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Java example source code file (TypeCapture.java)

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The TypeCapture.java Java example source code

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

package com.google.common.reflect;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;

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

/**
 * Captures the actual type of {@code T}.
 *
 * @author Ben Yu
 */
abstract class TypeCapture<T> {

  /** Returns the captured type. */
  final Type capture() {
    Type superclass = getClass().getGenericSuperclass();
    checkArgument(superclass instanceof ParameterizedType, "%s isn't parameterized", superclass);
    return ((ParameterizedType) superclass).getActualTypeArguments()[0];
  }
}

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