Re: implementing the TypeVariable interface

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transkawa wrote:

can anyone demonstrate to me how to implement the TypeVariable<D extends
GenericDeclaration> interface of the java.lang.reflect package?
would really be helpful for me to see an algorithm that implements
getBounds() and getGenericDeclaration(). am in the clouds from reading the
language spec.


I don't think one would implement a TypeVariable. One gets an
implementation from an instance of java.lang.Class.

<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/reflect/>

Short example:

import static java.lang.System.out;

.....

   /** method to list type parameters */
   void listTypes( Object o ) {
     Class c = o.getClass();
     TypeVariable[] tv = c.getTypeParameters();
     if (tv.length != 0) {
    out.format(" ");
    for (TypeVariable t : tv)
        out.format("%s ", t.getName());
    out.format("%n%n");
     } else {
    out.format(" -- No Type Parameters --%n%n");
     }
  }

I didn't test that, but most of it I got from that link I gave you. It
should work.

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