Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2014 Andrew Reitz * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.lang.reflect.Constructor; import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException; import java.lang.reflect.Modifier; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Takes a class type and constructs it. If the class does not have an empty constructor this * will * find the parametrized constructor and use nulls and default values to construct the class. * * @param clazz The class to construct. * @param <T> The type of the class to construct. * @return The constructed object. */ public static <T> T createInstance(Class<T> clazz) { T created = null; Constructor<?>[] constructors = clazz.getConstructors(); for (Constructor<?> constructor : constructors) { if (!Modifier.isPrivate(constructor.getModifiers())) { Class<?>[] parameterTypes = constructor.getParameterTypes(); List<Object> params = new ArrayList<Object>(); for (Class<?> parameterType : parameterTypes) if (!parameterType.isPrimitive()) { params.add(null); } else { if (parameterType == boolean.class) { params.add(false); } else { params.add(0); } } try { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") T newObject = (T) constructor.newInstance(params.toArray()); created = newObject; } catch (InvocationTargetException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } catch (InstantiationException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } break; } } return created; } }