Package com.zfabrik.resources

Class TypeRef<T>

java.lang.Object

com.zfabrik.resources.TypeRef<T>

public abstract class TypeRef<T>
extends Object

A simple type reference to the be used to convey generic type information to type safe APIs such as IResourceLookup.lookup(String, com.zfabrik.resources.TypeRef). Based on the approach outlined in Neil Gafter's blog.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
	TypeRef()
protected	TypeRef(Class<T> clz)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	cast(Object o)	A cast method to T.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Class<T>	getClz()	Returns the represented class type, if this is what is represented.
Class<T>	getClz(boolean required)	Returns the represented class type, if this is what is represented.
Type	getType()	Return the type of the type parameter.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

TypeRef

public TypeRef()

TypeRef

protected TypeRef(Class<T> clz)

Method Details

getType

public Type getType()

Return the type of the type parameter.

getClz

public Class<T> getClz()

Returns the represented class type, if this is what is represented. Otherwise return null

cast

public T cast(Object o)

A cast method to T. Simply to avoid having using code handle warning for casts to parameterized types

getClz

public Class<T> getClz(boolean required)

Returns the represented class type, if this is what is represented. Otherwise return null, if required is passed as false. Throws an IllegalStateException, if no class type is represented and required is set to true. Returns null, if no class type is represented and required is set to false.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object