platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/components/ComponentSerializationUtil.java

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package com.intellij.openapi.components;

import com.intellij.util.ReflectionUtil;
import com.intellij.util.xmlb.XmlSerializer;
import org.jdom.Element;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable;

/**
 * @author nik
 */
public class ComponentSerializationUtil {
  public static Class getStateClass(final Class<? extends PersistentStateComponent> aClass) {
    TypeVariable<Class<PersistentStateComponent>> variable = PersistentStateComponent.class.getTypeParameters()[0];
    return ReflectionUtil.getRawType(ReflectionUtil.resolveVariableInHierarchy(variable, aClass));
  }

  public static <S> void loadComponentState(@NotNull PersistentStateComponent<S> configuration, @Nullable Element element) {
    if (element != null) {
      Class<S> stateClass = getStateClass(configuration.getClass());
      configuration.loadState(XmlSerializer.deserialize(element, stateClass));
    }
  }
}