core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/Optionals2.java

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package org.jclouds.util;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;

import com.google.common.base.Optional;

/**
 * 
 * @author Adrian Cole
 */
public class Optionals2 {

   public static Class<?> returnTypeOrTypeOfOptional(Method method) {
      boolean optional = isReturnTypeOptional(method);
      Class<?> syncClass;
      if (optional) {
         ParameterizedType futureType = ParameterizedType.class.cast(method.getGenericReturnType());
         // TODO: error checking in case this is a type, not a class.
         syncClass = Class.class.cast(futureType.getActualTypeArguments()[0]);
      } else {
         syncClass = method.getReturnType();
      }
      return syncClass;
   }

   public static boolean isReturnTypeOptional(Method method) {
      boolean optional = method.getReturnType().isAssignableFrom(Optional.class);
      return optional;
   }

}