/FileExtraction/Java_unseen/dlitz_resin/modules/webbeans/src/javax/enterprise/util/TypeLiteral.java
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 * @author Scott Ferguson
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package javax.enterprise.util;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.reflect.*;

/**
 * Convenience API to create runtime parameterized types.
 *
 * <code><pre>
 * new TypeLiteral&lt;ArrayList&lt;String>>() {}
 * </pre></code>
 */
public abstract class TypeLiteral<T> implements Serializable
{
  private transient Type _type;

  protected TypeLiteral()
  {
  }

  public final Type getType()
  {
    if (_type == null) {
      Type type = getClass().getGenericSuperclass();

      if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
        ParameterizedType pType = (ParameterizedType) type;

        _type = pType.getActualTypeArguments()[0];
      }
      else
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException(type.toString());
    }
    
    return _type;
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public final Class<T> getRawType()
  {
    Type type = getType();

    if (type instanceof Class<?>)
      return (Class<T>) type;
    else if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
      ParameterizedType pType = (ParameterizedType) type;

      return (Class<T>) pType.getRawType();
    }
    else
      throw new UnsupportedOperationException(type.toString());
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode()
  {
    return getType().hashCode();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object o)
  {
    if (this == o)
      return true;
    else if (! (o instanceof TypeLiteral<?>))
      return false;

    TypeLiteral<?> lit = (TypeLiteral<?>) o;

    return getType().equals(lit.getType());
  }

  @Override
  public String toString()
  {
    return "TypeLiteral[" + getType() + "]";
  }
}
