net.gini.jersey.util

Class GenericType<T>

java.lang.Object

net.gini.jersey.util.GenericType<T>

public class GenericType<T>
extends Object

This class is a trick used to extract GenericType information at runtime. Java does not allow you get generic type information easily, so this class does the trick. For example:

 Type genericType = (new GenericType>() {}).getGenericType();
 

The above code will get you the genericType for List

Version:

$Revision: 1 $

Author:

Bill Burke

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Type	getGenericType() Gets underlying Type instance.
Class<T>	getType() Gets the raw type of the enclosed entity.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getType

public final Class<T> getType()

Gets the raw type of the enclosed entity. Note that this is the raw type of the instance, not the raw type of the type parameter. I.e. in the example in the introduction, the raw type is ArrayList not List.

Returns:

the raw type

getGenericType

public final Type getGenericType()

Gets underlying Type instance. Note that this is derived from the type parameter, not the enclosed instance. I.e. in the example in the introduction, the type is List<String> not ArrayList<String>.

Returns:

the type