de.bmiag.tapir.util.reflect

Class ReflectionUtils

java.lang.Object

de.bmiag.tapir.util.reflect.ReflectionUtils

@Component(value="reflectionUtils")
public class ReflectionUtils
extends Object

Provides some helper methods for Java's Reflection API.

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

Oliver Libutzki <[email protected]>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ReflectionUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<?>	getDeclaringClass(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement) Returns the Class which contains the given AnnotatedElement.
Method	getDeclaringMethod(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement) Returns the Method which contains the given AnnotatedElement.
boolean	hasSignature(Method method, String expectedName, Class<?>... expectedParameterTypes) Returns true if the given method has the expected name and parameter types.

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

getDeclaringClass

public Class<?> getDeclaringClass(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement)

Returns the Class which contains the given AnnotatedElement. If the given AnnotatedElement is a Class, it is returned.

Parameters:

annotatedElement - the annotated element which's containing Class should be determined

Returns:

the containing class

Since:

2.0.0

getDeclaringMethod

public Method getDeclaringMethod(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement)

Returns the Method which contains the given AnnotatedElement. If the given AnnotatedElement is a Method, it is returned.

Parameters:

annotatedElement - the annotated element which's containing Method should be determined

Returns:

the containing method

Since:

2.0.0

hasSignature

public boolean hasSignature(Method method,
                            String expectedName,
                            Class<?>... expectedParameterTypes)

Returns true if the given method has the expected name and parameter types.

Parameters:

method - the method to check

expectedName - the expected method name

expectedParameterTypes - the expected parameter types

Returns:

true if the given method has the expected name and parameter types, otherwise false