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Resolve generic type in subclass? [message #876443] Thu, 24 May 2012 15:52 Go to next message
Paul Fullbright is currently offline Paul FullbrightFriend
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Here is a scenario:

public class Super<T> {
protected T id;
}

public class Sub extends Super<Long> {}


Is there a way to evaluate the type of the field "id" within the scope of the class "Sub" using available API? I'm currently using JDT dom API, but other public API is acceptable.
Re: Resolve generic type in subclass? [message #877438 is a reply to message #876443] Sat, 26 May 2012 18:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Stephan Herrmann is currently offline Stephan HerrmannFriend
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The pure dom AST doesn't have the information about type substitutions, but if you request the binding (TypeDeclaration#resolveBinding()) you'll enter the land of resolved type information.

Here's a passing unit test:
	public void testResolvedField() throws JavaModelException {
		this.workingCopy = getWorkingCopy("/Converter15/src/X.java", true/*resolve*/);
		String contents =
				"public class X<T> {\n" +
				"    T f;\n" +
				"}\n" +
				"class Sub extends X<String> {}\n" +
				"class Sub2 extends X<Number> {}\n";
		ASTNode node = buildAST(
				contents,
				this.workingCopy,
				false);
		assertEquals("Not a compilation unit", ASTNode.COMPILATION_UNIT, node.getNodeType());
		CompilationUnit unit = (CompilationUnit) node;
		assertProblemsSize(unit, 0);
		TypeDeclaration type = (TypeDeclaration) unit.types().get(1);
		ITypeBinding typeBinding = type.resolveBinding();
		ITypeBinding superType = typeBinding.getSuperclass();
		IVariableBinding[] fields = superType.getDeclaredFields();
		assertEquals(fields[0].getType().getName(), "String");
		
		type = (TypeDeclaration) unit.types().get(2);
		typeBinding = type.resolveBinding();
		superType = typeBinding.getSuperclass();
		fields = superType.getDeclaredFields();
		assertEquals(fields[0].getType().getName(), "Number");
	}

HTH,
Stephan

[Updated on: Sat, 26 May 2012 18:25]

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Re: Resolve generic type in subclass? [message #879057 is a reply to message #877438] Wed, 30 May 2012 12:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Paul Fullbright is currently offline Paul FullbrightFriend
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Yep, that helps a bunch. Thanks!
Re: Resolve generic type in subclass? [message #885110 is a reply to message #876443] Tue, 12 June 2012 13:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Paul Fullbright is currently offline Paul FullbrightFriend
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Is there any way to do this for binary types?
Re: Resolve generic type in subclass? [message #885149 is a reply to message #885110] Tue, 12 June 2012 14:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Satyam Kandula is currently offline Satyam KandulaFriend
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You should be able to get the bindings using ASTParser#createBindings() and then you could start navigating from these bindings.
Re: Resolve generic type in subclass? [message #886721 is a reply to message #885149] Fri, 15 June 2012 14:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Paul Fullbright is currently offline Paul FullbrightFriend
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Thanks, that helped a lot.

One question:

Should ASTParser#createBindings() for a BinaryMethod be an IMethodBinding? I'm getting an ITypeBinding instead.
Re: Resolve generic type in subclass? [message #886739 is a reply to message #886721] Fri, 15 June 2012 14:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Stephan Herrmann is currently offline Stephan HerrmannFriend
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Could this be https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=381503 ?
Re: Resolve generic type in subclass? [message #886749 is a reply to message #886739] Fri, 15 June 2012 15:11 Go to previous message
Paul Fullbright is currently offline Paul FullbrightFriend
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Yeah, that looks to be right actually. Didn't notice they were all constructors, but yes.
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