gomp-20050608-branch/libjava/classpath/gnu/CORBA/CDR/VMVio.java

   1 /* VMVio.java -- Native operations, required by value IO.
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   3
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  37
  38 /**
  39  * This is a temporary replacement for the native call that would allocate
  40  * objects without public constructors. The replacement only allocates
  41  * objects with public parameterless constructor and objects with public
  42  * constructor taking string (like some Throwables).
  43  *
  44  * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
  45  *
  46  * TODO FIXME replace by native call like in VMObjectInputStream.
  47  * Required modification of Classpath the build system.
  48  */
  49
  50
  51 package gnu.CORBA.CDR;
  52
  53 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
  54
  55 public class VMVio
  56 {
  57   /**
  58    * Allocates a new Object of type clazz but without running the default
  59    * constructor on it. It then calls the given constructor on it. The given
  60    * constructor method comes from the constr_clazz which is a super class of
  61    * the given clazz.
  62    */
  63   public static Object allocateObject(Class clazz, Class constr_clazz,
  64     Constructor constructor)
  65     throws InstantiationException
  66   {
  67     try
  68       {
  69         Constructor c = clazz.getConstructor(new Class[0]);
  70         c.setAccessible(true);
  71         return c.newInstance(new Object[0]);
  72       }
  73     catch (Exception ex)
  74       {
  75         try
  76           {
  77             Constructor c = clazz.getConstructor(new Class[] { String.class });
  78             return c.newInstance(new Object[] { "" });
  79           }
  80         catch (Exception ex2)
  81           {
  82             Constructor c[] = clazz.getConstructors();
  83
  84             for (int i = 0; i < c.length; i++)
  85               {
  86                 try
  87                   {
  88                     c[i].setAccessible(true);
  89                     Class[] args = c[i].getParameterTypes();
  90                     return c[i].newInstance(new Object[args.length]);
  91                   }
  92                 catch (Exception ex3)
  93                   {
  94                     // Try another one.
  95                   }
  96               }
  97           }
  98         throw new InstantiationException(clazz.getName());
  99       }
 100   }
 101 }