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package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.expression.PropertyAccessor;
import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;

/**
 * Utilities methods for use in the Ast classes.
 *
 * @author Andy Clement
 * @since 3.0.2
 */
public class AstUtils {
	
	/**
	 * Determines the set of property resolvers that should be used to try and access a property on the specified target
	 * type. The resolvers are considered to be in an ordered list, however in the returned list any that are exact
	 * matches for the input target type (as opposed to 'general' resolvers that could work for any type) are placed at
	 * the start of the list. In addition, there are specific resolvers that exactly name the class in question and
	 * resolvers that name a specific class but it is a supertype of the class we have. These are put at the end of the
	 * specific resolvers set and will be tried after exactly matching accessors but before generic accessors.
	 * 
	 * @param targetType the type upon which property access is being attempted
	 * @return a list of resolvers that should be tried in order to access the property
	 */
	public static List getPropertyAccessorsToTry(Class targetType, ExpressionState state) {
		List specificAccessors = new ArrayList();
		List generalAccessors = new ArrayList();
		for (PropertyAccessor resolver : state.getPropertyAccessors()) {
			Class[] targets = resolver.getSpecificTargetClasses();
			if (targets == null) { // generic resolver that says it can be used for any type
				generalAccessors.add(resolver);
			}
			else {
				if (targetType != null) {
					int pos = 0;
					for (Class clazz : targets) {
						if (clazz == targetType) { // put exact matches on the front to be tried first?
							specificAccessors.add(pos++, resolver);
						}
						else if (clazz.isAssignableFrom(targetType)) { // put supertype matches at the end of the
							// specificAccessor list
							generalAccessors.add(resolver);
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
		List resolvers = new ArrayList();
		resolvers.addAll(specificAccessors);
		resolvers.addAll(generalAccessors);
		return resolvers;
	}
}




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