Java Utililty Methods Reflection Type

Class getRawType(Type type)
Copied from com.google.inject.internal.MoreTypes.getRawType(Type)

if (type instanceof Class<?>) {
 return (Class<?>) type;
} else if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
 ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) type;
 Type rawType = parameterizedType.getRawType();
 if (!(rawType instanceof Class)) {
 String message = MessageFormat.format("Expected a Class, but <{0}> is of type {1}", type,
 type.getClass().getName());
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