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* Copyright 2010, 2011 Christopher Pheby
*
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package org.jadira.usertype.spi.utils.reflection;
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.lang.reflect.GenericArrayType;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Originally based on http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=208860
*/
public final class TypeHelper {
private TypeHelper() {
}
/**
* Get the underlying class for a type, or null if the type is a variable type.
* @param type the type
* @return the underlying class
*/
public static Class<?> getClass(Type type) {
if (type instanceof Class<?>) {
return (Class<?>) type;
} else if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
return getClass(((ParameterizedType) type).getRawType());
} else if (type instanceof GenericArrayType) {
Type componentType = ((GenericArrayType) type).getGenericComponentType();
Class<?> componentClass = getClass(componentType);
if (componentClass != null) {
return Array.newInstance(componentClass, 0).getClass();
} else {
return null;
}
} else {
return null;
}
}
/**
* Get the actual type arguments a child class has used to extend a generic base class.
* @param baseClass the base class
* @param childClass the child class
* @param <T> The type of the base class against which the type arguments relate
* @return a list of the raw classes for the actual type arguments.
*/
public static <T> List<Class<?>> getTypeArguments(Class<T> baseClass, Class<? extends T> childClass) {
Map<Type, Type> resolvedTypes = new HashMap<Type, Type>();
Type type = childClass;
// start walking up the inheritance hierarchy until we hit baseClass
while (!getClass(type).equals(baseClass)) {
if (type instanceof Class<?>) {
// there is no useful information for us in raw types, so just keep going.
type = ((Class<?>) type).getGenericSuperclass();
} else {
ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) type;
Class<?> rawType = (Class<?>) parameterizedType.getRawType();
Type[] actualTypeArguments = parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments();
TypeVariable<?>[] typeParameters = rawType.getTypeParameters();
for (int i = 0; i < actualTypeArguments.length; i++) {
resolvedTypes.put(typeParameters[i], actualTypeArguments[i]);
}
if (!rawType.equals(baseClass)) {
type = rawType.getGenericSuperclass();
}
}
}
// finally, for each actual type argument provided to baseClass, determine (if possible)
// the raw class for that type argument.
Type[] actualTypeArguments;
if (type instanceof Class<?>) {
actualTypeArguments = ((Class<?>) type).getTypeParameters();
} else {
actualTypeArguments = ((ParameterizedType) type).getActualTypeArguments();
}
List<Class<?>> typeArgumentsAsClasses = new ArrayList<Class<?>>();
// resolve types by chasing down type variables.
for (Type baseType : actualTypeArguments) {
while (resolvedTypes.containsKey(baseType)) {
baseType = resolvedTypes.get(baseType);
}
typeArgumentsAsClasses.add(getClass(baseType));
}
return typeArgumentsAsClasses;
}
}