Package com.landawn.abacus.util

Class TypeReference<T>

java.lang.Object

com.landawn.abacus.util.TypeReference<T>

Type Parameters:

T -

Direct Known Subclasses:

TypeReference.TypeToken

public abstract class TypeReference<T>
extends Object

Represents a generic type T. Java doesn't yet provide a way to represent generic types, so this class does. Forces clients to create a subclass of this class which enables retrieval the type information even at runtime.

For example, to create a type literal for List<String>, you can create an empty anonymous inner class:

 TypeReference<List<String>> list = new TypeReference<List<String>>() {};
 

This syntax cannot be used to create type literals that have wildcard parameters, such as Class<?> or List<? extends CharSequence>.

Since:

0.9

Author:

Haiyang Li

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	TypeReference.TypeToken<T>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
com.landawn.abacus.type.Type<T>	type()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

type

public com.landawn.abacus.type.Type<T> type()

Returns: