kong.unirest

Class GenericType<T>

java.lang.Object

kong.unirest.GenericType<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type you wish to represent.

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<GenericType<T>>

public abstract class GenericType<T>
extends Object
implements Comparable<GenericType<T>>

Parts of this file were taken from Jackson/core TypeReference under the Apache License: Apache (Software) License, version 2.0 ("the License"). See the License for details about distribution rights, and the specific rights regarding derivate works. You may obtain a copy of the License at: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 A class to hold onto generic type params for object mapping by creating a anonymous subtype. This is a common "trick" commonly used in Java to avoid issues with type erasure. Other examples can be found in popular libraries like Jackson, GSON, and Spring

  GenericType ref = new GenericType<List<Integer>>() { };
 

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Type	type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	GenericType()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(GenericType<T> o)
Type	getType()
Class<?>	getTypeClass()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

type

protected final Type type

Constructor Detail

GenericType

protected GenericType()

Method Detail

getType

public Type getType()

Returns:

the Type which includes generic type information

compareTo

public int compareTo(GenericType<T> o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<GenericType<T>>

getTypeClass

public Class<?> getTypeClass()