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package io.milton.http.values;
/**
* This class exists to convey type information even when a value is null.
*
* <p>This is important because we will often want to select parses and formatters
* based on knowledge of the type of the value, even when that value is null.
*
*
* @author brad
*/
public class ValueAndType {
private final Object value;
private final Class type;
public ValueAndType(Object value, Class type) {
if (type == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("type may not be null");
}
if (value != null) {
if (value.getClass() != type) {
throw new RuntimeException("Inconsistent type information: " + value + " != " + type);
}
}
this.value = value;
this.type = type;
}
public Class getType() {
return type;
}
public Object getValue() {
return value;
}
}