Dmitri Blinov created JEXL-229:
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             Summary: Introduce new syntax for class literals: Class<T> and 
Type<T>
                 Key: JEXL-229
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JEXL-229
             Project: Commons JEXL
          Issue Type: New Feature
    Affects Versions: 3.1
            Reporter: Dmitri Blinov
            Priority: Minor


For the purpose of type checking in jexl, It whould be convenient to have some 
simple syntax for referring to class types, like Class<String> or 
Type<Boolean>. Literal Class<T> should refer to general classes, and literal 
Type<T> should refer to primitive type classes. For literals Class<T> it could 
be possible to specify partal class name, which should resolve to classes in 
basic packages like java.lang and java.util, for example.



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