Method linearize

src/main/java/field/utility/Conversions.java:34–47

note: this doesn't do interfaces right now take a type and expand it out recursively to a flat list of parameterized types. There's no ambiguity here --- type in Java take a fixed number of parameters

(Type c)

     * note: this doesn't do interfaces right now
     * <p>
     * take a type and expand it out recursively to a flat list of parameterized types. There's no ambiguity here --- type in Java take a fixed number of parameters
     */
    static public List<Class> linearize(Type c) {
        List<Class> r = new ArrayList<>();
        if (c instanceof ParameterizedType) {
            r.add((Class) ((ParameterizedType) c).getRawType());
            Type[] args = ((ParameterizedType) c).getActualTypeArguments();
            for (Type t : args) {
                r.addAll(linearize(t));
            }
        } else if (c instanceof Class)
            r.add((Class) c);
        else if (c instanceof WildcardType)
            r.addAll(linearize(((WildcardType) c).getUpperBounds()[0]));
        return r;
    }