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/* java.lang.reflect.Method - reflection of Java methods
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package java.lang.reflect;

import gnu.java.lang.ClassHelper;
import gnu.java.lang.CPStringBuilder;

import gnu.java.lang.reflect.MethodSignatureParser;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

/**
 * The Method class represents a member method of a class. It also allows
 * dynamic invocation, via reflection. This works for both static and
 * instance methods. Invocation on Method objects knows how to do
 * widening conversions, but throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} if
 * a narrowing conversion would be necessary. You can query for information
 * on this Method regardless of location, but invocation access may be limited
 * by Java language access controls. If you can't do it in the compiler, you
 * can't normally do it here either.<p>
 *
 * <B>Note:</B> This class returns and accepts types as Classes, even
 * primitive types; there are Class types defined that represent each
 * different primitive type.  They are <code>java.lang.Boolean.TYPE,
 * java.lang.Byte.TYPE,</code>, also available as <code>boolean.class,
 * byte.class</code>, etc.  These are not to be confused with the
 * classes <code>java.lang.Boolean, java.lang.Byte</code>, etc., which are
 * real classes.<p>
 *
 * Also note that this is not a serializable class.  It is entirely feasible
 * to make it serializable using the Externalizable interface, but this is
 * on Sun, not me.
 *
 * @author John Keiser
 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
 * @see Member
 * @see Class
 * @see java.lang.Class#getMethod(String,Class[])
 * @see java.lang.Class#getDeclaredMethod(String,Class[])
 * @see java.lang.Class#getMethods()
 * @see java.lang.Class#getDeclaredMethods()
 * @since 1.1
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public final class Method
extends AccessibleObject implements Member, GenericDeclaration
{
  private static final int METHOD_MODIFIERS
    = Modifier.ABSTRACT | Modifier.FINAL | Modifier.NATIVE
      | Modifier.PRIVATE | Modifier.PROTECTED | Modifier.PUBLIC
      | Modifier.STATIC | Modifier.STRICT | Modifier.SYNCHRONIZED;

  private MethodSignatureParser p;

  VMMethod m;

  /**
   * This class is uninstantiable outside this package.
   */
  Method(VMMethod m)
  {
    this.m = m;
    m.m = this;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the class that declared this method, or the class where this method
   * is a non-inherited member.
   * @return the class that declared this member
   */
  public Class<?> getDeclaringClass()
  {
    return (Class<?>) m.getDeclaringClass();
  }

  /**
   * Gets the name of this method.
   * @return the name of this method
   */
  public String getName()
  {
    return m.getName();
  }

  /**
   * Gets the modifiers this method uses.  Use the <code>Modifier</code>
   * class to interpret the values.  A method can only have a subset of the
   * following modifiers: public, private, protected, abstract, static,
   * final, synchronized, native, and strictfp.
   *
   * @return an integer representing the modifiers to this Member
   * @see Modifier
   */
  public int getModifiers()
  {
    return m.getModifiersInternal() & METHOD_MODIFIERS;
  }

  /**
   * Return true if this method is a bridge method.  A bridge method
   * is generated by the compiler in some situations involving
   * generics and inheritance.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public boolean isBridge()
  {
    return (m.getModifiersInternal() & Modifier.BRIDGE) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Return true if this method is synthetic, false otherwise.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public boolean isSynthetic()
  {
    return (m.getModifiersInternal() & Modifier.SYNTHETIC) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Return true if this is a varargs method, that is if
   * the method takes a variable number of arguments.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public boolean isVarArgs()
  {
    return (m.getModifiersInternal() & Modifier.VARARGS) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the return type of this method.
   * @return the type of this method
   */
  public Class<?> getReturnType()
  {
    return (Class<?>) m.getReturnType();
  }

  /**
   * Get the parameter list for this method, in declaration order. If the
   * method takes no parameters, returns a 0-length array (not null).
   *
   * @return a list of the types of the method's parameters
   */
  public Class<?>[] getParameterTypes()
  {
    return (Class<?>[]) m.getParameterTypes();
  }

  /**
   * Get the exception types this method says it throws, in no particular
   * order. If the method has no throws clause, returns a 0-length array
   * (not null).
   *
   * @return a list of the types in the method's throws clause
   */
  public Class<?>[] getExceptionTypes()
  {
    return (Class<?>[]) m.getExceptionTypes();
  }

  /**
   * Compare two objects to see if they are semantically equivalent.
   * Two Methods are semantically equivalent if they have the same declaring
   * class, name, parameter list, and return type.
   *
   * @param o the object to compare to
   * @return <code>true</code> if they are equal; <code>false</code> if not
   */
  public boolean equals(Object o)
  {
    return m.equals(o);
  }

  /**
   * Get the hash code for the Method. The Method hash code is the hash code
   * of its name XOR'd with the hash code of its class name.
   *
   * @return the hash code for the object
   */
  public int hashCode()
  {
    return m.getDeclaringClass().getName().hashCode() ^ m.getName().hashCode();
  }

  /**
   * Get a String representation of the Method. A Method's String
   * representation is "&lt;modifiers&gt; &lt;returntype&gt;
   * &lt;methodname&gt;(&lt;paramtypes&gt;) throws &lt;exceptions&gt;", where
   * everything after ')' is omitted if there are no exceptions.<br> Example:
   * <code>public static int run(java.lang.Runnable,int)</code>
   *
   * @return the String representation of the Method
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    // 128 is a reasonable buffer initial size for constructor
    CPStringBuilder sb = new CPStringBuilder(128);
    Modifier.toString(getModifiers(), sb).append(' ');
    sb.append(ClassHelper.getUserName(getReturnType())).append(' ');
    sb.append(getDeclaringClass().getName()).append('.');
    sb.append(getName()).append('(');
    Class[] c = getParameterTypes();
    if (c.length > 0)
      {
        sb.append(ClassHelper.getUserName(c[0]));
        for (int i = 1; i < c.length; i++)
          sb.append(',').append(ClassHelper.getUserName(c[i]));
      }
    sb.append(')');
    c = getExceptionTypes();
    if (c.length > 0)
      {
        sb.append(" throws ").append(c[0].getName());
        for (int i = 1; i < c.length; i++)
          sb.append(',').append(c[i].getName());
      }
    return sb.toString();
  }

  public String toGenericString()
  {
    // 128 is a reasonable buffer initial size for constructor
    CPStringBuilder sb = new CPStringBuilder(128);
    Modifier.toString(getModifiers(), sb).append(' ');
    Constructor.addTypeParameters(sb, getTypeParameters());
    sb.append(getGenericReturnType()).append(' ');
    sb.append(getDeclaringClass().getName()).append('.');
    sb.append(getName()).append('(');
    Type[] types = getGenericParameterTypes();
    if (types.length > 0)
      {
        sb.append(types[0]);
        for (int i = 1; i < types.length; i++)
          sb.append(',').append(types[i]);
      }
    sb.append(')');
    types = getGenericExceptionTypes();
    if (types.length > 0)
      {
        sb.append(" throws ").append(types[0]);
        for (int i = 1; i < types.length; i++)
          sb.append(',').append(types[i]);
      }
    return sb.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Invoke the method. Arguments are automatically unwrapped and widened,
   * and the result is automatically wrapped, if needed.<p>
   *
   * If the method is static, <code>o</code> will be ignored. Otherwise,
   * the method uses dynamic lookup as described in JLS 15.12.4.4. You cannot
   * mimic the behavior of nonvirtual lookup (as in super.foo()). This means
   * you will get a <code>NullPointerException</code> if <code>o</code> is
   * null, and an <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> if it is incompatible
   * with the declaring class of the method. If the method takes 0 arguments,
   * you may use null or a 0-length array for <code>args</code>.<p>
   *
   * Next, if this Method enforces access control, your runtime context is
   * evaluated, and you may have an <code>IllegalAccessException</code> if
   * you could not acces this method in similar compiled code. If the method
   * is static, and its class is uninitialized, you trigger class
   * initialization, which may end in a
   * <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code>.<p>
   *
   * Finally, the method is invoked. If it completes normally, the return value
   * will be null for a void method, a wrapped object for a primitive return
   * method, or the actual return of an Object method. If it completes
   * abruptly, the exception is wrapped in an
   * <code>InvocationTargetException</code>.
   *
   * @param o the object to invoke the method on
   * @param args the arguments to the method
   * @return the return value of the method, wrapped in the appropriate
   *         wrapper if it is primitive
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if the method could not normally be called
   *         by the Java code (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the number of arguments is incorrect;
   *         if the arguments types are wrong even with a widening conversion;
   *         or if <code>o</code> is not an instance of the class or interface
   *         declaring this method
   * @throws InvocationTargetException if the method throws an exception
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static method triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   */
  public Object invoke(Object o, Object... args)
    throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException
  {
    return m.invoke(o, args);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an array of <code>TypeVariable</code> objects that represents
   * the type variables declared by this constructor, in declaration order.
   * An array of size zero is returned if this class has no type
   * variables.
   *
   * @return the type variables associated with this class. 
   * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic signature does
   *         not conform to the format specified in the Virtual Machine
   *         specification, version 3.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public TypeVariable<Method>[] getTypeParameters()
  {
    if (p == null)
      {
        String sig = m.getSignature();
        if (sig == null)
          return (TypeVariable<Method>[]) new TypeVariable[0];
        p = new MethodSignatureParser(this, sig);
      }
    return p.getTypeParameters();
  }

  /**
   * Returns an array of <code>Type</code> objects that represents
   * the exception types declared by this method, in declaration order.
   * An array of size zero is returned if this method declares no
   * exceptions.
   *
   * @return the exception types declared by this method. 
   * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic signature does
   *         not conform to the format specified in the Virtual Machine
   *         specification, version 3.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public Type[] getGenericExceptionTypes()
  {
    if (p == null)
      {
        String sig = m.getSignature();
        if (sig == null)
          return getExceptionTypes();
        p = new MethodSignatureParser(this, sig);
      }
    return p.getGenericExceptionTypes();
  }

  /**
   * Returns an array of <code>Type</code> objects that represents
   * the parameter list for this method, in declaration order.
   * An array of size zero is returned if this method takes no
   * parameters.
   *
   * @return a list of the types of the method's parameters
   * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic signature does
   *         not conform to the format specified in the Virtual Machine
   *         specification, version 3.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public Type[] getGenericParameterTypes()
  {
    if (p == null)
      {
        String sig = m.getSignature();
        if (sig == null)
          return getParameterTypes();
        p = new MethodSignatureParser(this, sig);
      }
    return p.getGenericParameterTypes();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the return type of this method.
   *
   * @return the return type of this method
   * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic signature does
   *         not conform to the format specified in the Virtual Machine
   *         specification, version 3.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public Type getGenericReturnType()
  {
    if (p == null)
      {
        String sig = m.getSignature();
        if (sig == null)
          return getReturnType();
        p = new MethodSignatureParser(this, sig);
      }
    return p.getGenericReturnType();
  }

  /**
   * If this method is an annotation method, returns the default
   * value for the method.  If there is no default value, or if the
   * method is not a member of an annotation type, returns null.
   * Primitive types are wrapped.
   *
   * @throws TypeNotPresentException if the method returns a Class,
   * and the class cannot be found
   *
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public Object getDefaultValue()
  {
    return m.getDefaultValue();
  }

  /**
   * <p>
   * Return an array of arrays representing the annotations on each
   * of the method's parameters.  The outer array is aligned against
   * the parameters of the method and is thus equal in length to
   * the number of parameters (thus having a length zero if there are none).
   * Each array element in the outer array contains an inner array which
   * holds the annotations.  This array has a length of zero if the parameter
   * has no annotations.
   * </p>
   * <p>
   * The returned annotations are serialized.  Changing the annotations has
   * no affect on the return value of future calls to this method.
   * </p>
   * 
   * @return an array of arrays which represents the annotations used on the
   *         parameters of this method.  The order of the array elements
   *         matches the declaration order of the parameters.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public Annotation[][] getParameterAnnotations()
  {
    return m.getParameterAnnotations();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the element's annotation for the specified annotation type,
   * or <code>null</code> if no such annotation exists.
   *
   * @param annotationClass the type of annotation to look for.
   * @return this element's annotation for the specified type, or
   *         <code>null</code> if no such annotation exists.
   * @throws NullPointerException if the annotation class is <code>null</code>.
   */
  public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
  {
    // Inescapable as the VM layer is 1.4 based. T will erase to Annotation anyway. 
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      T ann = (T) m.getAnnotation(annotationClass);
    return ann;
  }

  /**
   * Returns all annotations directly defined by the element.  If there are
   * no annotations directly associated with the element, then a zero-length
   * array will be returned.  The returned array may be modified by the client
   * code, but this will have no effect on the annotation content of this
   * class, and hence no effect on the return value of this method for
   * future callers.
   *
   * @return the annotations directly defined by the element.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()
  {
    return m.getDeclaredAnnotations();
  }

}