Re: generics array type check
On 7/24/2014 4:03 AM, Philipp Kraus wrote:
I have got this signature of a method private static <T> long[] getSize(
T p_data )
Depend on the type T the return value is changes e.g. on a non-array type
getSize( 5 ) => new long[1]{1}
getSize( "test" ) => new long[1]{1}
on an array it should return
double[] p_array
getSize( p_array ) => new long[1]{ p_data.length }
and on 2-dimensional array it should be
double[][] p_array
getSize( p_array ) => new long[2]{ p_array.length, p_array[0].length }
How can I check the generic data type in a correct way to detect the
array type?
I don't think the generic type information provide any benefits - you
are stuck with reflection.
For inspiration:
public static List<Integer> getDim(Object obj) {
List<Integer> res = new ArrayList<>();
Object currobj = obj;
Class<?> clz = obj.getClass();
while(clz != null) {
if(clz.isArray()) {
res.add(Array.getLength(currobj));
currobj = Array.get(currobj, 0);
}
clz = clz.getComponentType();
}
return res;
}
Note that I have made 2 changes:
- return List<Integer> instead of int[]
- return a zero length collection for non arrays to enable to
distinguish between non arrays and arrays with 1 element
Arne
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