com.programix.util
Class ReflectTools

java.lang.Object
  com.programix.util.ReflectTools

public class ReflectTools
extends Object

Commonly needed utilities for working with Java's Reflection mechanism.

Nested Class Summary

static class

ReflectTools.ReflectException Used to indicate that something went wrong in one of the ReflectTools functions.

Method Summary

static void	checkType(Object obj, Class targetType) Checks type of obj and throws an exception if it is not the specified type or if the reference is null.
static void	checkType(Object obj, Class targetType, boolean allowNull) Checks to see if the object pointed to by obj is an instance of the specified target type.
static Object	construct(String className, Class targetType) Used to lookup and instantiate the specified class using the class's zero-argument constuctor and to validate that it can be typecast into the target type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

construct

public static Object construct(String className,
                               Class targetType)
                        throws ReflectTools.ReflectException

Used to lookup and instantiate the specified class using the class's zero-argument constuctor and to validate that it can be typecast into the target type.

Parameters:

className - the class to lookup and construct

targetType - the type to check to see if the constructed object can be cast into.

Throws:

ReflectTools.ReflectException - if the requested class can not be found, or if it doesn't have a public zero-argument constructor, or if the constructed object can't be typecast into the target type, or if either parameter is null.

checkType

public static void checkType(Object obj,
                             Class targetType,
                             boolean allowNull)
                      throws ReflectTools.ReflectException

Checks to see if the object pointed to by obj is an instance of the specified target type. If allowNull is true, no exception is thrown if obj is null.

Throws:

ReflectTools.ReflectException

checkType

public static void checkType(Object obj,
                             Class targetType)
                      throws ReflectTools.ReflectException

Checks type of obj and throws an exception if it is not the specified type or if the reference is null. Calls checkType(Object, Class, boolean) with allowNull set to false.

Throws:

ReflectTools.ReflectException