org.icij.datashare.reflect

Class Reflections

java.lang.Object

org.icij.datashare.reflect.Reflections

public class Reflections
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Reflections()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Class<?>	getClass(Type type) Get the underlying class for a type, or null if the type is a variable type.
static <T> List<Class<?>>	getTypeArguments(Class<T> baseClass, Class<? extends T> childClass) Get the actual type arguments a child class has used to extend a generic base class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Reflections

public Reflections()

Method Detail

getClass

public static Class<?> getClass(Type type)

Get the underlying class for a type, or null if the type is a variable type. Ian Robertson; http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=208860

Parameters:

type - the type

Returns:

the underlying class

getTypeArguments

public static <T> List<Class<?>> getTypeArguments(Class<T> baseClass,
                                                  Class<? extends T> childClass)

Get the actual type arguments a child class has used to extend a generic base class. Ian Robertson; http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=208860

Type Parameters:

T - the base class type

Parameters:

baseClass - the base class

childClass - the child class

Returns:

a list of the raw classes for the actual type arguments.