Added TypeUtilities, moved ClassHelper into it's own package so java 1.8

specific code can be compiled separately.

Utilities.iml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_6" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8" inherit-compiler-output="true">
     <exclude-output />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />

src/dorkbox/util/ClassResolver.java

@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ public abstract class ClassResolver {
         return CALLER_RESOLVER.getClassContext()[CALL_CONTEXT_OFFSET + callerOffset];
     }
 }
+

src/dorkbox/util/generics/ClassHelper.java

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010 dorkbox, llc
+ * Copyright 2018 dorkbox, llc.
  *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
  *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
+ *  limitations under the License.
  */
-package dorkbox.util;
+package dorkbox.util.generics;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 

src/dorkbox/util/generics/DefaultMethodHelper.java

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 dorkbox, llc.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package dorkbox.util.generics;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+/**
+ * This class must be compiled for java 8+, and is needed by the TypeResolver in some situations
+ */
+public
+class DefaultMethodHelper {
+    static
+    boolean isDefaultMethod(Method m) {
+        return m.isDefault();
+    }
+}

src/dorkbox/util/generics/TypeResolver.java

@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 Jonathan Halterman
+ * Copyright 2018 dorkbox, llc.
  *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
  *
  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
+ *  limitations under the License.
- *
- * From: https://github.com/jhalterman/typetools
  */
-package dorkbox.util;
+package dorkbox.util.generics;
 
 import java.lang.ref.Reference;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
@@ -43,6 +41,7 @@ import sun.misc.Unsafe;
 /**
  * Enhanced type resolution utilities.
  *
+ * From: https://github.com/jhalterman/typetools
  * @author Jonathan Halterman
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("restriction")
@@ -544,7 +543,7 @@ class TypeResolver {
 
     private static
     boolean isDefaultMethod(Method m) {
-        return JAVA_VERSION >= 1.8 && m.isDefault();
+        return JAVA_VERSION >= 1.8 && DefaultMethodHelper.isDefaultMethod(m);
     }
 
     private static