org.javers.core.metamodel.type

Class ContainerType

java.lang.Object

org.javers.core.metamodel.type.JaversType

org.javers.core.metamodel.type.ContainerType

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArrayType, CollectionType

public abstract class ContainerType
extends JaversType

Collection or Array

Author:

bartosz walacik

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	ContainerType(Type baseJavaType)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract Class	getElementType() Collection/Array content type.

Methods inherited from class org.javers.core.metamodel.type.JaversType

equals, getActualClassTypeArguments, getBaseJavaClass, getBaseJavaType, hashCode, isAssignableFrom, isGenericType, spawn, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ContainerType

protected ContainerType(Type baseJavaType)

Method Detail

getElementType

public abstract Class getElementType()

Collection/Array content type.

When Collection is generic Type with actual Class argument, returns this argument. For example, if baseJavaType = Set<String>, returns String.class

For no generic types like Set, or generic types with unbounded type parameter like Set<V>, Set<?> returns null.

When Array, returns Class.getComponentType()