org.codehaus.jackson.map.type
Class CollectionType

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.jackson.type.JavaType
      org.codehaus.jackson.map.type.TypeBase
          org.codehaus.jackson.map.type.CollectionType

public final class CollectionType
extends TypeBase

Type that represents Java Collection types (Lists, Sets).

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.codehaus.jackson.type.JavaType

_class, _hashCode, _typeHandler, _valueHandler

Method Summary

protected JavaType	_narrow(Class<?> subclass)
protected String	buildCanonicalName()
static CollectionType	construct(Class<?> rawType, JavaType elemT)
JavaType	containedType(int index) Method for accessing definitions of contained ("child") types.
int	containedTypeCount() Method for checking how many contained types this type has.
String	containedTypeName(int index) Not sure if we should count on this, but type names for core interfaces use "E" for element type
boolean	equals(Object o)
JavaType	getContentType() Method for accessing content type of this type, if type has such a thing: simple types do not, structured types do (like arrays, Collections and Maps)
boolean	isContainerType()
JavaType	narrowContentsBy(Class<?> contentClass)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.jackson.map.type.TypeBase

copyHandlers, toCanonical

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.jackson.type.JavaType

_assertSubclass, _widen, forcedNarrowBy, getKeyType, getRawClass, getTypeHandler, getValueHandler, hashCode, hasRawClass, isAbstract, isArrayType, isConcrete, isEnumType, isFinal, isInterface, isPrimitive, isThrowable, narrowBy, setTypeHandler, setValueHandler, widenBy

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

_narrow

protected JavaType _narrow(Class<?> subclass)

Specified by:

_narrow in class JavaType

narrowContentsBy

public JavaType narrowContentsBy(Class<?> contentClass)

Specified by:

narrowContentsBy in class JavaType

construct

public static CollectionType construct(Class<?> rawType,
                                       JavaType elemT)

buildCanonicalName

protected String buildCanonicalName()

Specified by:

buildCanonicalName in class TypeBase

getContentType

public JavaType getContentType()

Description copied from class: JavaType

Method for accessing content type of this type, if type has such a thing: simple types do not, structured types do (like arrays, Collections and Maps)

Overrides:

getContentType in class JavaType

containedTypeCount

public int containedTypeCount()

Description copied from class: JavaType

Method for checking how many contained types this type has. Contained types are usually generic types, so that generic Maps have 2 contained types.

Overrides:

containedTypeCount in class JavaType

containedType

public JavaType containedType(int index)

Description copied from class: JavaType

Method for accessing definitions of contained ("child") types.

Overrides:

containedType in class JavaType

Parameters:

index - Index of contained type to return

Returns:

Contained type at index, or null if no such type exists (no exception thrown)

containedTypeName

public String containedTypeName(int index)

Not sure if we should count on this, but type names for core interfaces use "E" for element type

Overrides:

containedTypeName in class JavaType

Parameters:

index - Index of contained type to return

Returns:

Contained type at index, or null if no such type exists (no exception thrown)

isContainerType

public boolean isContainerType()

Specified by:

isContainerType in class JavaType

Returns:

True if type represented is a container type; this includes array, Map and Collection types.

toString

public String toString()

Specified by:

toString in class JavaType

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Specified by:

equals in class JavaType