org.codehaus.jackson.type
Class TypeReference<T>

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.jackson.type.TypeReference<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<TypeReference<T>>

Direct Known Subclasses:

TypeReference

public abstract class TypeReference<T>
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable<TypeReference<T>>

This class is based on ideas from [http://gafter.blogspot.com/2006/12/super-type-tokens.html]. Additional idea (from a suggestion made in comments of the article) is to require bogus implementation of Comparable (any such generic interface would do, as long as it forces a method with generic type to be implemented). to ensure that a Type argument is indeed given.

Constructor Summary

protected

TypeReference()

Method Summary

int	compareTo(TypeReference<T> o) The only reason we define this method (and require implementation of Comparable) is to prevent constructing a reference without type information.
java.lang.reflect.Type	getType()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeReference

protected TypeReference()

Method Detail

getType

public java.lang.reflect.Type getType()

compareTo

public int compareTo(TypeReference<T> o)

The only reason we define this method (and require implementation of Comparable) is to prevent constructing a reference without type information.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable<TypeReference<T>>