it.tidalwave.util.spi

Class ReflectionUtils

java.lang.Object

it.tidalwave.util.spi.ReflectionUtils

public class ReflectionUtils
extends Object

Just slightly adapted from http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=208860

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Ian Robertson, Fabrizio Giudici

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ReflectionUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Class<?>	getClass(Type type)
static <T> List<Class<?>>	getTypeArguments(Class<T> baseClass, Class<? extends T> childClass) Get the actual type arguments a child class has used to extend a generic base class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReflectionUtils

public ReflectionUtils()

Method Detail

getTypeArguments

public static <T> List<Class<?>> getTypeArguments(@Nonnull
                                  Class<T> baseClass,
                                  @Nonnull
                                  Class<? extends T> childClass)

Get the actual type arguments a child class has used to extend a generic base class.

Parameters:

baseClass - the base class

childClass - the child class

Returns:

a list of the raw classes for the actual type arguments.

getClass

@Nonnull
public static Class<?> getClass(@Nonnull
                        Type type)