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package com.github.swierkosz.fixture.generator.reflection;
/*
 *    Copyright 2021 Szymon Świerkosz
 *
 *    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.
 */

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;

public final class ReflectionUtils {

    private ReflectionUtils() {
        // Utility class
    }

    public static  T createUsingDefaultConstructor(Class type) {
        try {
            Constructor constructor = type.getDeclaredConstructor();
            constructor.setAccessible(true);
            return constructor.newInstance();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public static void setValue(Object target, Field field, Object value) {
        try {
            field.setAccessible(true);
            field.set(target, value);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new UnableToSetFieldException("Failed to set value of field: " + field, e);
        }
    }
}