return method.getGenericParameterTypes()[0];
  }

  @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
  private static Type getSupertype(Type type, Class<?> superclass) {
    Class rawType = superclass;
    return TypeToken.of(type).getSupertype(rawType).getType();
  }

  private static Type getSubtype(Type type, Class<?> subclass) {
    return TypeToken.of(type).getSubtype(subclass).getType();
  }

    return method.getGenericParameterTypes()[0];
  }

  @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
  private static Type getSupertype(Type type, Class<?> superclass) {
    Class rawType = superclass;
    return TypeToken.of(type).getSupertype(rawType).getType();
  }

  private static Type getSubtype(Type type, Class<?> subclass) {
    return TypeToken.of(type).getSubtype(subclass).getType();
  }

    Collection<ClassExtensionDoc> getClassExtensions() { return classExtensions }

    void addClassExtension(ClassExtensionDoc extensionDoc) {
        classExtensions.add(extensionDoc)
    }

    List<ClassDoc> getSuperTypes() {
        return superClass == null ? interfaces : [superClass] + interfaces
    }

    Element getClassSection() { return classSection }

    Element getPropertiesTable() { return propertiesTable }

                    classDoc.addClassMethod(methodDoc);
                    signatures.add(method.getOverrideSignature());
                }
            }
        }

        for (ClassDoc supertype : classDoc.getSuperTypes()) {
            for (MethodDoc method: supertype.getClassMethods()){
                if (signatures.add(method.getMetaData().getOverrideSignature())) {
                    classDoc.addClassMethod(method);
                }

        }

        //adding the properties from the super class onto the inheriting class
        Map<String, PropertyDoc> props = new TreeMap<String, PropertyDoc>();
        List<ClassDoc> superTypes = classDoc.getSuperTypes();
        for (ClassDoc superType : superTypes) {
            LOG.info("Getting properties for {}", superType.getName());
            for (PropertyDoc propertyDoc : superType.getClassProperties()) {