com.comphenix.protocol.reflect

Interface EquivalentConverter<TType>

Type Parameters:

TType - The specific type.

All Known Implementing Classes:

BukkitConverters.IgnoreNullConverter, EnumWrappers.EnumConverter

public interface EquivalentConverter<TType>

Interface that converts generic objects into types and back.

Author:

Kristian

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	getGeneric(Class<?> genericType, TType specific) Retrieve a copy of the generic type from a specific type.
TType	getSpecific(Object generic) Retrieve a copy of the specific type using an instance of the generic type.
Class<TType>	getSpecificType() Due to type erasion, we need to explicitly keep a reference to the specific type.

Method Detail

getSpecific

TType getSpecific(Object generic)

Retrieve a copy of the specific type using an instance of the generic type.

This is usually a wrapper type in the Bukkit API.

Parameters:

generic - - the generic type.

Returns:

The new specific type.

getGeneric

Object getGeneric(Class<?> genericType,
                  TType specific)

Retrieve a copy of the generic type from a specific type.

This is usually a native net.minecraft.server type in Minecraft.

Parameters:

genericType - - class or super class of the generic type.

specific - - the specific type we need to copy.

Returns:

A copy of the specific type.

getSpecificType

Class<TType> getSpecificType()

Due to type erasion, we need to explicitly keep a reference to the specific type.

Returns:

The specific type.