* </p>
     * <p>
     * If <code>type</code> is a parameterized type but has no direct type arguments, an empty array is returned.
     * This includes cases where the parameterized type contains nested types without type arguments.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * If <code>type</code> is not a parameterized type, <code>null</code> is returned.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param type

import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;

/**
 * Interface for handling parameterized classes.
 *
 * @author koichik
 */
public interface ParameterizedClassDesc {

    /**
     * Returns <code>true</code> if the class represented by this instance is parameterized.
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> if the class represented by this instance is parameterized
     */
    boolean isParameterizedClass();

    /**

     *
     * @param index
     *            the index of the parameter
     * @return {@literal true} if the parameter type at the specified index is parameterized
     */
    boolean isParameterized(int index);

    /**
     * Returns {@literal true} if the return type is parameterized.
     *

     * <p>
     * If the type is not parameterized, an empty {@link Map} is returned.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param beanClass
     *            The parameterized type (class or interface). Must not be {@literal null}.
     * @return A {@link Map} with type variables as keys and type arguments as values for the parameterized type.
     */

    }

    /**
     * Returns the element type of the parameterized collection declared as the method's argument type.
     *
     * @param method
     *            The method. Cannot be {@literal null}
     * @param position
     *            The position of the parameterized collection in the method's argument list
     * @return The element type of the parameterized collection
     */

    /**
     * Returns {@literal true} if this property is parameterized.
     *
     * @return {@literal true} if this property is parameterized
     */
    boolean isParameterized();

    /**
     * Returns the information if this property is parameterized.
     *
     * @return the information if this property is parameterized, otherwise {@literal null}
     */

     *
     * @param index
     *            The index of the parameter
     * @return The key type if the parameter type is a parameterized {@link Map}, otherwise {@literal null}
     */
    Class<?> getKeyClassOfMap(int index);

    /**
     * Returns the value type if the parameter type of the method is a parameterized {@link Map}.
     *
     * @param index

        assertArgumentNotNull("field", field);

        return Modifier.isFinal(field.getModifiers());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the element type of a parameterized collection field.
     *
     * @param field a field of a parameterized collection type (must not be {@literal null})
     * @return the element type of the collection
     */
    public static Class<?> getElementTypeOfCollection(final Field field) {

     * Returns the element type if this field is a parameterized {@link Collection}.
     *
     * @return the element type if this field is a parameterized {@link Collection}, otherwise {@literal null}
     */
    Class<?> getElementClassOfCollection();

    /**
     * Returns the key type if this field is a parameterized {@link Map}.
     *
     * @return the key type if this field is a parameterized {@link Map}, otherwise {@literal null}
     */

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // trying to test raw type
    Parameterized<?, ?, ?> parameterized =
        new Parameterized<TypeTokenResolutionTest, Bar, String>() {};
    TypeResolver typeResolver = TypeResolver.covariantly(parameterized.getClass());
    ParameterizedType resolved =
        (ParameterizedType) typeResolver.resolveType(parameterized.parameterizedType());