[LANG-597] Add more utility methods for generic types

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0
• Component/s: lang.reflect.*

Environment

Java 1.5+

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: David M. Sledge
• Created: 03/Mar/10 20:32
• Updated: 20/Jul/10 22:38
• Resolved: 13/Jul/10 19:58

Description

Added type utilities include:

• checking if one type can be assigned to another type
• determining if a value can be assigned to a given generic type
• for a class that declares type variables, determining what the type arguments would be based on a generic sub or super type
• determining if a group of types satisfy the bounds of a group of type variables