net.xoetrope.xui.helper
Class ReflectionHelper

java.lang.Object
  net.xoetrope.xui.helper.ReflectionHelper

public class ReflectionHelper
extends java.lang.Object

A helper to simplify some of the more common reflection tasks used in XUI

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2004

$Revision: 1.5 $

Field Summary

static int	LOG_ERROR_MESSAGE
static int	PRINT_STACK_TRACE

Constructor Summary

ReflectionHelper()

Method Summary

static java.lang.Object	constructViaReflection(java.lang.String className, java.lang.Object[] values) Create a new Object via reflection
static int	getErrorMode() Get the current error mode
static java.lang.Object	getViaReflection(java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.Object comp) Get a property using refelction instead of the property helper.
static void	setErrorMode(int m) Set the error mode for reflection errors
static boolean	setViaReflection(java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.Object comp, java.lang.Object value, boolean isBoolean) Set a property using reflection instead of the property helper.
static boolean	setViaReflection(java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.Object comp, java.lang.Object value, java.lang.Class objectClass) Set a property using refelction instead of the property helper.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PRINT_STACK_TRACE

public static final int PRINT_STACK_TRACE

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Constant Field Values

LOG_ERROR_MESSAGE

public static final int LOG_ERROR_MESSAGE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ReflectionHelper

public ReflectionHelper()

Method Detail

setErrorMode

public static void setErrorMode(int m)

Set the error mode for reflection errors

Parameters:

m - the new mode

getErrorMode

public static int getErrorMode()

Get the current error mode

Returns:

the error mode

getViaReflection

public static java.lang.Object getViaReflection(java.lang.String methodName,
                                                java.lang.Object comp)

Get a property using refelction instead of the property helper.

Parameters:

methodName - the method name

comp - the component being modified

Returns:

the property value

setViaReflection

public static boolean setViaReflection(java.lang.String methodName,
                                       java.lang.Object comp,
                                       java.lang.Object value,
                                       boolean isBoolean)

Set a property using reflection instead of the property helper.

Parameters:

methodName - the method name

comp - the component being modified

value - the new value

isBoolean - is it a boolean property being modified

Returns:

true if the property is set OK

setViaReflection

public static boolean setViaReflection(java.lang.String methodName,
                                       java.lang.Object comp,
                                       java.lang.Object value,
                                       java.lang.Class objectClass)

Set a property using refelction instead of the property helper.

Parameters:

methodName - the method name

comp - the component being modified

value - the new value

objectClass - the class of the argument of the set method being invoked

Returns:

true if the property is set OK

constructViaReflection

public static java.lang.Object constructViaReflection(java.lang.String className,
                                                      java.lang.Object[] values)

Create a new Object via reflection

Parameters:

className - the class to construct

values - an array of arguments used by the constructor

Returns:

the new object