com.owlike.genson

Class GenericType<T>

java.lang.Object

com.owlike.genson.GenericType<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the real type

public abstract class GenericType<T>
extends Object

This class is a holder for generic types so we can work around type erasure. You can read this blog post who explains a bit more in details what it is about. For example if you want to use at runtime a List<Integer> :

 GenericType<List<Integer>> genericType = new GenericType<List<Integer>>() {
 };
 List<Integer> listOfIntegers = new Genson().deserialize("[1,2,3]", genericType);
 
 // if you want to get the standard java.lang.reflect.Type corresponding to List<Integer> from
 // genericType
 Type listOfIntegersType = genericType.getType();
 // listOfIntegersType will be an instance of ParameterizedType with Integer class as type argument
 

Author:

eugen

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	GenericType()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<T>	getRawClass()
Type	getType()
static <T> GenericType<T>	of(Class<T> rawClass)
static GenericType<Object>	of(Type type)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GenericType

protected GenericType()

Method Detail

of

public static <T> GenericType<T> of(Class<T> rawClass)

of

public static GenericType<Object> of(Type type)

getType

public Type getType()

getRawClass

public Class<T> getRawClass()