org.alfresco.util

Class ReflectionHelper

java.lang.Object

org.alfresco.util.ReflectionHelper

public class ReflectionHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Static Helper methods for instantiating objects from reflection.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.Object	invoke(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.String method, java.lang.Class[] argTypes, java.lang.Object[] args) Invokes a method on the given object by passing the given arguments into the method.
static java.lang.Object	newObject(java.lang.String className) Constructs a new object for the given class name.
static java.lang.Object	newObject(java.lang.String className, java.lang.Class[] argTypes, java.lang.Object[] args) Constructs a new object for the given class name and with the given arguments.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

newObject

public static java.lang.Object newObject(java.lang.String className)

Constructs a new object for the given class name. The construction takes no arguments. If an exception occurs during construction, null is returned. All exceptions are written to the Log instance for this class.

Parameters:

className -

Returns:

newObject

public static java.lang.Object newObject(java.lang.String className,
                         java.lang.Class[] argTypes,
                         java.lang.Object[] args)

Constructs a new object for the given class name and with the given arguments. The arguments must be specified in terms of their Class[] types and their Object[] values. Example: String s = newObject("java.lang.String", new Class[] { String.class}, new String[] { "test"}); is equivalent to: String s = new String("test"); If an exception occurs during construction, null is returned. All exceptions are written to the Log instance for this class.

Parameters:

className -

argTypes -

args -

Returns:

invoke

public static java.lang.Object invoke(java.lang.Object obj,
                      java.lang.String method,
                      java.lang.Class[] argTypes,
                      java.lang.Object[] args)

Invokes a method on the given object by passing the given arguments into the method.

Parameters:

obj -

method -

argTypes -

args -

Returns: