Package org.eclipse.collections.impl.utility.internal

Class ReflectionHelper

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.collections.impl.utility.internal.ReflectionHelper

public final class ReflectionHelper
extends Object

A utility/helper class for working with Classes and Reflection.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static Class[]	EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY	Deprecated. in 2.0.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> Constructor<T>	getConstructor(Class<T> instantiable, Class<?>... constructorParameterTypes)
static boolean	hasDefaultConstructor(Class<?> aClass)
static <T> T	newInstance(Class<T> aClass)	This method may return null if the call to create a newInstance() fails.
static <T> T	newInstance(Constructor<T> constructor, Object... constructorArguments)
static boolean	parameterTypesMatch(Class<?>[] candidateParamTypes, Class<?>... desiredParameterTypes)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY

@Deprecated
public static final Class[] EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY

Deprecated.

in 2.0. Will become private in a future version.

Method Detail

getConstructor

public static <T> Constructor<T> getConstructor(Class<T> instantiable,
                                                Class<?>... constructorParameterTypes)

parameterTypesMatch

public static boolean parameterTypesMatch(Class<?>[] candidateParamTypes,
                                          Class<?>... desiredParameterTypes)

newInstance

public static <T> T newInstance(Constructor<T> constructor,
                                Object... constructorArguments)

newInstance

public static <T> T newInstance(Class<T> aClass)

This method may return null if the call to create a newInstance() fails.

hasDefaultConstructor

public static boolean hasDefaultConstructor(Class<?> aClass)