Package org.apache.directory.api.util

Class MethodUtils

java.lang.Object

org.apache.directory.api.util.MethodUtils

public final class MethodUtils
extends Object

Author:

Apache Directory Project

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static org.slf4j.Logger	LOG	The logger.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	MethodUtils()	Private constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Method	getAssignmentCompatibleMethod(Class<?> clazz, String candidateMethodName, Class<?>[] candidateParameterTypes)	A replacement for Class.getMethod(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class<?>...) with extended capability.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

LOG

private static final org.slf4j.Logger LOG

The logger.

Constructor Detail

MethodUtils

private MethodUtils()

Private constructor.

Method Detail

getAssignmentCompatibleMethod

public static Method getAssignmentCompatibleMethod(Class<?> clazz,
                                                   String candidateMethodName,
                                                   Class<?>[] candidateParameterTypes)
                                            throws NoSuchMethodException

A replacement for Class.getMethod(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class<?>...) with extended capability.

This method returns parameter-list assignment-compatible method as well as exact-signature matching method.

Parameters:

clazz - The class which will be queried for the method.

candidateMethodName - Name of the method been looked for.

candidateParameterTypes - Types of the parameters in the signature of the method being loooked for.

Returns:

The Method found.

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - when the method cannot be found