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## org.springframework.util
Class TypeUtils

    java.lang.Object
      org.springframework.util.TypeUtils

    public abstract class TypeUtils

extends Object

Utility to work with Java 5 generic type parameters. Mainly for internal use within the framework.

Since:
  2.0.7
Author:
  Ramnivas Laddad, Juergen Hoeller

Constructor Summary
`TypeUtils()`

Method Summary
`static boolean` `isAssignable(Type lhsType, Type rhsType)` Check if the right-hand side type may be assigned to the left-hand side type following the Java generics rules.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### TypeUtils

    public TypeUtils()

Method Detail

### isAssignable

    public static boolean isAssignable(Type lhsType,
                                       Type rhsType)

  Check if the right-hand side type may be assigned to the left-hand side type following the Java generics rules.

  Parameters:
    `lhsType` - the target type
    `rhsType` - the value type that should be assigned to the target type
  Returns:
    true if rhs is assignable to lhs

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