From: jsimomaa <jani.simomaa@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 09:18:47 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Search deeply for generic superclass in ReflectionUtils
X-Git-Tag: v1.43.0~136^2~245
X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.simantics.org/r/gitweb?p=simantics%2Fplatform.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=8905e67e82991121305889e6474a124d6ec79bf8

Search deeply for generic superclass in ReflectionUtils

gitlab #224

Change-Id: I3f3decead033c62726c5919b2b3f36b786de5135
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diff --git a/bundles/org.simantics.utils/src/org/simantics/utils/ReflectionUtils.java b/bundles/org.simantics.utils/src/org/simantics/utils/ReflectionUtils.java
index b9d794e40..7f0f6c589 100644
--- a/bundles/org.simantics.utils/src/org/simantics/utils/ReflectionUtils.java
+++ b/bundles/org.simantics.utils/src/org/simantics/utils/ReflectionUtils.java
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ public class ReflectionUtils {
     public static <T> Class<T> getSingleParameterTypeExtending(Class<?> clazz) {
 
         Type t = clazz.getGenericSuperclass();
+        while (t instanceof Class<?>) {
+            Class<?> cl = (Class) t;
+            t = cl.getGenericSuperclass();
+            if (t == null) {
+                // according to javadoc, we have reached java.lang.Object so no can do
+                break;
+            }
+        }
         if(t instanceof Class<?>) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Missing parameter type for input class '" + clazz.getCanonicalName() + "'");
         } else if (t instanceof ParameterizedType) {