Package org.goplanit.utils.reflection

Class ReflectionUtils

java.lang.Object

org.goplanit.utils.reflection.ReflectionUtils

public class ReflectionUtils
extends Object

Reflection specific utility functions

Author:

markr

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ReflectionUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Object	createInstance(String className, Object... constructorParameters)	Create an instance of given class name and provided constructor parameters
static <T> T	createTypedInstance(String className, Object... constructorParameters)	delegates to createInstance(String, Object...) only casts result to type provided
static Class<?>[]	getParameterTypes(Object[] parameters)	Method that constructs the parameter types that go with the passed in parameters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReflectionUtils

public ReflectionUtils()

Method Detail

getParameterTypes

public static Class<?>[] getParameterTypes(Object[] parameters)

Method that constructs the parameter types that go with the passed in parameters.

Parameters:

parameters - the parameters

Returns:

parameter class types

createTypedInstance

public static <T> T createTypedInstance(String className,
                                        Object... constructorParameters)
                                 throws PlanItException

delegates to createInstance(String, Object...) only casts result to type provided

Type Parameters:

T - type of the created instance

Parameters:

className - of the class to be instantiated

constructorParameters - parameters for constructor

Returns:

created instance

Throws:

PlanItException - when error occurs during instantiation

createInstance

public static Object createInstance(String className,
                                    Object... constructorParameters)
                             throws PlanItException

Create an instance of given class name and provided constructor parameters

Parameters:

className - of the class to be instantiated

constructorParameters - parameters for constructor

Returns:

created instance

Throws:

PlanItException - when error occurs during instantiation