org.glassfish.hk2.utilities.reflection

Class TypeChecker

java.lang.Object

org.glassfish.hk2.utilities.reflection.TypeChecker

public class TypeChecker
extends Object

This class contains various utilities for ensuring java type safety

Author:

jwells

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TypeChecker()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	isRawTypeSafe(Type requiredType, Type beanType) Returns true if the given requiredType is safely assignable from the given beanType.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeChecker

public TypeChecker()

Method Detail

isRawTypeSafe

public static boolean isRawTypeSafe(Type requiredType,
                    Type beanType)

Returns true if the given requiredType is safely assignable from the given beanType. In otherwords, if requiredType = beanType without any cast

Parameters:

requiredType - The type being assigned into

beanType - the type being assigned

Returns:

true if things are type safe