GenericType (Genson 1.6 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.owlike.genson.GenericType<T>

Type Parameters:: T - the real type

public abstract class GenericType<T>
extends Object

This class is a holder for generic types so we can work around type erasure. You can read this blog post who explains a bit more in details what it is about. For example if you want to use at runtime a List<Integer> :

 GenericType<List<Integer>> genericType = new GenericType<List<Integer>>() {
 };
 List<Integer> listOfIntegers = new Genson().deserialize("[1,2,3]", genericType);

 // if you want to get the standard java.lang.reflect.Type corresponding to List<Integer> from
 // genericType
 Type listOfIntegersType = genericType.getType();
 // listOfIntegersType will be an instance of ParameterizedType with Integer class as type argument

Author:: eugen

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor and Description

protected GenericType()

Constructors
Modifier	Constructor and Description
`protected`	`GenericType()`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`Class<T>`	`getRawClass()`
`Type`	`getType()`
`static <T> GenericType<T>`	`of(Class<T> rawClass)`
`static GenericType<Object>`	`of(Type type)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail
- GenericType
```
protected GenericType()
```

Method Detail

of

public static <T> GenericType<T> of(Class<T> rawClass)

of

public static GenericType<Object> of(Type type)

getType
```
public Type getType()
```

getRawClass
```
public Class<T> getRawClass()
```

Class GenericType<T>

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

GenericType

Method Detail

of

of

getType

getRawClass