Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * A collection of small utilities for component management and reflection handling. * <p/> * <hr/> Copyright 2006-2012 Torsten Heup * <p/> * 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 * <p/> * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * <p/> * 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 javax.swing.*; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import java.util.Arrays; public class Main { /** * Invokes the target runnable on the event dispatch thread. This is equivalent to SwingUtilities.invokeLater(...), * this method was just put here to have all the invoke-methods in one place. * * @param r Runnable to start. */ public static void invokeOnEDT(final Runnable r) { SwingUtilities.invokeLater(r); } /** * Invokes the given method on the EDT. * * @param target Target object exposing the specified method. * @param methodName Method to invoke. * @param args Arguments to pass to the method. */ public static void invokeOnEDT(final Object target, final String methodName, final Object... args) { final Class[] types = new Class[args.length]; for (int i = 0; i < types.length; i++) types[i] = args[i].getClass(); final Method m = getMethod(target, methodName, types); if (m == null) throw new RuntimeException("No such method: " + methodName + '(' + Arrays.toString(types) + ") found for target" + "class " + target.getClass().getName()); if (!m.isAccessible()) m.setAccessible(true); SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { try { m.invoke(target, args); } catch (Exception e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } } }); } /** * Returns a the specified method of the target object, or null if the method does not exist. This is merely a * conveniance method to avoid reflection's exceptions. * * @param target Target object to check * @param methodName Name of the method being queried * @param argumentTypes Types of the method's arguments * @return Method instance if the method exists, false otherwise. */ public static synchronized Method getMethod(final Object target, final String methodName, final Class... argumentTypes) { return getMethod(target.getClass(), methodName, argumentTypes); } /** * Attempts to find a method with the given name and argument types on the specified class. Other than Class's * getMethod(String, Class...) method, this method will also return protected and private methods. * * @param clazz Class supposed to offer the method being searched. * @param methodName Name of the method. * @param argumentTypes The arguments found in the method signature, if any. * @return a method with the given name and argument types on the specified class, if any. */ public static synchronized Method getMethod(final Class clazz, final String methodName, final Class... argumentTypes) { try { return clazz.getMethod(methodName, argumentTypes); } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) { /* Ok, so there's no public method... */ } Class runner = clazz; while (runner != null) { try { return runner.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, argumentTypes); } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) { /* No luck here either */ } runner = runner.getSuperclass(); } /* Still no luck, means there is no suitable method */ return null; } }