org.squirrelframework.foundation.util
Class TypeReference<T>

java.lang.Object
  org.squirrelframework.foundation.util.TypeReference<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Generic Type

public abstract class TypeReference<T>
extends Object

Author:

Henry He

See Also:

Super Type Tokens

Constructor Summary

protected

TypeReference()

Method Summary

Class<T>	getRawType() Returns the raw type of T.
Type	getType()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeReference

protected TypeReference()

Method Detail

getType

public Type getType()

getRawType

public final Class<T> getRawType()

Returns the raw type of T. Formally speaking, if T is returned by Method.getGenericReturnType(), the raw type is what's returned by Method.getReturnType() of the same method object. Specifically:

• If T is a Class itself, T itself is returned.
• If T is a ParameterizedType, the raw type of the parameterized type is returned.
• If T is a GenericArrayType, the returned type is the corresponding array class. For example: List<Integer>[] => List[].
• If T is a type variable or a wildcard type, the raw type of the first upper bound is returned. For example: <X extends Foo> => Foo.