Method getRawType

guava/src/com/google/common/reflect/TypeToken.java:193–207

Returns the raw type of {@code T}. Formally speaking, if {@code T} is returned by {@link java.lang.reflect.Method#getGenericReturnType}, the raw type is what's returned by {@link java.lang.reflect.Method#getReturnType} of the same method object. Specifically: <ul> <li>If {@code T} is a {@code Cla

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  public final Class<? super T> getRawType() {
    if (runtimeType instanceof Class) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // raw type is T
      Class<? super T> result = (Class<? super T>) runtimeType;
      return result;
    } else if (runtimeType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // raw type is |T|
      Class<? super T> result = (Class<? super T>) ((ParameterizedType) runtimeType).getRawType();
      return result;
    } else {
      // For a wildcard or type variable, the first bound determines the runtime type.
      // This case also covers GenericArrayType.
      return getRawTypes().iterator().next();
    }
  }

  /** Returns the represented type. */
  public final Type getType() {