com.sun.jersey.api.client
Class GenericType<T>

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.jersey.api.client.GenericType<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type parameter.

public class GenericType<T>
extends java.lang.Object

Represents a generic type T.

GenericType

protected GenericType()

Constructs a new generic type, deriving the generic type and class from type parameter. Note that this constructor is protected, users should create a (usually anonymous) subclass as shown above.

GenericType

public GenericType(java.lang.reflect.Type genericType)

Constructs a new generic type, supplying the generic type information and derving the class.

Parameters:

genericType - the generic type.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if genericType is null or is neither an instance of Class or ParameterizedType whose raw type is not an instance of Class.

getType

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

Gets underlying Type instance derived from the type.

Returns:

the type.

getRawClass

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

Gets underlying raw class instance derived from the type.

Returns:

the class.