/*
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Civilian Framework.
 *
 * Licensed under the Civilian License (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.civilian-framework.org/license.txt
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.civilian.type;


import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import org.civilian.util.Check;


/**
 * A Type implementation for array types.
 */
public class ArrayType<T> extends ListType<T[],T>
{
	public ArrayType(Type<T> elementType)
	{
		elementType_ = Check.notNull(elementType, "elementType");
	}
	
	
	/**
	 * Returns false.
	 */
	@Override public boolean isSimpleType()
	{
		return false;
	}
	
	
	/**
	 * Create a list object from an value array.
	 */
	@Override public T[] create(T[] values)
	{
		return values;
	}
	

	/**
	 * Returns the element type.
	 */
	@Override public Type<T> getElementType()
	{
		return elementType_;
	}


	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	@Override public Class<T[]> getJavaType()
	{
		if (javaType_ == null)
			javaType_ = (Class<T[]>)Array.newInstance(elementType_.getJavaType(), 0).getClass();
		return javaType_;
	}

	
	@Override public Class<T[]> getJavaPrimitiveType()
	{
		return null;
	}


	private Type<T> elementType_;
	private Class<T[]> javaType_; 
}