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 * Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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package org.mcteam.factions.gson;

import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * A convenience object for retrieving the map type information.
 *
 * @author Inderjeet Singh
 * @author Joel Leitch
 */
final class TypeInfoCollection {
  private final ParameterizedType collectionType;

  public TypeInfoCollection(Type collectionType) {
    if (!(collectionType instanceof ParameterizedType)) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
          "Collection objects need to be parameterized unless you use a custom serializer. "
              + "Use the com.bukkit.mcteam.gson.reflect.TypeToken to extract the ParameterizedType.");
    }
    TypeInfo rawType = new TypeInfo(collectionType);
    Preconditions.checkArgument(Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(rawType.getRawClass()));
    this.collectionType = (ParameterizedType) collectionType;
  }

  public Type getElementType() {
    return collectionType.getActualTypeArguments()[0];
  }
}
