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package org.metawidget.util;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.security.AccessControlException;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import org.metawidget.util.simple.StringUtils;
/**
* Utilities for working with Classes.
*
* @author Richard Kennard
*/
public final class ClassUtils {
//
// Public statics
//
public static final String JAVABEAN_SET_PREFIX = "set";
public static final String JAVABEAN_GET_PREFIX = "get";
public static final String JAVABEAN_IS_PREFIX = "is";
/**
* Lookup JavaBean-convention getter without using java.beans, as that package is
* not available on all target platforms.
*/
public static Method getReadMethod( Class clazz, String property ) {
String propertyUppercased = StringUtils.capitalize( property );
try {
return clazz.getMethod( JAVABEAN_GET_PREFIX + propertyUppercased );
} catch ( Exception e1 ) {
try {
Method method = clazz.getMethod( JAVABEAN_IS_PREFIX + propertyUppercased );
// As per section 8.3.2 (Boolean properties) of The JavaBeans API specification,
// 'is' only applies to boolean (little 'b')
if ( boolean.class.equals( method.getReturnType() ) ) {
return method;
}
} catch ( Exception e2 ) {
// Fall through
}
}
throw new RuntimeException( "No such method " + JAVABEAN_GET_PREFIX + propertyUppercased + " (or boolean " + JAVABEAN_IS_PREFIX + propertyUppercased + ") on " + clazz );
}
/**
* Lookup JavaBean-convention setter without using java.beans, as that package is
* not available on all target platforms.
*/
public static Method getWriteMethod( Class clazz, String property, Class type ) {
String propertyUppercased = StringUtils.capitalize( property );
// First, try and match based on subtypes of the property type
Class typeSuper = type;
while ( typeSuper != null ) {
try {
return clazz.getMethod( JAVABEAN_SET_PREFIX + propertyUppercased, typeSuper );
} catch ( Exception e ) {
typeSuper = typeSuper.getSuperclass();
}
}
// Next, try and match based on interfaces of the property type
for ( Class anInterface : type.getInterfaces() ) {
try {
return clazz.getMethod( JAVABEAN_SET_PREFIX + propertyUppercased, anInterface );
} catch ( Exception e ) {
// Keep trying
}
}
throw new RuntimeException( "No such method " + JAVABEAN_SET_PREFIX + propertyUppercased + "( " + type.getName() + " ) on " + clazz );
}
/**
* Get the value of the JavaBean-convention property without using java.beans, as
* that package is not available on all target platforms.
*/
@SuppressWarnings( "unchecked" )
public static T getProperty( Object base, String property ) {
try {
Method method = getReadMethod( base.getClass(), property );
return (T) method.invoke( base );
} catch ( Exception e ) {
if ( base == null ) {
throw new RuntimeException( "Unable to get '" + property + "' because base is null", e );
}
throw new RuntimeException( "Unable to get '" + property + "' of '" + base + "' (" + base.getClass() + ")", e );
}
}
/**
* Set the value of the JavaBean-convention property without using java.beans, as
* that package is not available on all target platforms.
*/
public static void setProperty( Object base, String property, Object value ) {
try {
Class baseClass = base.getClass();
// Determine the type based on the 'read' method, not the value.getClass(), because
// that is unreliable for 'Integer' versus 'int'
Method method = getReadMethod( baseClass, property );
method = getWriteMethod( baseClass, property, method.getReturnType() );
method.invoke( base, value );
} catch ( Exception e ) {
throw new RuntimeException( "Unable to set '" + property + "' of '" + base + "' to '" + value + "'", e );
}
}
/**
* Returns true if the given class is the Object-wrapper of a primitive type (eg.
* Integer for int).
*
* We want to be able to distinguish these, because we can't usefully drill into them and may do
* better to 'inspect from parent' (see UIMetawidget).
*/
public static boolean isPrimitiveWrapper( Class clazz ) {
if ( Number.class.isAssignableFrom( clazz ) ) {
return true;
}
if ( Boolean.class.isAssignableFrom( clazz ) ) {
return true;
}
if ( Character.class.isAssignableFrom( clazz ) ) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
/**
* Returns the wrapper class for a primitive class (eg. Integer.class for
* int.class)
*/
public static Class getWrapperClass( Class clazz ) {
if ( byte.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Byte.class;
}
if ( short.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Short.class;
}
if ( int.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Integer.class;
}
if ( long.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Long.class;
}
if ( float.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Float.class;
}
if ( double.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Double.class;
}
if ( boolean.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Boolean.class;
}
if ( char.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Character.class;
}
throw new RuntimeException( clazz + " is not a primitive type" );
}
/**
* Gracefully test whether a class exists. Returns true or false, rather than throwing
* ClassNotFoundException.
*/
public static boolean classExists( String clazz ) {
try {
Class.forName( clazz, false, null );
return true;
} catch ( ClassNotFoundException e ) {
return false;
} catch ( AccessControlException e ) {
// Not accessible (eg. running in an applet)
return false;
}
}
public static Object parseNumber( Class clazz, String value ) {
if ( value == null || "".equals( value ) ) {
return null;
}
if ( byte.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Byte.parseByte( value );
}
if ( Byte.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Byte.valueOf( value );
}
if ( short.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Short.parseShort( value );
}
if ( Short.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Short.valueOf( value );
}
if ( int.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Integer.parseInt( value );
}
if ( Integer.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Integer.valueOf( value );
}
if ( long.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Long.parseLong( value );
}
if ( Long.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Long.valueOf( value );
}
if ( float.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Float.parseFloat( value );
}
if ( Float.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Float.valueOf( value );
}
if ( double.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Double.parseDouble( value );
}
if ( Double.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Double.valueOf( value );
}
throw new RuntimeException( clazz + " is not a number type" );
}
public static Object getNumberMinValue( Class clazz ) {
if ( byte.class.equals( clazz ) || Byte.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Byte.MIN_VALUE;
}
if ( short.class.equals( clazz ) || Short.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Short.MIN_VALUE;
}
if ( int.class.equals( clazz ) || Integer.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Integer.MIN_VALUE;
}
if ( int.class.equals( clazz ) || Integer.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Integer.MIN_VALUE;
}
if ( long.class.equals( clazz ) || Long.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Long.MIN_VALUE;
}
if ( float.class.equals( clazz ) || Float.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return -Float.MAX_VALUE;
}
if ( double.class.equals( clazz ) || Double.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return -Double.MAX_VALUE;
}
throw new RuntimeException( clazz + " is not a number type" );
}
public static Object getNumberMaxValue( Class clazz ) {
if ( byte.class.equals( clazz ) || Byte.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Byte.MAX_VALUE;
}
if ( short.class.equals( clazz ) || Short.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Short.MAX_VALUE;
}
if ( int.class.equals( clazz ) || Integer.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
}
if ( int.class.equals( clazz ) || Integer.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
}
if ( long.class.equals( clazz ) || Long.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Long.MAX_VALUE;
}
if ( float.class.equals( clazz ) || Float.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Float.MAX_VALUE;
}
if ( double.class.equals( clazz ) || Double.class.equals( clazz ) ) {
return Double.MAX_VALUE;
}
throw new RuntimeException( clazz + " is not a number type" );
}
/**
* When dealing with multiple isolated ClassLoaders, sometimes the object being inspected may
* reference a class that is not available to any of our own ClassLoaders. Therefore
* Class.forName will always fail. To cope with this, we
* record 'alien' ClassLoaders as and when we encounter them.
*
* This is a static Set, rather than a ThreadLocal, because we couldn't find a good place to
* reset the ThreadLocal.
*/
/* package private */static final Set ALIEN_CLASSLOADERS = CollectionUtils.newHashSet();
/**
* When dealing with multiple isolated ClassLoaders, sometimes the object being inspected may
* reference a class that is not available to any of our own ClassLoaders. Therefore
* Class.forName will always fail. To cope with this, we record 'alien'
* ClassLoaders as and when we encounter them
*/
public static void registerAlienClassLoader( ClassLoader classLoader ) {
// JDK classes like java.util.ArrayList have no classloader
if ( classLoader == null ) {
return;
}
// No need to register, as not alien?
if ( classLoader.equals( Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() ) ) {
return;
}
if ( classLoader.equals( ClassUtils.class.getClassLoader() ) ) {
return;
}
synchronized ( ALIEN_CLASSLOADERS ) {
ALIEN_CLASSLOADERS.add( classLoader );
}
}
/**
* Replacement for Class.forName() that:
*
* - supports primitives (
int, long, etc)
* - returns
null if there is no such class (eg. if the name is a symbolic type,
* such as 'Login Screen')
*
*/
public static Class niceForName( String className ) {
return niceForName( className, null );
}
/**
* Replacement for Class.forName() that:
*
* - returns
null if there is no such class (eg. if the name is a symbolic type,
* such as 'Login Screen')
* - supports primitives (
int, long, etc)
* - supports parameterized types (strips off the <...>)
*
*
* This method first tries to load the class using the given ClassLoader (if any). If that
* fails, it then tries the Thread's current ClassLoader (this works best for EJB/WAR splits
* where, say, metawidget-core and metawidget-annotations are located in the EJB/lib and the
* other modules are located in the WAR/lib). If that fails, it tries ClassUtils' ClassLoader.
* If that fails, it tries our alien ClassLoader.
*
* @param classLoader
* the specific ClassLoader to use to try and load this class. In general clients
* should use the other form of this method, which will default to trying the current
* Thread's ClassLoader. Can be null.
* @throws NullPointerException
* if className is null
*/
public static Class niceForName( String className, ClassLoader classLoader ) {
String classNameToUse = className;
// Support parameterized type
int indexOf = classNameToUse.indexOf( '<' );
if ( indexOf != -1 ) {
classNameToUse = classNameToUse.substring( 0, indexOf );
}
// Try given ClassLoader (may be none)
try {
if ( classLoader != null ) {
return Class.forName( classNameToUse, false, classLoader );
}
} catch ( ClassNotFoundException e ) {
// Fall through and try other ClassLoaders
}
// Try given Thread ClassLoader (may be none, such as on Android)
ClassLoader threadClassLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
try {
if ( threadClassLoader != null && !threadClassLoader.equals( classLoader ) ) {
return Class.forName( classNameToUse, false, threadClassLoader );
}
} catch ( ClassNotFoundException e ) {
// Fall through and try other ClassLoaders
}
// Try our own ClassLoader (if different to threadClassLoader)
ClassLoader thisClassLoader = ClassUtils.class.getClassLoader();
try {
if ( !thisClassLoader.equals( threadClassLoader ) && !thisClassLoader.equals( classLoader ) ) {
return Class.forName( classNameToUse, false, thisClassLoader );
}
} catch ( ClassNotFoundException e ) {
// Fall through and try other ClassLoaders
}
// Try our alien ClassLoaders
synchronized ( ALIEN_CLASSLOADERS ) {
for ( ClassLoader alienClassLoader : ALIEN_CLASSLOADERS ) {
try {
return Class.forName( classNameToUse, false, alienClassLoader );
} catch ( ClassNotFoundException e ) {
// Fall through and try other ClassLoaders
}
}
}
return getPrimitive( classNameToUse );
}
public static boolean isPrimitive( String className ) {
return getPrimitive( className ) != null;
}
/**
* Gets the 'simple' name of the class, given the fully qualified name.
*
* Named after Class.getSimpleName.
*/
public static String getSimpleName( String qualifiedClassName ) {
return StringUtils.substringAfterLast( qualifiedClassName, StringUtils.SEPARATOR_DOT_CHAR );
}
/**
* Similar to Method.getDeclaringClass, but traverses the class heirarchy to find
* the class that originally declared this method, in the event the implementation has
* been overridden.
*/
public static Class getOriginalDeclaringClass( Method method ) {
Class declaringClass = method.getDeclaringClass();
Class superclass = declaringClass.getSuperclass();
while ( superclass != null ) {
try {
superclass.getDeclaredMethod( method.getName(), method.getParameterTypes() );
declaringClass = superclass;
} catch ( Exception e ) {
// Not in this superclass, but may be in super-superclass
}
superclass = superclass.getSuperclass();
}
return declaringClass;
}
/**
* Converts com.foo.Bar into /com/foo. The leading forward slash can
* be important in some module loading environments (e.g. for JBoss Forge).
*/
public static String getPackagesAsFolderNames( Class clazz ) {
return StringUtils.SEPARATOR_FORWARD_SLASH_CHAR + clazz.getPackage().getName().replace( StringUtils.SEPARATOR_DOT_CHAR, StringUtils.SEPARATOR_FORWARD_SLASH_CHAR );
}
/**
* Gets the given annotationClass defined on the given method. If no annotations are
* defined at all (not just annotationClass) but the method is overridden, searches up the class
* heirarchy to original versions of the method and checks for annotationClass.
*
* We work off no annotations being defined (rather than just annotationClass) because
* we still want to support explicitly overriding methods in order to suppress annotations (such
* as UiHidden). This isn't perfect, because the overridden method still has to
* define at least one annotation.
*
* This approach is important for proxied classes, which don't always retain annotations.
*/
@SuppressWarnings( "unchecked" )
public static T getOriginalAnnotation( Method method, Class annotationClass ) {
Map, Annotation> cache = ORIGINAL_ANNOTATION_CACHE.get( method );
if ( cache == null ) {
cache = CollectionUtils.newWeakHashMap();
ORIGINAL_ANNOTATION_CACHE.put( method, cache );
}
// Must synchronize, as WeakHashMap is not Thread safe and WeakHashMap:383 contains an
// infinite while: while (e != null && !(e.hash == h && eq(k, e.get())))
synchronized ( cache ) {
// Use 'containsKey', because we may cache it as being 'null'
if ( cache.containsKey( annotationClass ) ) {
return (T) cache.get( annotationClass );
}
T annotation = internalGetOriginalAnnotation( method, annotationClass );
cache.put( annotationClass, annotation );
return annotation;
}
}
/**
* Gets the given genericReturnType defined on the given method. If no such genericReturnType is
* defined but the method is overridden, searches up the class heirarchy to original versions of
* the method, and checks for genericReturnType.
*
* This approach is important for proxied classes, which don't always retain genetics.
*/
public static Type getOriginalGenericReturnType( Method method ) {
Method methodToUse = method;
String name = methodToUse.getName();
Class[] parameterTypes = methodToUse.getParameterTypes();
do {
// If this method has a ParameterizedType, return it...
Type type = methodToUse.getGenericReturnType();
if ( type instanceof ParameterizedType ) {
return type;
}
// ...otherwise traverse up the hierarchy
Class superclass = methodToUse.getDeclaringClass().getSuperclass();
methodToUse = null;
while ( superclass != null ) {
try {
methodToUse = superclass.getDeclaredMethod( name, parameterTypes );
break;
} catch ( Exception e ) {
// Not in this superclass, but may be in super-superclass
}
superclass = superclass.getSuperclass();
}
} while ( methodToUse != null );
// No generic return type found. Return normal
return method.getGenericReturnType();
}
/**
* Gets the given genericParameterTypes defined on the given method. If no such
* genericParameterTypes is defined but the method is overridden, searches up the class
* heirarchy to original versions of the method, and checks for genericParameterTypes.
*
* This approach is important for proxied classes, which don't always retain genetics.
*/
public static Type[] getOriginalGenericParameterTypes( Method method ) {
Method methodToUse = method;
String name = methodToUse.getName();
Class[] parameterTypes = methodToUse.getParameterTypes();
do {
// If this method has a ParameterizedType, return it...
Type[] type = methodToUse.getGenericParameterTypes();
if ( type[0] instanceof ParameterizedType ) {
return type;
}
// ...otherwise traverse up the hierarchy
Class superclass = methodToUse.getDeclaringClass().getSuperclass();
methodToUse = null;
while ( superclass != null ) {
try {
methodToUse = superclass.getDeclaredMethod( name, parameterTypes );
break;
} catch ( Exception e ) {
// Not in this superclass, but may be in super-superclass
}
superclass = superclass.getSuperclass();
}
} while ( methodToUse != null );
// No generic parameter types found. Return normal
return method.getGenericParameterTypes();
}
/**
* Converts a java.lang.reflect.Type, as returned by getGenericType
* into a String representation.
*/
public static String getGenericTypeAsString( Type type ) {
if ( !( type instanceof ParameterizedType ) ) {
return null;
}
Type[] typeActuals = null;
try {
typeActuals = ( (ParameterizedType) type ).getActualTypeArguments();
} catch ( Exception e ) {
// Android 1.1_r1 fails here with a ClassNotFoundException
}
if ( typeActuals == null || typeActuals.length == 0 ) {
return null;
}
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
for ( Type typeActual : typeActuals ) {
// Android 1.1_r1 sometimes provides null typeActuals while
// testing the AddressBook application
if ( typeActual == null ) {
continue;
}
if ( builder.length() > 0 ) {
builder.append( StringUtils.SEPARATOR_COMMA );
}
if ( typeActual instanceof Class ) {
builder.append( ( (Class) typeActual ).getName() );
} else {
builder.append( typeActual.toString() );
}
}
return builder.toString();
}
//
// Private statics
//
private static final Map, Annotation>> ORIGINAL_ANNOTATION_CACHE = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
/**
* We found getOriginalAnnotation to be around 10x slower that just
* method.getAnnotation, so we cache it.
*/
private static T internalGetOriginalAnnotation( Method method, Class annotationClass ) {
Method methodToUse = method;
String name = methodToUse.getName();
Class[] parameterTypes = methodToUse.getParameterTypes();
// If no annotations are defined at all, traverse up the hierarchy
while ( methodToUse.getAnnotations().length == 0 ) {
Class superclass = methodToUse.getDeclaringClass().getSuperclass();
methodToUse = null;
while ( superclass != null ) {
try {
methodToUse = superclass.getDeclaredMethod( name, parameterTypes );
break;
} catch ( Exception e ) {
// Not in this superclass, but may be in super-superclass
}
superclass = superclass.getSuperclass();
}
if ( methodToUse == null ) {
break;
}
}
// If this method has the annotation, return it
if ( methodToUse != null ) {
T annotation = methodToUse.getAnnotation( annotationClass );
if ( annotation != null ) {
return annotation;
}
}
// Try interfaces too, in case annotation is defined there
for ( Class iface : method.getDeclaringClass().getInterfaces() ) {
try {
methodToUse = iface.getDeclaredMethod( name, parameterTypes );
T annotation = methodToUse.getAnnotation( annotationClass );
if ( annotation != null ) {
return annotation;
}
} catch ( Exception e ) {
// Not in this interface
}
}
// No annotation found
return null;
}
private static Class getPrimitive( String className ) {
if ( "byte".equals( className ) ) {
return byte.class;
}
if ( "short".equals( className ) ) {
return short.class;
}
if ( "int".equals( className ) ) {
return int.class;
}
if ( "long".equals( className ) ) {
return long.class;
}
if ( "float".equals( className ) ) {
return float.class;
}
if ( "double".equals( className ) ) {
return double.class;
}
if ( "boolean".equals( className ) ) {
return boolean.class;
}
if ( "char".equals( className ) ) {
return char.class;
}
return null;
}
//
// Private constructor
//
private ClassUtils() {
// Can never be called
}
}