javax.enterprise.util
Class TypeLiteral<T>

java.lang.Object
  javax.enterprise.util.TypeLiteral<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type, including all actual type parameters

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public abstract class TypeLiteral<T>
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Supports inline instantiation of objects that represent parameterized types with actual type parameters.

An object that represents any parameterized type may be obtained by subclassing TypeLiteral.

 TypeLiteral<List<String>> stringListType = new TypeLiteral<List<String>>() {};
 

Author:

Gavin King, Pete Muir

See Also:

Instance.select(TypeLiteral, Annotation...), Event.select(TypeLiteral, Annotation...), Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected

TypeLiteral()

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
java.lang.Class<T>	getRawType()
java.lang.reflect.Type	getType()
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TypeLiteral

protected TypeLiteral()

Method Detail

getType

public final java.lang.reflect.Type getType()

Returns:

the actual type represented by this object

getRawType

public final java.lang.Class<T> getRawType()

Returns:

the raw type represented by this object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object