Using Roaster it is possible to add a property to the source of a java class;

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final JavaClassSource javaClass = Roaster.create(JavaClassSource.class);

...

PropertySource<JavaClassSource> p = javaClass.addProperty("List<String>", "friends");

</code>

which emits

<code>

private List<String> friends;

public List<String> getFriends() {

  return friends;

}

public void setFriends(List<String> friends) {

  this.friends = friends;

}

</code>

as expected.

However say I wanted to "keep track" of the declared type of the property to use consistently elsewhere during generation; how could I do this?

For example the following do not work;

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PropertySource<JavaClassSource> p = javaClass.addProperty("List<String>", "friends");

PropertySource<JavaClassSource> p2 = javaClass.addProperty(p.getType(), "acquaintances"); //Does not compile; illegal cast

JavaClassSource jtS = Roaster.create(JavaClassSource.class);

jtS.setPackage("java.lang").setName("String");

JavaClassSource jtL = Roaster.create(JavaClassSource.class);

jtL.setPackage("java.util").setName("List");

jtL.addTypeVariable().setBounds(jtS);

PropertySource<JavaClassSource> p3 = javaClass.addProperty(jtL, "acquaintances"); //emits private List acquaintances; for example - Looses the Type parameter

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