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  package org.apache.ibatis.type;
  
  import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
  import java.lang.reflect.Type;
  
  /**
   * References a generic type.
   *
   * @param <T> the referenced type
   * @author Simone Tripodi
   * @since 3.1.0
   */
  public abstract class TypeReference<T> {
  
    private final Type rawType;
  
    protected TypeReference() {
      rawType = getSuperclassTypeParameter(getClass());
    }
  
    Type getSuperclassTypeParameter(Class<?> clazz) {
      Type genericSuperclass = clazz.getGenericSuperclass();
      if (genericSuperclass instanceof Class) {
        // try to climb up the hierarchy until meet something useful
        if (TypeReference.class != genericSuperclass) {
          return getSuperclassTypeParameter(clazz.getSuperclass());
        }
  
        throw new TypeException("'" + getClass() + "' extends TypeReference but misses the type parameter. "
          + "Remove the extension or add a type parameter to it.");
      }
  
      Type rawType = ((ParameterizedType) genericSuperclass).getActualTypeArguments()[0];
      // TODO remove this when Reflector is fixed to return Types
      if (rawType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
        rawType = ((ParameterizedType) rawType).getRawType();
      }
  
      return rawType;
    }
  
    public final Type getRawType() {
      return rawType;
    }
  
    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return rawType.toString();
    }
  
  }