org.fabric3.spi.introspection

Class TypeMapping

java.lang.Object

org.fabric3.spi.introspection.TypeMapping

public class TypeMapping
extends java.lang.Object

A mapping from generic formal types to actual types for a class hierarchy.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TypeMapping()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addMapping(java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable<?> typeVariable, java.lang.reflect.Type type) Add a mapping from a TypeVariable to an actual type.
java.lang.reflect.Type	getActualType(java.lang.reflect.Type type) Return the actual type of the supplied formal type.
java.lang.Class<?>	getRawType(java.lang.reflect.Type type) Return the raw type of the supplied formal type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeMapping

public TypeMapping()

Method Detail

addMapping

public void addMapping(java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable<?> typeVariable,
                       java.lang.reflect.Type type)

Add a mapping from a TypeVariable to an actual type.

Parameters:

typeVariable - the formal type variable

type - the actual type it maps to

getActualType

public java.lang.reflect.Type getActualType(java.lang.reflect.Type type)

Return the actual type of the supplied formal type. That is, the Class, GenericArrayType, TypeVariable or WildCardType that the formal type is bound to.

Parameters:

type - the formal type parameter

Returns:

the actual type; may be a TypeVariable if the type is not bound

getRawType

public java.lang.Class<?> getRawType(java.lang.reflect.Type type)

Return the raw type of the supplied formal type.

Parameters:

type - the formal type parameter

Returns:

the actual class for that parameter