de.alpharogroup.model.reflect

Class Reflection

java.lang.Object

de.alpharogroup.model.reflect.Reflection

public final class Reflection
extends Object

Reflection utilities.

Author:

svenmeier

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Class<?>	getClass(Type type) Get the Class for a generic type.
static boolean	isGetter(Method method) Is the given method a JavaBeans getter.
static boolean	isListIndex(Method method) Does the given method represent a List index.
static Type	resultType(Type declaringType, Type type) Get the resulting type of invoking a method.
static Type	variableType(ParameterizedType type, TypeVariable<?> variable) Get the type for a class type variable.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getClass

public static Class<?> getClass(Type type)

Get the Class for a generic type.

Parameters:

type - Class or ParameterizedType

Returns:

class class

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if type doesn't represent a class

isGetter

public static boolean isGetter(Method method)

Is the given method a JavaBeans getter.

Parameters:

method - method to test

Returns:

true if method is a getter

isListIndex

public static boolean isListIndex(Method method)

Does the given method represent a List index.

Parameters:

method - method to test

Returns:

true if list index

resultType

public static Type resultType(Type declaringType,
                              Type type)

Get the resulting type of invoking a method.

Parameters:

declaringType - declaring class of the method

type - return type of method

Returns:

resulting type or null if not known

variableType

public static Type variableType(ParameterizedType type,
                                TypeVariable<?> variable)

Get the type for a class type variable.

Parameters:

type - the owning type

variable - the variable

Returns:

type or null