Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional * information regarding copyright ownership. * * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of * the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org. */ import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Map; public class Main { /** * The default mapping between interface and instance. */ private static final Map<Class<?>, Object> DEFAULTS = new HashMap<Class<?>, Object>(); /** * @param type the type * @return the default value of the provided type */ public static Object emptyValue(Class<?> type) { Object defaultValue = null; if (DEFAULTS.containsKey(type)) { defaultValue = DEFAULTS.get(type); } else { try { defaultValue = type.newInstance(); } catch (Exception e) { // Ignore } } return defaultValue; } }