Error creating boundbox of class with a generic method

[kirwan]

When trying to create a BoundBox of a class with a generic method, the created class doesn't compile due to failing to pick up the details of the generic element.

The method in question looks like this:

public <E extends FeedContent> E copyInto(E copy) {
  // do stuff
  return copy;
}

But the equivalent method in the BoundBox looks like this:

public E copyIntoNewContent(E arg0) {
  try {
    Method methodToInvoke = com.mycompany.MyClass.class.getDeclaredMethod("copyInto",E.class);
    methodToInvoke.setAccessible(true);
    return (E)  methodToInvoke.invoke(boundObject,arg0);
  }
  catch( IllegalAccessException e ) {
    throw new BoundBoxException(e);
  }
  catch( IllegalArgumentException e ) {
    throw new BoundBoxException(e);
  }
  catch( InvocationTargetException e ) {
    throw new BoundBoxException(e);
  }
  catch( NoSuchMethodException e ) {
    throw new BoundBoxException(e);
  }
}

This results in an error because E cannot be resolved to a type.

[WonderCsabo]

This is a serious issue. In AndroidAnnotations we handled this problem, see this PR. Note that AA uses CodeModel for code generation, which is much more sophisticated then JavaWriter.