get Method Generic Return Type - Java Reflection

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Description

get Method Generic Return Type

Demo Code


//package com.java2s;

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

public class Main {
    public static Class<?> getMethodGenericReturnType(Method method) {
        return chooseOneType(method.getReturnType(),
                method.getGenericReturnType());
    }//from ww  w.  jav a 2  s .  c  o m

    static Class<?> chooseOneType(Class<?> literalType, Type genericType) {
        if (genericType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
            return digFromGenericType(genericType);
        }
        return literalType;
    }

    static Class<?> digFromGenericType(Type genericType) {
        Type[] typeArguments = ((ParameterizedType) genericType)
                .getActualTypeArguments();
        Type type = typeArguments[0];
        if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
            return digFromGenericType(type);
        } else {
            return (Class<?>) type;
        }

    }
}

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