Java example source code file (MethodRepository.java)

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package sun.reflect.generics.repository;


import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import sun.reflect.generics.factory.GenericsFactory;
import sun.reflect.generics.visitor.Reifier;



/**
 * This class represents the generic type information for a method.
 * The code is not dependent on a particular reflective implementation.
 * It is designed to be used unchanged by at least core reflection and JDI.
 */
public class MethodRepository extends ConstructorRepository {

    private Type returnType; // caches the generic return type info

 // private, to enforce use of static factory
    private MethodRepository(String rawSig, GenericsFactory f) {
      super(rawSig, f);
    }

    /**
     * Static factory method.
     * @param rawSig - the generic signature of the reflective object
     * that this repository is servicing
     * @param f - a factory that will provide instances of reflective
     * objects when this repository converts its AST
     * @return a <tt>MethodRepository that manages the generic type
     * information represented in the signature <tt>rawSig
     */
    public static MethodRepository make(String rawSig, GenericsFactory f) {
        return new MethodRepository(rawSig, f);
    }

    // public API

    public Type getReturnType() {
        if (returnType == null) { // lazily initialize return type
            Reifier r = getReifier(); // obtain visitor
            // Extract return type subtree from AST and reify
            getTree().getReturnType().accept(r);
            // extract result from visitor and cache it
            returnType = r.getResult();
            }
        return returnType; // return cached result
    }


}