ch.jalu.typeresolver.reference

Class TypeReference<T>

java.lang.Object

ch.jalu.typeresolver.TypeInfo

ch.jalu.typeresolver.reference.TypeReference<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type that will be held by the TypeInfo

public abstract class TypeReference<T>
extends TypeInfo

A typed TypeInfo implementation which can be instantiated with a concrete type resolved at runtime for easy creation of more complex Type implementations. For example, a parameterized type can be encapsulated in a type reference the following way:

  TypeInfo typeInfo = new TypeReference<List<String>>() {};
  typeInfo.getType(); // List<String>
 

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TypeReference() Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Type	inferTypeForNoArgsConstructor() Called in the no-args constructor, allowing to infer the type through some other way.

Methods inherited from class ch.jalu.typeresolver.TypeInfo

equals, equalTo, getAllTypeInfos, getAllTypes, getComponentType, getEnclosingType, getSafeToReadClass, getType, getTypeArgumentAsClass, getTypeArgumentInfo, hashCode, isAssignableFrom, of, of, resolve, resolveSuperclass, toClass, toString, visitAllTypes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeReference

public TypeReference()

Constructor. See Javadoc on class for proper usage.

Method Detail

inferTypeForNoArgsConstructor

protected Type inferTypeForNoArgsConstructor()

Description copied from class: TypeInfo

Called in the no-args constructor, allowing to infer the type through some other way.

Overrides:

inferTypeForNoArgsConstructor in class TypeInfo

Returns:

the type this instance will wrap