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* Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
*
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package com.google.inject;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
/**
* Abstraction for Java's reflection APIs. This interface exists to provide a single place where
* runtime reflection can be substituted for another mechanism such as CGLib or compile-time code
* generation.
*
* @author [email protected] (Jesse Wilson)
*/
class Reflection {
/**
* A placeholder. This enables us to continue processing and gather more
* errors but blows up if you actually try to use it.
*/
static class InvalidConstructor {
InvalidConstructor() {
throw new AssertionError();
}
}
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
static Constructor invalidConstructor() {
try {
return (Constructor) InvalidConstructor.class.getDeclaredConstructor();
}
catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
throw new AssertionError(e);
}
}
}