/**
* Tries to determine the type arguments of a class/interface based on a super parameterized
* type's type arguments. This method is the inverse of {@link #getTypeArguments(Type, Class)}
* which gets a class/interface's type arguments based on a subtype. It is far more limited in
* determining the type arguments for the subject class's type variables in that it can only
* determine those parameters that map from the subject {@link Class} object to the supertype.
*
* <p>Example: {@link java.util.TreeSet TreeSet} sets its parameter as the parameter for {@link
* java.util.NavigableSet NavigableSet}, which in turn sets the parameter of {@link
* java.util.SortedSet}, which in turn sets the parameter of {@link Set}, which in turn sets the
* parameter of {@link java.util.Collection}, which in turn sets the parameter of {@link
* java.lang.Iterable}. Since <code>TreeSet</code>'s parameter maps (indirectly) to <code>Iterable
* </code>'s parameter, it will be able to determine that based on the super type <code>
* Iterable<? extends
* Map<Integer,? extends Collection<?>>></code>, the parameter of <code>TreeSet</code> is <code>
* ? extends Map<Integer,? extends
* Collection<?>></code>.
*
* @param cls the class whose type parameters are to be determined
* @param superType the super type from which <code>cls</code>'s type arguments are to be
* determined
* @return a map of the type assignments that could be determined for the type variables in each
* type in the inheritance hierarchy from <code>type</code> to <code>toClass</code> inclusive.
*/
public static Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> determineTypeArguments(
Class<?> cls, ParameterizedType superType) {
Class<?> superClass = getRawType(superType);
// compatibility check
if (!isAssignable(cls, superClass)) {
return null;
}
if (cls.equals(superClass)) {
return getTypeArguments(superType, superClass, null);
}
// get the next class in the inheritance hierarchy
Type midType = getClosestParentType(cls, superClass);
// can only be a class or a parameterized type
if (midType instanceof Class<?>) {
return determineTypeArguments((Class<?>) midType, superType);
}
ParameterizedType midParameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) midType;
Class<?> midClass = getRawType(midParameterizedType);
// get the type variables of the mid class that map to the type
// arguments of the super class
Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns = determineTypeArguments(midClass, superType);
// map the arguments of the mid type to the class type variables
mapTypeVariablesToArguments(cls, midParameterizedType, typeVarAssigns);
return typeVarAssigns;
}
private static void mapTypeVariablesToArguments(
Class paramClass, ParameterizedType paramParameterizedType, Map paramMap) {
Type localType1 = paramParameterizedType.getOwnerType();
if ((localType1 instanceof ParameterizedType))
mapTypeVariablesToArguments(paramClass, (ParameterizedType) localType1, paramMap);
Type[] arrayOfType = paramParameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments();
TypeVariable[] arrayOfTypeVariable = getRawType(paramParameterizedType).getTypeParameters();
List localList = Arrays.asList(paramClass.getTypeParameters());
for (int i = 0; i < arrayOfType.length; i++) {
TypeVariable localTypeVariable = arrayOfTypeVariable[i];
Type localType2 = arrayOfType[i];
if ((localList.contains(localType2)) && (paramMap.containsKey(localTypeVariable)))
paramMap.put((TypeVariable) localType2, paramMap.get(localTypeVariable));
}
}
public static Map determineTypeArguments(
Class paramClass, ParameterizedType paramParameterizedType) {
Type localType;
while (true) {
Class localClass = getRawType(paramParameterizedType);
if (!isAssignable(paramClass, localClass)) return null;
if (paramClass.equals(localClass))
return getTypeArguments(paramParameterizedType, localClass, null);
localType = getClosestParentType(paramClass, localClass);
if (!(localType instanceof Class)) break;
paramClass = (Class) localType;
}
ParameterizedType localParameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) localType;
Map localMap =
determineTypeArguments(getRawType(localParameterizedType), paramParameterizedType);
mapTypeVariablesToArguments(paramClass, localParameterizedType, localMap);
return localMap;
}
/**
* @param cls
* @param parameterizedType
* @param typeVarAssigns
*/
private static <T> void mapTypeVariablesToArguments(
Class<T> cls,
ParameterizedType parameterizedType,
Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns) {
// capture the type variables from the owner type that have assignments
Type ownerType = parameterizedType.getOwnerType();
if (ownerType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
// recursion to make sure the owner's owner type gets processed
mapTypeVariablesToArguments(cls, (ParameterizedType) ownerType, typeVarAssigns);
}
// parameterizedType is a generic interface/class (or it's in the owner
// hierarchy of said interface/class) implemented/extended by the class
// cls. Find out which type variables of cls are type arguments of
// parameterizedType:
Type[] typeArgs = parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments();
// of the cls's type variables that are arguments of parameterizedType,
// find out which ones can be determined from the super type's arguments
TypeVariable<?>[] typeVars = getRawType(parameterizedType).getTypeParameters();
// use List view of type parameters of cls so the contains() method can be used:
List<TypeVariable<Class<T>>> typeVarList = Arrays.asList(cls.getTypeParameters());
for (int i = 0; i < typeArgs.length; i++) {
TypeVariable<?> typeVar = typeVars[i];
Type typeArg = typeArgs[i];
// argument of parameterizedType is a type variable of cls
if (typeVarList.contains(typeArg)
// type variable of parameterizedType has an assignment in
// the super type.
&& typeVarAssigns.containsKey(typeVar)) {
// map the assignment to the cls's type variable
typeVarAssigns.put((TypeVariable<?>) typeArg, typeVarAssigns.get(typeVar));
}
}
}