org.sca4j.introspection
Class TypeMapping

java.lang.Object
  org.sca4j.introspection.TypeMapping

public class TypeMapping
extends java.lang.Object

A mapping from formal types to actual types.

Version:

$Rev: 3105 $ $Date: 2008-03-15 16:47:31 +0000 (Sat, 15 Mar 2008) $

Constructor Summary

TypeMapping()

Method Summary

void	addMapping(java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable<?> typeVariable, java.lang.reflect.Type type) Add a mapping from a TypeVariable to an actual type
java.lang.reflect.Type	getActualType(java.lang.reflect.Type type) Return the actual type of the supplied formal type.
java.lang.Class<?>	getRawType(java.lang.reflect.Type type) Return the raw type of the supplied formal type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeMapping

public TypeMapping()

Method Detail

addMapping

public void addMapping(java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable<?> typeVariable,
                       java.lang.reflect.Type type)

Add a mapping from a TypeVariable to an actual type

Parameters:

typeVariable - the formal type variable

type - the actual type it maps to

getActualType

public java.lang.reflect.Type getActualType(java.lang.reflect.Type type)

Return the actual type of the supplied formal type.

Parameters:

type - the formal type parameter

Returns:

the actual type; may be a TypeVariable if the type is not bound

getRawType

public java.lang.Class<?> getRawType(java.lang.reflect.Type type)

Return the raw type of the supplied formal type.

Parameters:

type - the formal type parameter

Returns:

the actual class for that parameter