Add convenient method to construct ParameterizedTypeReference from Type [SPR-16054]

[spring-projects-issues]

Yanming Zhou opened SPR-16054 and commented

I am implementing MethodInterceptor to translate method call to rest api call, so I need translate method.getGenericReturnType() to ParameterizedTypeReference for ResponseEntity, Here is my hack:

new ParameterizedTypeReference<Object>() {
     @Override
     public Type getType() {
          return method.getGenericReturnType();
     }
}

I wish spring provide such as:

public static ParameterizedTypeReference<?> from(Type type){
     return new ParameterizedTypeReference<Object>() {
          @Override
          public Type getType() {
               return type;
          }
     };
}

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Backported to: 4.3.12