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Description: source: package: org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect, class: TypeLiteral

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    017package org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect;
    018
    019import java.lang.reflect.Type;
    020import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable;
    021
    022import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
    023
    024/**
    025 * Type literal comparable to {@code javax.enterprise.util.TypeLiteral},
    026 * made generally available outside the JEE context. Allows the passing around of
    027 * a "token" that represents a type in a typesafe manner, as opposed to
    028 * passing the (non-parameterized) {@link Type} object itself. Consider:
    029 * <p>
    030 * You might see such a typesafe API as:
    031 * <pre>{@code
    032 * class Typesafe {
    033 *   <T> T obtain(Class<T> type, ...);
    034 * }
    035 * }
    036 * </pre>
    037 * Consumed in the manner of:
    038 * <pre>
    039 * Foo foo = typesafe.obtain(Foo.class, ...);
    040 * </pre>
    041 * Yet, you run into problems when you want to do this with a parameterized type:
    042 * <pre>{@code
    043 * List<String> listOfString = typesafe.obtain(List.class, ...); // could only give us a raw List
    044 * }</pre>
    045 * {@link java.lang.reflect.Type} might provide some value:
    046 * <pre>{@code
    047 * Type listOfStringType = ...; // firstly, how to obtain this? Doable, but not straightforward.
    048 * List<String> listOfString = (List<String>) typesafe.obtain(listOfStringType, ...); // nongeneric Type would necessitate a cast
    049 * }</pre>
    050 * The "type literal" concept was introduced to provide an alternative, i.e.:
    051 * <pre>{@code
    052 * class Typesafe {
    053 *   <T> T obtain(TypeLiteral<T> type, ...);
    054 * }
    055 * }</pre>
    056 * Consuming code looks like:
    057 * <pre>{@code
    058 * List<String> listOfString = typesafe.obtain(new TypeLiteral<List<String>>() {}, ...);
    059 * }</pre>
    060 * <p>
    061 * This has the effect of "jumping up" a level to tie a {@link java.lang.reflect.Type}
    062 * to a type variable while simultaneously making it short work to obtain a
    063 * {@link Type} instance for any given type, inline.
    064 * </p>
    065 * <p>Additionally {@link TypeLiteral} implements the {@link Typed} interface which
    066 * is a generalization of this concept, and which may be implemented in custom classes.
    067 * It is suggested that APIs be defined in terms of the interface, in the following manner:
    068 * </p>
    069 * <pre>{@code
    070 *   <T> T obtain(Typed<T> typed, ...);
    071 * }</pre>
    072 *
    073 * @param <T> the type
    074 * @since 3.2
    075 */
    076public abstract class TypeLiteral<T> implements Typed<T> {
    077
    078    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    079    private static final TypeVariable<Class<TypeLiteral>> T = TypeLiteral.class.getTypeParameters()[0];
    080
    081    /**
    082     * Represented type.
    083     */
    084    public final Type value;
    085
    086    private final String toString;
    087
    088    /**
    089     * The default constructor.
    090     */
    091    protected TypeLiteral() {
    092        this.value =
    093            Validate.notNull(TypeUtils.getTypeArguments(getClass(), TypeLiteral.class).get(T),
    094                "%s does not assign type parameter %s", getClass(), TypeUtils.toLongString(T));
    095
    096        this.toString = String.format("%s<%s>", TypeLiteral.class.getSimpleName(), TypeUtils.toString(value));
    097    }
    098
    099    @Override
    100    public final boolean equals(final Object obj) {
    101        if (obj == this) {
    102            return true;
    103        }
    104        if (!(obj instanceof TypeLiteral)) {
    105            return false;
    106        }
    107        final TypeLiteral<?> other = (TypeLiteral<?>) obj;
    108        return TypeUtils.equals(value, other.value);
    109    }
    110
    111    @Override
    112    public Type getType() {
    113        return value;
    114    }
    115
    116    @Override
    117    public int hashCode() {
    118        return 37 << 4 | value.hashCode();
    119    }
    120
    121    @Override
    122    public String toString() {
    123        return toString;
    124    }
    125}