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package sun.reflect.generics.repository;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;

import sun.reflect.generics.factory.GenericsFactory;

import sun.reflect.generics.tree.TypeSignature;

import sun.reflect.generics.parser.SignatureParser;

import sun.reflect.generics.visitor.Reifier;

/**

 * This class represents the generic type information for a constructor.

 * The code is not dependent on a particular reflective implementation.

 * It is designed to be used unchanged by at least core reflection and JDI.

 */

public class FieldRepository extends AbstractRepository<TypeSignature> {

    private Type genericType; // caches the generic type info

 // protected, to enforce use of static factory yet allow subclassing

    protected FieldRepository(String rawSig, GenericsFactory f) {

      super(rawSig, f);

    }

    protected TypeSignature parse(String s) {

        return SignatureParser.make().parseTypeSig(s);

    }

    /**

     * Static factory method.

     * @param rawSig - the generic signature of the reflective object

     * that this repository is servicing

     * @param f - a factory that will provide instances of reflective

     * objects when this repository converts its AST

     * @return a <tt>FieldRepository</tt> that manages the generic type

     * information represented in the signature <tt>rawSig</tt>

     */

    public static FieldRepository make(String rawSig,

                                             GenericsFactory f) {

        return new FieldRepository(rawSig, f);

    }

    // public API

 /*

 * When queried for a particular piece of type information, the

 * general pattern is to consult the corresponding cached value.

 * If the corresponding field is non-null, it is returned.

 * If not, it is created lazily. This is done by selecting the appropriate

 * part of the tree and transforming it into a reflective object

 * using a visitor.

 * a visitor, which is created by feeding it the factory

 * with which the repository was created.

 */

    public Type getGenericType(){

        if (genericType == null) { // lazily initialize generic type

            Reifier r = getReifier(); // obtain visitor

            getTree().accept(r); // reify subtree

            // extract result from visitor and cache it

            genericType = r.getResult();

        }

        return genericType; // return cached result

    }

}