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Reputation: 4649

How to retrieve class of generic argument in a CDI producer?

I have a Java class with a generic type. In the business logic of that class, I need to refer to the Class object of the generic type. Therefore, the constructor get the Class object passed as argument:

public class MyClass<GENERIC_TYPE>{
    private Class<GENERIC_TYPE> genericTypeClass;

    public MyClass(Class<GENERIC_TYPE> genericTypeClass){
        this.genericTypeClass=genericTypeClass;
    }
}

I create the instance(s) of this class using a CDI producer, whose squeleton looks like

public class MyClassProducer{
    @Produces
    MyClass<GENERIC_TYPE> createMyClass(InjectionPoint injectionPoint){
        Class<GENERIC_TYPE> genericTypeClass = ????
        return new MyClass(genericTypeClass);
    }
}

How do I retrieve genericTypeClass ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 373

Answers (1)

rcomblen
rcomblen

Reputation: 4649

Solution is a two liner:

public class MyClassProducer {
    @Produces
    <GENERIC_TYPE> MyClass<GENERIC_TYPE> createMyClass(InjectionPoint injectionPoint){
        final ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) injectionPoint.getType();
        final Class<GENERIC_TYPE> genericTypeClass = 
            (Class<GENERIC_TYPE>) parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments()[0];
        return new MyClass(genericTypeClass);
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

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