Class GenericType<T>

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, Type

    public abstract class GenericType<T>
    extends Object
    implements Serializable, Type
    This class is used to pass full generics type information, and avoid problems with type erasure (that basically removes most usable type references from runtime Class objects). It is based on ideas from http://gafter.blogspot.com/2006/12/super-type-tokens.html,

    Usage is by sub-classing: here is one way to instantiate reference to generic type List<Integer>:

      GenericType type = new GenericType<List<Integer>>() { };
    
    which can be passed to methods that accept GenericReference.
    See Also:
    Serialized Form
    • Constructor Detail

      • GenericType

        protected GenericType()