Class MetaTypeToClassCoercer

    • Constructor Detail

      • MetaTypeToClassCoercer

        public MetaTypeToClassCoercer()
    • Method Detail

      • handlesNull

        public boolean handlesNull()
        Specified by:
        handlesNull in interface ICoercer
        Returns:
        true if this coercer knows how to handle the null value.
      • resolveType

        public IType resolveType​(IType target,
                                 IType source)
        Description copied from interface: IResolvingCoercer

        This method should produce a more appropriately parameterized type for the given target type for this coercion. This allows a coercion to communicate type information through the coercion process. An example is the MetaType-to-Class coercion. MetaType should be interpreted as Class from a type inference perspective, so this give the coercer a chance to let the compiler know so.

        If no more appropriate inference type exists, this method should return the source type.

        Specified by:
        resolveType in interface IResolvingCoercer
        Parameters:
        target - type
        Returns:
        a possibly more appropriately parameterized type or the source type if not
      • getPriority

        public int getPriority​(IType to,
                               IType from)
        Specified by:
        getPriority in interface ICoercer
        Returns:
        a value between 0 and MAX_PRIORITY, inclusive that indicates the priority of this coercer when resolving overloaded methods. Typically a coercer should return 0, but coercers that have a high affinity between the target and coerced type, such as primitives, can have higher priorities.