/**
* @return the {@code FieldType} associated to the provided binding, or {@link FieldType#UNKNOWN}
* if no {@code FieldType} relates to the argument attribute type.
*/
public static FieldType forBinding(@Nullable Class<?> binding) {
if (binding == null || Void.class.equals(binding)) {
return NULL;
}
// try a hash lookup first
FieldType fieldType = BINDING_MAPPING.get(binding);
if (fieldType != null) {
return fieldType;
}
// not in the map, lets check one by one anyways
// beware for this to work properly FieldTypes for super classes must be defined _after_
// any subclass (i.e. Point before Geometry)
for (FieldType t : values()) {
if (t.getBinding() != null && t.getBinding().isAssignableFrom(binding)) {
return t;
}
}
return UNKNOWN;
}
static {
for (FieldType t : FieldType.values()) {
BINDING_MAPPING.put(t.getBinding(), t);
}
}