de.ukn.hci.squidy.common.util
Class ReflectionUtil

java.lang.Object
  de.ukn.hci.squidy.common.util.ReflectionUtil

public class ReflectionUtil
extends Object

ReflectionUtil.

 Date: Jun 25, 2008
 Time: 1:32:47 PM
 

Since:

1.0.0

Version:

$Id: ReflectionUtil.java 30 2009-09-18 22:23:35Z nitsche $

Author:

Roman Rädle, Roman.Raedle@uni-konstanz.de, University of Konstanz

Constructor Summary

ReflectionUtil()

Method Summary

static <T> T	callMethod(Method method, Object invokable, Object... parameters)
static Object	callMethod(Object invokable, String methodName, Object... parameters)
static Object	callMethod(Object invokable, String methodName, Object[] parameters, Class[] parameterTypes)
static <T> T	createInstance(Class<T> type, Object... parameters)
static <T> T	createInstance(String className)
static <A extends Annotation> A	getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType, Class<?> classType)
static Field	getFieldInObjectHierarchy(Class<? extends Object> type, String name)
static Field[]	getFieldsInObjectHierarchy(Class<? extends Object> type)
static <T> Class<T>	loadClass(String className)
static Class<?>[]	loadContextClasses(ClassLoader classLoader, String[] classNames, Class<?>... augmentClasses)
static void	mapFieldsWithAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass, Object source, Object target)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReflectionUtil

public ReflectionUtil()

Method Detail

loadClass

public static <T> Class<T> loadClass(String className)

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

className -

Returns:

createInstance

public static <T> T createInstance(String className)

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

className -

Returns:

createInstance

public static <T> T createInstance(Class<T> type,
                                   Object... parameters)

Parameters:

type -

parameters -

Returns:

callMethod

public static <T> T callMethod(Method method,
                               Object invokable,
                               Object... parameters)

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

method -

invokable -

parameters -

Returns:

callMethod

public static Object callMethod(Object invokable,
                                String methodName,
                                Object[] parameters,
                                Class[] parameterTypes)

Parameters:

invokable -

methodName -

parameters -

parameterTypes -

Returns:

callMethod

public static Object callMethod(Object invokable,
                                String methodName,
                                Object... parameters)

Parameters:

invokable -

methodName -

parameters -

Returns:

getAnnotation

public static <A extends Annotation> A getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType,
                                                     Class<?> classType)

Parameters:

annotationType -

classType -

Returns:

getFieldInObjectHierarchy

public static Field getFieldInObjectHierarchy(Class<? extends Object> type,
                                              String name)

Parameters:

type -

name -

Returns:

getFieldsInObjectHierarchy

public static Field[] getFieldsInObjectHierarchy(Class<? extends Object> type)

Parameters:

type -

Returns:

loadContextClasses

public static Class<?>[] loadContextClasses(ClassLoader classLoader,
                                            String[] classNames,
                                            Class<?>... augmentClasses)

Parameters:

classLoader -

classNames -

augmentClasses -

Returns:

mapFieldsWithAnnotation

public static void mapFieldsWithAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass,
                                           Object source,
                                           Object target)

Parameters:

source -

target -