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

Class ReflectionHelper

java.lang.Object

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

public final class ReflectionHelper
extends java.lang.Object

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

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static java.lang.Class[]	EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY	Deprecated. in 2.0. Will become private in a future version.

Method Summary

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

Deprecated. in 2.0. Will become private in a future version.

Method Detail

getConstructor

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

parameterTypesMatch

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

newInstance

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

newInstance

public static <T> T newInstance(java.lang.Class<T> aClass)

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

hasDefaultConstructor

public static boolean hasDefaultConstructor(java.lang.Class<?> aClass)