Method defaultValue

corpus/java/training/guava/base/Defaults.java:62–68

Returns the default value of type as defined by JLS --- 0 for numbers, false for boolean and '\0' for char. For non-primitive types and void, null is returned.

(Class<T> type)

   * {@code void}, {@code null} is returned.
   */
  @Nullable
  public static <T> T defaultValue(Class<T> type) {
    // Primitives.wrap(type).cast(...) would avoid the warning, but we can't use that from here
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // the put method enforces this key-value relationship
    T t = (T) DEFAULTS.get(checkNotNull(type));
    return t;
  }
}