org.glassfish.hk2.api

Class TypeLiteral<T>

java.lang.Object

org.glassfish.hk2.api.TypeLiteral<T>

Type Parameters:

T -

public abstract class TypeLiteral<T>
extends Object

Supports inline instantiation of objects that represent parameterized types with actual type parameters. An object that represents any parameterized type may be obtained by subclassing TypeLiteral.

  TypeLiteral<List<String>> stringListType = new TypeLiteral<List<String>>() {};
 

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	TypeLiteral()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Type[]	getParameterTypes() Gets the types associated with this literal
Class<T>	getRawType()
static Class<?>	getRawType(Type type) Gets the base associated class from this type
Type	getType()
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TypeLiteral

protected TypeLiteral()

Method Detail

getType

public final Type getType()

Returns:

the actual type represented by this object

getParameterTypes

public final Type[] getParameterTypes()

Gets the types associated with this literal

Returns:

A non-null (but possibly empty) array of types associated with this literal

getRawType

public final Class<T> getRawType()

Returns:

the raw type represented by this object

getRawType

public static Class<?> getRawType(Type type)

Gets the base associated class from this type

Parameters:

type - The non-null type to analyze

Returns:

The base class for the type, or null if there is none (e.g., Wildcard)

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object