org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.transform
Class ReflectHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.transform.ReflectHelper

public class ReflectHelper

extends Object

Helper class with utility methods for working with the java.lang.reflect.* package.

Author:

Jonas Bonér

Constructor Summary

ReflectHelper()

Method Summary

static int	calculateHash(Class klass) Calculate the hash for a class.
static int	calculateHash(Constructor constructor) Calculate the hash for a constructor.
static int	calculateHash(Field field) Calculate the hash for a field.
static int	calculateHash(Method method) Calculate the hash for a method.
static List	createCompleteSortedMethodList(Class klass) Creates a sorted method list of all the methods in the class and super classes, including package private ones.
static List	createInterfaceDefinedSortedMethodList(Class klass, List interfaceDeclaredMethods) Creates a sorted method list of all the methods in the class and super classes, if and only if those are part of the given list of interfaces declared method
static int	getModifiersAsInt(String[] modifiers) Converts modifiers represented in a string array to an int.
static Class	getPrimitiveClass(String className) Checks if the class is a of a primitive type, if so create and return the class for the type else return null.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReflectHelper

public ReflectHelper()

Method Detail

createCompleteSortedMethodList

public static List createCompleteSortedMethodList(Class klass)

Creates a sorted method list of all the methods in the class and super classes, including package private ones.

Parameters:

klass - the class with the methods

Returns:

the sorted method list

createInterfaceDefinedSortedMethodList

public static List createInterfaceDefinedSortedMethodList(Class klass,
                                                          List interfaceDeclaredMethods)

Creates a sorted method list of all the methods in the class and super classes, if and only if those are part of the given list of interfaces declared method

Parameters:

klass - the class with the methods

interfaceDeclaredMethods - the list of interface declared methods

Returns:

the sorted method list

getModifiersAsInt

public static int getModifiersAsInt(String[] modifiers)

Converts modifiers represented in a string array to an int.

Parameters:

modifiers - the modifiers as strings

Returns:

the modifiers as an int

calculateHash

public static int calculateHash(Class klass)

Calculate the hash for a class.

Parameters:

klass - the class

Returns:

the hash

calculateHash

public static int calculateHash(Method method)

Calculate the hash for a method.

Parameters:

method - the method

Returns:

the hash

calculateHash

public static int calculateHash(Constructor constructor)

Calculate the hash for a constructor.

Parameters:

constructor - the constructor

Returns:

the hash

calculateHash

public static int calculateHash(Field field)

Calculate the hash for a field.

Parameters:

field - the field

Returns:

the hash

getPrimitiveClass

public static Class getPrimitiveClass(String className)

Checks if the class is a of a primitive type, if so create and return the class for the type else return null.

Parameters:

className -

Returns:

the class for the primitive type or null