$Gson$Types

Static methods for working with types.

Bob Lee

Jesse Wilson

Functions

arrayOf

open fun arrayOf(componentType: Type): GenericArrayType

Returns an array type whose elements are all instances of {@code componentType}.

canonicalize

Returns a type that is functionally equal but not necessarily equalaccording to Object.equals().

equals

Returns true if {@code a} and {@code b} are equal.

getArrayComponentType

Returns the component type of this array type.

getCollectionElementType

open fun getCollectionElementType(context: Type, contextRawType: Class<out Any>): Type

Returns the element type of this collection type.

getMapKeyAndValueTypes

open fun getMapKeyAndValueTypes(context: Type, contextRawType: Class<out Any>): Array<Type>

Returns a two element array containing this map's key and value types inpositions 0 and 1 respectively.

getRawType

open fun getRawType(type: Type): Class<out Any>

newParameterizedTypeWithOwner

Returns a new parameterized type, applying {@code typeArguments} to {@code rawType} and enclosed by {@code ownerType}.

resolve

open fun resolve(context: Type, contextRawType: Class<out Any>, toResolve: Type): Type

subtypeOf

Returns a type that represents an unknown type that extends {@code bound}.

supertypeOf

Returns a type that represents an unknown supertype of {@code bound}.

typeToString