diff -r 88b85470e72c -r f50545b5e2f1 src/share/jaxws_classes/com/sun/xml/internal/ws/spi/db/TypeInfo.java
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+++ b/src/share/jaxws_classes/com/sun/xml/internal/ws/spi/db/TypeInfo.java	Tue Mar 06 16:09:35 2012 -0800
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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+ *
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+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package com.sun.xml.internal.ws.spi.db;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.model.nav.Navigator;
+
+/**
+ * A reference to a JAXB-bound type.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * <b>Subject to change without notice</b>.
+ *
+ * @since 2.0 EA1
+ * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
+ * @author shih-chang.chen@oracle.com
+ */
+public final class TypeInfo {
+
+    /**
+     * The associated XML element name that the JAX-RPC uses with this type reference.
+     *
+     * Always non-null. Strings are interned.
+     */
+    public final QName tagName;
+
+    /**
+     * The Java type that's being referenced.
+     *
+     * Always non-null.
+     */
+    public Type type;
+
+    /**
+     * The annotations associated with the reference of this type.
+     *
+     * Always non-null.
+     */
+    public final Annotation[] annotations;
+
+    private Map<String, Object> properties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    private boolean isGlobalElement = true;
+
+    private TypeInfo parentCollectionType;
+
+    private Type genericType;
+
+    private boolean nillable = true;
+
+    public TypeInfo(QName tagName, Type type, Annotation... annotations) {
+        if(tagName==null || type==null || annotations==null) {
+            String nullArgs = "";
+
+            if(tagName == null)     nullArgs = "tagName";
+            if(type == null)        nullArgs += (nullArgs.length() > 0 ? ", type" : "type");
+            if(annotations == null) nullArgs += (nullArgs.length() > 0 ? ", annotations" : "annotations");
+
+//            Messages.ARGUMENT_CANT_BE_NULL.format(nullArgs);
+
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Argument(s) \"" + nullArgs + "\" can''t be null.)");
+        }
+
+        this.tagName = new QName(tagName.getNamespaceURI().intern(), tagName.getLocalPart().intern(), tagName.getPrefix());
+        this.type = type;
+        if (type instanceof Class && ((Class<?>)type).isPrimitive()) nillable = false;
+        this.annotations = annotations;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds the specified annotation from the array and returns it.
+     * Null if not found.
+     */
+    public <A extends Annotation> A get( Class<A> annotationType ) {
+        for (Annotation a : annotations) {
+            if(a.annotationType()==annotationType)
+                return annotationType.cast(a);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a {@link TypeInfo} for the item type,
+     * if this {@link TypeInfo} represents a collection type.
+     * Otherwise returns an identical type.
+     */
+    public TypeInfo toItemType() {
+        // if we are to reinstitute this check, check JAXB annotations only
+        // assert annotations.length==0;   // not designed to work with adapters.
+
+        Type base = Navigator.REFLECTION.getBaseClass(type, Collection.class);
+        if(base==null)
+            return this;    // not a collection
+
+        return new TypeInfo(tagName,
+            Navigator.REFLECTION.getTypeArgument(base,0));
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, Object> properties() {
+                return properties;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isGlobalElement() {
+                return isGlobalElement;
+        }
+
+        public void setGlobalElement(boolean isGlobalElement) {
+                this.isGlobalElement = isGlobalElement;
+        }
+
+        public TypeInfo getParentCollectionType() {
+                return parentCollectionType;
+        }
+
+        public void setParentCollectionType(TypeInfo parentCollectionType) {
+                this.parentCollectionType = parentCollectionType;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isRepeatedElement() {
+                return (parentCollectionType != null);
+        }
+
+        public Type getGenericType() {
+                return genericType;
+        }
+
+        public void setGenericType(Type genericType) {
+                this.genericType = genericType;
+        }
+
+    public boolean isNillable() {
+        return nillable;
+    }
+
+    public void setNillable(boolean nillable) {
+        this.nillable = nillable;
+    }
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return new StringBuilder("TypeInfo: Type = ").append(type)
+                .append(", tag = ").append(tagName).toString();
+    }
+}