Package org.springframework.util

Class TypeUtils

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.util.TypeUtils

public abstract class TypeUtils
extends Object

Utility to work with generic type parameters.

Mainly for internal use within the framework.

Since:

2.0.7

Author:

Ramnivas Laddad, Juergen Hoeller, Chris Beams, Sam Brannen

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TypeUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	isAssignable(Type lhsType, Type rhsType)	Check if the right-hand side type may be assigned to the left-hand side type following the Java generics rules.
static boolean	isAssignableBound(Type lhsType, Type rhsType)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

TypeUtils

public TypeUtils()

Method Details

isAssignable

public static boolean isAssignable(Type lhsType,
 Type rhsType)

Check if the right-hand side type may be assigned to the left-hand side type following the Java generics rules.

Parameters:

lhsType - the target type (left-hand side (LHS) type)

rhsType - the value type (right-hand side (RHS) type) that should be assigned to the target type

Returns:

true if rhsType is assignable to lhsType

See Also:

• ClassUtils.isAssignable(Class, Class)

isAssignableBound

public static boolean isAssignableBound(@Nullable
 Type lhsType,
 @Nullable
 Type rhsType)