HierarchicType (Jackson JSON Processor)

java.lang.Object
- org.codehaus.jackson.map.type.HierarchicType

```
public class HierarchicType
extends Object
```
Simple replacement for Class (and/or various Type subtypes) that is used as part of single-path extends/implements chain to express specific relationship between one subtype and one supertype. This is needed for resolving type parameters. Instances are doubly-linked so that chain can be traversed in both directions

Since:

1.6

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected Type`	`_actualType`	Type which will be either plain `Class` or `ParameterizedType`.
`protected ParameterizedType`	`_genericType`
`protected Class<?>`	`_rawClass`
`protected HierarchicType`	`_subType`
`protected HierarchicType`	`_superType`

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

HierarchicType(Type type)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ParameterizedType`	`asGeneric()`
`HierarchicType`	`deepCloneWithoutSubtype()`	Method that can be used to create a deep clone of this hierarchic type, including super types (but not subtypes)
`Class<?>`	`getRawClass()`
`HierarchicType`	`getSubType()`
`HierarchicType`	`getSuperType()`
`boolean`	`isGeneric()`
`void`	`setSubType(HierarchicType sub)`
`void`	`setSuperType(HierarchicType sup)`
`String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

_actualType
```
protected final Type _actualType
```
Type which will be either plain Class or ParameterizedType.

_rawClass
```
protected final Class<?> _rawClass
```

_genericType

protected final ParameterizedType _genericType

_superType
```
protected HierarchicType _superType
```

_subType
```
protected HierarchicType _subType
```

Constructor Detail
- HierarchicType
```
public HierarchicType(Type type)
```

Method Detail

deepCloneWithoutSubtype
```
public HierarchicType deepCloneWithoutSubtype()
```
Method that can be used to create a deep clone of this hierarchic type, including super types (but not subtypes)

Since:

1.9

setSuperType

public void setSuperType(HierarchicType sup)

getSuperType

public final HierarchicType getSuperType()

setSubType

public void setSubType(HierarchicType sub)

getSubType

public final HierarchicType getSubType()

isGeneric
```
public final boolean isGeneric()
```

asGeneric

public final ParameterizedType asGeneric()

getRawClass
```
public final Class<?> getRawClass()
```

toString
```
public String toString()
```
Overrides:

toString in class Object