[HDDS-11556] Add a getTypeClass method to Codec

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: db
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Tsz-wo Sze
• Reporter: Tsz-wo Sze
• Created: 09/Oct/24 21:37
• Updated: 10/Oct/24 15:02
• Resolved: 10/Oct/24 15:02

Description

Each Codec<T> corresponds to a specific type T. It is useful to add the following method to Codec. Then, the DB definition code be simplified; see HDDS-11557.

  /** @return the class of the {@link T}. */
  Class<T> getTypeClass();

Issue Links

• is required by: HDDS-11557 Simplify DBColumnFamilyDefinition
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #7295