Package org.elasticsearch.core

Class Types

java.lang.Object

org.elasticsearch.core.Types

public abstract class Types
extends Object

Contains utilities for working with Java types.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Types()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> T	forciblyCast(Object argument)	There are some situations where we cannot appease javac's type checking, and we need to forcibly cast an object's type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Types

public Types()

Method Details

forciblyCast

public static <T> T forciblyCast(Object argument)

There are some situations where we cannot appease javac's type checking, and we need to forcibly cast an object's type. Please don't use this method unless you have no choice.

Type Parameters:

T - the inferred type to which to cast the argument

Parameters:

argument - the object to cast

Returns:

a cast version of the argument