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How to get the canonical name of an entity, from its Binding [message #642053]

Mon, 29 November 2010 17:10

Arlindo

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Registered: August 2009

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Hi, I'm working with the interfaces that extend IBinding (e.g. ITypeBinding, IMethodBinding, etc.).

According to JLS3 §6.7., the canonical name is more "exclusive" than the qualified name.

But, how can I get the canonical name from the entity the binding represents?
For the qualified name, we have ITypeBinding.getQualifiedName()...

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Re: How to get the canonical name of an entity, from its Binding [message #642072 is a reply to message #642053]

Mon, 29 November 2010 18:19

Deepak Azad

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On 11/29/2010 10:40 PM, Arlindo wrote:
> Hi, I'm working with the interfaces that extend IBinding (e.g.
> ITypeBinding, IMethodBinding, etc.).
>
> According to
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/names. html#6.7,
> the canonical name is more "exclusive" than the qualified name.
>
> But, how can I get the canonical name from the entity the binding
> represents?
> For the qualified name, we have ITypeBinding.getQualifiedName()...

I think ITypeBinding.getQualifiedName() returns canonical names only.

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Re: How to get the canonical name of an entity, from its Binding [message #642180 is a reply to message #642072]

Tue, 30 November 2010 09:45

Arlindo

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Is there any way to confirm this? The documentation doesn't mention the canonical name being returned.

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Re: How to get the canonical name of an entity, from its Binding [message #642312 is a reply to message #642180]

Tue, 30 November 2010 18:31

Deepak Azad

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On 11/30/2010 3:15 PM, Arlindo wrote:
> Is there any way to confirm this? The documentation doesn't mention the
> canonical name being returned.
Well, you are supposed to use bindings to identify stuff. They should be
unique.

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