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1 /* Signature.java -- utility class to compute class and method signatures
2 Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation
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40 package gnu.classpath.jdwp.util;
42 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
43 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
45 /**
46 * A class to compute class and method signatures.
48 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
49 * @author Keith Seitz (keiths@redhat.com)
51 public class Signature
53 /**
54 * Computes the class signature, i.e., java.lang.String.class
55 * returns "Ljava/lang/String;".
57 * @param theClass the class for which to compute the signature
58 * @return the class's type signature
60 public static String computeClassSignature (Class theClass)
62 StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer ();
63 _addToSignature (sb, theClass);
64 return sb.toString ();
67 /**
68 * Computes the field signature which is just the class signature of the
69 * field's type, ie a Field of type java.lang.String this will return
70 * "Ljava/lang/String;".
72 * @param field the field for which to compute the signature
73 * @return the field's type signature
75 public static String computeFieldSignature (Field field)
77 return computeClassSignature (field.getType());
80 /**
81 * Computes the method signature, i.e., java.lang.String.split (String, int)
82 * returns "(Ljava/lang/String;I)[Ljava/lang/String;"
84 * @param method the method for which to compute the signature
85 * @return the method's type signature
87 public static String computeMethodSignature (Method method)
89 return _computeSignature (method.getReturnType (),
90 method.getParameterTypes ());
93 private static String _computeSignature (Class returnType,
94 Class[] paramTypes)
96 StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer ("(");
97 if (paramTypes != null)
99 for (int i = 0; i < paramTypes.length; ++i)
100 _addToSignature (sb, paramTypes[i]);
102 sb.append (")");
103 _addToSignature (sb, returnType);
104 return sb.toString();
107 private static void _addToSignature (StringBuffer sb, Class k)
109 // For some reason there's no easy way to get the signature of a
110 // class.
111 if (k.isPrimitive ())
113 if (k == void.class)
114 sb.append('V');
115 else if (k == boolean.class)
116 sb.append('Z');
117 else if (k == byte.class)
118 sb.append('B');
119 else if (k == char.class)
120 sb.append('C');
121 else if (k == short.class)
122 sb.append('S');
123 else if (k == int.class)
124 sb.append('I');
125 else if (k == float.class)
126 sb.append('F');
127 else if (k == double.class)
128 sb.append('D');
129 else if (k == long.class)
130 sb.append('J');
131 return;
134 String name = k.getName ();
135 int len = name.length ();
136 sb.ensureCapacity (len);
137 if (! k.isArray ())
138 sb.append('L');
139 for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i)
141 char c = name.charAt (i);
142 if (c == '.')
143 c = '/';
144 sb.append (c);
146 if (! k.isArray ())
147 sb.append(';');