org.jvnet.hk2.internal
Class TypeChecker

java.lang.Object
  org.jvnet.hk2.internal.TypeChecker

public class TypeChecker
extends java.lang.Object

This class contains various utilities for ensuring java type safety

Author:

jwells

Constructor Summary

TypeChecker()

Method Summary

static boolean

isTypeSafe(java.lang.reflect.Type requiredType, java.lang.reflect.Type beanType) Returns true if the given requiredType is safely assignable from the given beanType.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeChecker

public TypeChecker()

Method Detail

isTypeSafe

public static boolean isTypeSafe(java.lang.reflect.Type requiredType,
                                 java.lang.reflect.Type beanType)

Returns true if the given requiredType is safely assignable from the given beanType. In otherwords, if requiredType = beanType without any cast

Parameters:

requiredType - The type being assigned into

beanType - the type being assigned

Returns:

true if things are type safe