uk.co.strangeskies.reflection

Class TypeVisitor

java.lang.Object

uk.co.strangeskies.reflection.TypeVisitor

Direct Known Subclasses:

RecursiveTypeVisitor

public abstract class TypeVisitor
extends java.lang.Object

A visitor to allow types to be dealt with as their specific class without the need for manual type checking and casting. Types can be visited recursively by calling visit(Collection) or visit(Type...) within each implementation of the abstract visiting methods.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TypeVisitor() Instantiate a new TypeVisitor which does not allow repeat visits.
TypeVisitor(boolean allowRepeatVisits) Instantiate a new TypeVisitor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	visit(java.util.Collection<? extends java.lang.reflect.Type> types) Visit each type in a given collection, passing them to the appropriate member methods as encountered.
void	visit(java.lang.reflect.Type... types) Visit each type in a given collection, passing them to the appropriate member methods as encountered.
void	visit(java.lang.reflect.Type type) Visit a given type by passing it to the appropriate visitation methods.
protected void	visitClass(java.lang.Class<?> type)
protected void	visitGenericArrayType(java.lang.reflect.GenericArrayType type)
protected void	visitInferenceVariable(InferenceVariable type)
protected void	visitIntersectionType(IntersectionType type)
protected void	visitNull()
protected void	visitParameterizedType(java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType type)
protected void	visitTypeVariable(java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable<?> type)
protected void	visitTypeVariableCapture(TypeVariableCapture type)
protected void	visitWildcardType(java.lang.reflect.WildcardType type)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeVisitor

public TypeVisitor()

Instantiate a new TypeVisitor which does not allow repeat visits.

TypeVisitor

public TypeVisitor(boolean allowRepeatVisits)

Instantiate a new TypeVisitor.

Parameters:

allowRepeatVisits - If this is true, types which are encountered multiple times will be visited each time they are encountered, otherwise they will only be visited the first time they are encountered.

Method Detail

visit

public final void visit(java.lang.reflect.Type type)

Visit a given type by passing it to the appropriate visitation methods.

Parameters:

type - The type to visit.

visit

public void visit(java.lang.reflect.Type... types)

Visit each type in a given collection, passing them to the appropriate member methods as encountered.

Parameters:

types - The collection of types to visit.

visit

public void visit(java.util.Collection<? extends java.lang.reflect.Type> types)

Visit each type in a given collection, passing them to the appropriate member methods as encountered.

Parameters:

types - The collection of types to visit.

visitNull

protected void visitNull()

visitClass

protected void visitClass(java.lang.Class<?> type)

visitParameterizedType

protected void visitParameterizedType(java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType type)

visitGenericArrayType

protected void visitGenericArrayType(java.lang.reflect.GenericArrayType type)

visitWildcardType

protected void visitWildcardType(java.lang.reflect.WildcardType type)

visitTypeVariableCapture

protected void visitTypeVariableCapture(TypeVariableCapture type)

visitTypeVariable

protected void visitTypeVariable(java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable<?> type)

visitInferenceVariable

protected void visitInferenceVariable(InferenceVariable type)

visitIntersectionType

protected void visitIntersectionType(IntersectionType type)