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package org.springframework.core;

import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;

import org.springframework.util.Assert;

/**
 * The purpose of this class is to enable capturing and passing a generic
 * {@link Type}. In order to capture the generic type and retain it at runtime,
 * you need to create a subclass as follows:
 *
 * <pre class="code">
 * ParameterizedTypeReference&lt;List&lt;String&gt;&gt; typeRef = new ParameterizedTypeReference&lt;List&lt;String&gt;&gt;() {};
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>The resulting {@code typeReference} instance can then be used to obtain a
 * {@link Type} instance that carries parameterized type information.
 * For more information on "super type tokens" see the link to Neal Gafter's blog post.
 *
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
 * @since 3.2
 * @see <a href="http://gafter.blogspot.nl/2006/12/super-type-tokens.html">Neal Gafter on Super Type Tokens</a>
 */
public abstract class ParameterizedTypeReference<T> {

	private final Type type;


	protected ParameterizedTypeReference() {
		Class<?> parameterizedTypeReferenceSubclass = findParameterizedTypeReferenceSubclass(getClass());
		Type type = parameterizedTypeReferenceSubclass.getGenericSuperclass();
		Assert.isInstanceOf(ParameterizedType.class, type);
		ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) type;
		Assert.isTrue(parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments().length == 1);
		this.type = parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments()[0];
	}


	public Type getType() {
		return this.type;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
		return (this == obj || (obj instanceof ParameterizedTypeReference &&
				this.type.equals(((ParameterizedTypeReference) obj).type)));
	}

	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		return this.type.hashCode();
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return "ParameterizedTypeReference<" + this.type + ">";
	}


	private static Class<?> findParameterizedTypeReferenceSubclass(Class<?> child) {
		Class<?> parent = child.getSuperclass();
		if (Object.class.equals(parent)) {
			throw new IllegalStateException("Expected ParameterizedTypeReference superclass");
		}
		else if (ParameterizedTypeReference.class.equals(parent)) {
			return child;
		}
		else {
			return findParameterizedTypeReferenceSubclass(parent);
		}
	}

}
