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package org.springframework.core;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;
/**
* The purpose of this class is to enable capturing and passing a generic
* {@link Type}. In order to capture the generic type and retain it at runtime,
* you need to create a subclass as follows:
*
*
* ParameterizedTypeReference<List<String>> typeRef = new ParameterizedTypeReference<List<String>>() {};
*
*
* The resulting {@code typeReference} instance can then be used to obtain a
* {@link Type} instance that carries parameterized type information.
* For more information on "super type tokens" see the link to Neal Gafter's blog post.
*
* @author Arjen Poutsma
* @author Rossen Stoyanchev
* @since 3.2
* @see Neal Gafter on Super Type Tokens
*/
public abstract class ParameterizedTypeReference {
private final Type type;
protected ParameterizedTypeReference() {
Class parameterizedTypeReferenceSubclass = findParameterizedTypeReferenceSubclass(getClass());
Type type = parameterizedTypeReferenceSubclass.getGenericSuperclass();
Assert.isInstanceOf(ParameterizedType.class, type);
ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) type;
Assert.isTrue(parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments().length == 1);
this.type = parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments()[0];
}
public Type getType() {
return this.type;
}
@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
return (this == obj || (obj instanceof ParameterizedTypeReference &&
this.type.equals(((ParameterizedTypeReference) obj).type)));
}
@Override
public int hashCode() {
return this.type.hashCode();
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return "ParameterizedTypeReference<" + this.type + ">";
}
private static Class findParameterizedTypeReferenceSubclass(Class child) {
Class parent = child.getSuperclass();
if (Object.class == parent) {
throw new IllegalStateException("Expected ParameterizedTypeReference superclass");
}
else if (ParameterizedTypeReference.class == parent) {
return child;
}
else {
return findParameterizedTypeReferenceSubclass(parent);
}
}
}