Java 5 introduced a richer type system for generics with Type and its various subtypes, but lacks any easy way to perform common operations on these types. JType aims to fill this gap.
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A factory to easily create implementations of the various type interfaces.
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Methods to compare and manipulate type instances, such as checking whether a type is a subtype of another.
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A generic type literal that provides an equivalent of class literals for types.
To start using JType in a Maven project, add the following dependency to the POM:
<project>
...
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.googlecode.jtype</groupId>
<artifactId>jtype</artifactId>
<version>0.1.3</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
...
</project>
JType is deployed to Sonatype's OSS Repository and synced with the Maven Central Repository, so no repository definitions are required.
