Accessors

    identifier

    • get identifier(): string

    The identifier of this type.

    Returns

    string

    Inherited from

    ProcessedType.identifier

    Defined in

    kipper/core/src/compiler/semantics/types/base/processed-type.ts:19


    isCompilable

    • Abstract get isCompilable(): boolean

    Returns whether the type is compilable.

    This function exists, since during type checking an undefined/invalid type may be encountered that should still be stored using this class though (but NOT compiled!).

    Since

    0.10.0

    Returns

    boolean

    Inherited from

    ProcessedType.isCompilable

    Defined in

    kipper/core/src/compiler/semantics/types/base/processed-type.ts:30


    isUnion

    • get isUnion(): boolean

    Returns whether the type is a union type.

    Since

    0.12.0

    Returns

    boolean

    Inherited from

    ProcessedType.isUnion

    Defined in

    kipper/core/src/compiler/semantics/types/base/processed-type.ts:46

    Methods

    assertAssignableTo

    ▸ Abstract assertAssignableTo(type, propertyName?, argumentName?): void

    Asserts that this type is assignable to the given type.

    Throws

    TypeError If the types are not assignable.

    Since

    0.12.0

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    type ProcessedType The type to check against.
    propertyName? string The name of the property that is being assigned. This is used for error messages.
    argumentName? string The name of the argument that is being assigned to. This is used for error messages.

    Returns

    void

    Inherited from

    ProcessedType.assertAssignableTo

    Defined in

    kipper/core/src/compiler/semantics/types/base/processed-type.ts:75


    changeGenericTypeArguments

    ▸ changeGenericTypeArguments(genericTypeArguments): GenericType<T>

    Changes the generic type arguments for this generic type and returns a new generic type instance with the new arguments where the types have been adjusted.

    Since

    0.12.0

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    genericTypeArguments T The new generic type arguments.

    Returns

    GenericType<T>

    Defined in

    kipper/core/src/compiler/semantics/types/base/generic-type.ts:30


    getCompilableType

    ▸ getCompilableType(): CompilableType

    Gets the compilable type for this type.

    This function throws an error instead of returning undefined, since it's intended to be used in circumstances, where only due to a bug the type is not compilable. As such, it makes sense to strictly assert it will be compilable, unless an error occurs.

    Throws

    UndefinedType If the isCompilable is false, which should only occur if the identifier is of type UndefinedType.

    Since

    0.10.0

    Returns

    CompilableType

    Inherited from

    ProcessedType.getCompilableType

    Defined in

    kipper/core/src/compiler/semantics/types/base/processed-type.ts:60


    isAssignableTo

    ▸ isAssignableTo(type): boolean

    Returns whether this type is assignable to the given type. This discards any error messages.

    This simply returns whether the assertAssignableTo function throws an error or not.

    Since

    0.12.0

    Parameters

    Name Type Description
    type ProcessedType The type to check against.

    Returns

    boolean

    Inherited from

    ProcessedType.isAssignableTo

    Defined in

    kipper/core/src/compiler/semantics/types/base/processed-type.ts:84


    toString

    ▸ toString(): string

    Returns the full string representation of this type.

    This also includes generic type arguments if this type is a generic type.

    Since

    0.12.0

    Returns

    string

    Inherited from

    ProcessedType.toString

    Defined in

    kipper/core/src/compiler/semantics/types/base/processed-type.ts:93

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