RE: [Springframework-developer] Re: TypedMapFactory?

[Oliver H. <Ol...@ou...>]

> On the other hand, when it comes to method signatures, my=20
> understanding is that the bounding information is available=20
> through reflection. So you can tell that a method takes a=20
> List<String> and not a List. I'm not 100% sure on this (and=20
> confirmation by anybody would be good), but I presume this is=20
> what Rob is basing his statement below on.
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This is correct - Java 1.5 does keep generic type information relating
to fields and method signatures (accessible using the new #getGeneric*
methods on Field and Method). I'm taking advantage of this for type
inference in Spring Rich's data binding system.

Ollie