Package org.glassfish.expressly.util

Class ReflectionUtil

java.lang.Object

org.glassfish.expressly.util.ReflectionUtil

public class ReflectionUtil
extends Object

Utilities for Managing Serialization and Reflection

Version:

$Change: 181177 $$DateTime: 2001/06/26 08:45:09 $$Author: kchung $

Author:

Jacob Hookom [jacob@hookom.net]

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected static final String[]	EMPTY_STRING
protected static final String[]	PRIMITIVE_NAMES
protected static final Class<?>[]	PRIMITIVES

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Object[]	buildParameters(ELContext context, Class<?>[] parameterTypes, boolean isVarArgs, Object[] params)
static Method	findMethod(Class<?> clazz, String methodName, Class<?>[] paramTypes, Object[] paramValues)
static Class<?>	forName(String name)
protected static Class<?>	forNamePrimitive(String name)
static PropertyDescriptor	getPropertyDescriptor(Object base, Object property)
static Class<?>[]	getTypesFromValues(Object[] values)
static Object	invokeMethod(ELContext context, Method method, Object base, Object[] params)
static Class<?>[]	toTypeArray(String[] classNames)	Converts an array of Class names to Class types
static String[]	toTypeNameArray(Class<?>[] classTypes)	Converts an array of Class types to Class names

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

EMPTY_STRING

protected static final String[] EMPTY_STRING

PRIMITIVE_NAMES

protected static final String[] PRIMITIVE_NAMES

PRIMITIVES

protected static final Class<?>[] PRIMITIVES

Method Details

forName

public static Class<?> forName(String name)
                        throws ClassNotFoundException

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

forNamePrimitive

protected static Class<?> forNamePrimitive(String name)

toTypeArray

public static Class<?>[] toTypeArray(String[] classNames)
                              throws ClassNotFoundException

Converts an array of Class names to Class types

Parameters:

classNames -

Returns:

The array of Classes

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

toTypeNameArray

public static String[] toTypeNameArray(Class<?>[] classTypes)

Converts an array of Class types to Class names

Parameters:

classTypes -

Returns:

The array of Classes

getPropertyDescriptor

public static PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(Object base,
 Object property)
                                                throws ELException,
PropertyNotFoundException

Parameters:

base - The base object

property - The property

Returns:

The PropertyDescriptor for the base with the given property

Throws:

ELException

PropertyNotFoundException

invokeMethod

public static Object invokeMethod(ELContext context,
 Method method,
 Object base,
 Object[] params)

findMethod

public static Method findMethod(Class<?> clazz,
 String methodName,
 Class<?>[] paramTypes,
 Object[] paramValues)

getTypesFromValues

public static Class<?>[] getTypesFromValues(Object[] values)

buildParameters

public static Object[] buildParameters(ELContext context,
 Class<?>[] parameterTypes,
 boolean isVarArgs,
 Object[] params)