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/*
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package com.springframework.beans;

import com.springframework.beans.factory.BeansException;
import com.springframework.util.*;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import java.beans.PropertyEditor;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Static convenience methods for JavaBeans: for instantiating beans,
 * checking bean property types, copying bean properties, etc.
 *
 * <p>Mainly for use within the framework, but to some degree also
 * useful for application classes.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Rob Harrop
 * @author Sam Brannen
 */
public abstract class BeanUtils {

    private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(BeanUtils.class);

    private static final Set<Class<?>> unknownEditorTypes = Collections
            .newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentReferenceHashMap<Class<?>, Boolean>(64));

    /**
     * Convenience method to instantiate a class using its no-arg constructor.
     * As this method doesn't try to load classes by name, it should avoid
     * class-loading issues.
     * @param clazz class to instantiate
     * @return the new instance
     * @throws BeanInstantiationException if the bean cannot be instantiated
     */
    public static <T> T instantiate(Class<T> clazz) throws BeanInstantiationException {
        Assert.notNull(clazz, "Class must not be null");
        if (clazz.isInterface()) {
            throw new BeanInstantiationException(clazz, "Specified class is an interface");
        }
        try {
            return clazz.newInstance();
        } catch (InstantiationException ex) {
            throw new BeanInstantiationException(clazz, "Is it an abstract class?", ex);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
            throw new BeanInstantiationException(clazz, "Is the constructor accessible?", ex);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Instantiate a class using its no-arg constructor.
     * As this method doesn't try to load classes by name, it should avoid
     * class-loading issues.
     * <p>Note that this method tries to set the constructor accessible
     * if given a non-accessible (that is, non-public) constructor.
     * @param clazz class to instantiate
     * @return the new instance
     * @throws BeanInstantiationException if the bean cannot be instantiated
     */
    public static <T> T instantiateClass(Class<T> clazz) throws BeanInstantiationException {
        Assert.notNull(clazz, "Class must not be null");
        if (clazz.isInterface()) {
            throw new BeanInstantiationException(clazz, "Specified class is an interface");
        }
        try {
            return instantiateClass(clazz.getDeclaredConstructor());
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
            throw new BeanInstantiationException(clazz, "No default constructor found", ex);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Instantiate a class using its no-arg constructor and return the new instance
     * as the the specified assignable type.
     * <p>Useful in cases where
     * the type of the class to instantiate (clazz) is not available, but the type
     * desired (assignableTo) is known.
     * <p>As this method doesn't try to load classes by name, it should avoid
     * class-loading issues.
     * <p>Note that this method tries to set the constructor accessible
     * if given a non-accessible (that is, non-public) constructor.
     * @param clazz class to instantiate
     * @param assignableTo type that clazz must be assignableTo
     * @return the new instance
     * @throws BeanInstantiationException if the bean cannot be instantiated
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T instantiateClass(Class<?> clazz, Class<T> assignableTo) throws BeanInstantiationException {
        Assert.isAssignable(assignableTo, clazz);
        return (T) instantiateClass(clazz);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to instantiate a class using the given constructor.
     * As this method doesn't try to load classes by name, it should avoid
     * class-loading issues.
     * <p>Note that this method tries to set the constructor accessible
     * if given a non-accessible (that is, non-public) constructor.
     * @param ctor the constructor to instantiate
     * @param args the constructor arguments to apply
     * @return the new instance
     * @throws BeanInstantiationException if the bean cannot be instantiated
     */
    public static <T> T instantiateClass(Constructor<T> ctor, Object... args) throws BeanInstantiationException {
        Assert.notNull(ctor, "Constructor must not be null");
        try {
            ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(ctor);
            return ctor.newInstance(args);
        } catch (InstantiationException ex) {
            throw new BeanInstantiationException(ctor.getDeclaringClass(), "Is it an abstract class?", ex);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
            throw new BeanInstantiationException(ctor.getDeclaringClass(), "Is the constructor accessible?", ex);
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
            throw new BeanInstantiationException(ctor.getDeclaringClass(), "Illegal arguments for constructor", ex);
        } catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
            throw new BeanInstantiationException(ctor.getDeclaringClass(), "Constructor threw exception",
                    ex.getTargetException());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Find a method with the given method name and the given parameter types,
     * declared on the given class or one of its superclasses. Prefers public methods,
     * but will return a protected, package access, or private method too.
     * <p>Checks {@code Class.getMethod} first, falling back to
     * {@code findDeclaredMethod}. This allows to find public methods
     * without issues even in environments with restricted Java security settings.
     * @param clazz the class to check
     * @param methodName the name of the method to find
     * @param paramTypes the parameter types of the method to find
     * @return the Method object, or {@code null} if not found
     * @see Class#getMethod
     * @see #findDeclaredMethod
     */
    public static Method findMethod(Class<?> clazz, String methodName, Class<?>... paramTypes) {
        try {
            return clazz.getMethod(methodName, paramTypes);
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
            return findDeclaredMethod(clazz, methodName, paramTypes);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Find a method with the given method name and the given parameter types,
     * declared on the given class or one of its superclasses. Will return a public,
     * protected, package access, or private method.
     * <p>Checks {@code Class.getDeclaredMethod}, cascading upwards to all superclasses.
     * @param clazz the class to check
     * @param methodName the name of the method to find
     * @param paramTypes the parameter types of the method to find
     * @return the Method object, or {@code null} if not found
     * @see Class#getDeclaredMethod
     */
    public static Method findDeclaredMethod(Class<?> clazz, String methodName, Class<?>... paramTypes) {
        try {
            return clazz.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, paramTypes);
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
            if (clazz.getSuperclass() != null) {
                return findDeclaredMethod(clazz.getSuperclass(), methodName, paramTypes);
            }
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Find a method with the given method name and minimal parameters (best case: none),
     * declared on the given class or one of its superclasses. Prefers public methods,
     * but will return a protected, package access, or private method too.
     * <p>Checks {@code Class.getMethods} first, falling back to
     * {@code findDeclaredMethodWithMinimalParameters}. This allows for finding public
     * methods without issues even in environments with restricted Java security settings.
     * @param clazz the class to check
     * @param methodName the name of the method to find
     * @return the Method object, or {@code null} if not found
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if methods of the given name were found but
     * could not be resolved to a unique method with minimal parameters
     * @see Class#getMethods
     * @see #findDeclaredMethodWithMinimalParameters
     */
    public static Method findMethodWithMinimalParameters(Class<?> clazz, String methodName)
            throws IllegalArgumentException {

        Method targetMethod = findMethodWithMinimalParameters(clazz.getMethods(), methodName);
        if (targetMethod == null) {
            targetMethod = findDeclaredMethodWithMinimalParameters(clazz, methodName);
        }
        return targetMethod;
    }

    /**
     * Find a method with the given method name and minimal parameters (best case: none),
     * declared on the given class or one of its superclasses. Will return a public,
     * protected, package access, or private method.
     * <p>Checks {@code Class.getDeclaredMethods}, cascading upwards to all superclasses.
     * @param clazz the class to check
     * @param methodName the name of the method to find
     * @return the Method object, or {@code null} if not found
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if methods of the given name were found but
     * could not be resolved to a unique method with minimal parameters
     * @see Class#getDeclaredMethods
     */
    public static Method findDeclaredMethodWithMinimalParameters(Class<?> clazz, String methodName)
            throws IllegalArgumentException {

        Method targetMethod = findMethodWithMinimalParameters(clazz.getDeclaredMethods(), methodName);
        if (targetMethod == null && clazz.getSuperclass() != null) {
            targetMethod = findDeclaredMethodWithMinimalParameters(clazz.getSuperclass(), methodName);
        }
        return targetMethod;
    }

    /**
     * Find a method with the given method name and minimal parameters (best case: none)
     * in the given list of methods.
     * @param methods the methods to check
     * @param methodName the name of the method to find
     * @return the Method object, or {@code null} if not found
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if methods of the given name were found but
     * could not be resolved to a unique method with minimal parameters
     */
    public static Method findMethodWithMinimalParameters(Method[] methods, String methodName)
            throws IllegalArgumentException {

        Method targetMethod = null;
        int numMethodsFoundWithCurrentMinimumArgs = 0;
        for (Method method : methods) {
            if (method.getName().equals(methodName)) {
                int numParams = method.getParameterTypes().length;
                if (targetMethod == null || numParams < targetMethod.getParameterTypes().length) {
                    targetMethod = method;
                    numMethodsFoundWithCurrentMinimumArgs = 1;
                } else {
                    if (targetMethod.getParameterTypes().length == numParams) {
                        // Additional candidate with same length
                        numMethodsFoundWithCurrentMinimumArgs++;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        if (numMethodsFoundWithCurrentMinimumArgs > 1) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot resolve method '" + methodName
                    + "' to a unique method. Attempted to resolve to overloaded method with "
                    + "the least number of parameters, but there were " + numMethodsFoundWithCurrentMinimumArgs
                    + " candidates.");
        }
        return targetMethod;
    }

    /**
     * Parse a method signature in the form {@code methodName[([arg_list])]},
     * where {@code arg_list} is an optional, comma-separated list of fully-qualified
     * type names, and attempts to resolve that signature against the supplied {@code Class}.
     * <p>When not supplying an argument list ({@code methodName}) the method whose name
     * matches and has the least number of parameters will be returned. When supplying an
     * argument type list, only the method whose name and argument types match will be returned.
     * <p>Note then that {@code methodName} and {@code methodName()} are <strong>not</strong>
     * resolved in the same way. The signature {@code methodName} means the method called
     * {@code methodName} with the least number of arguments, whereas {@code methodName()}
     * means the method called {@code methodName} with exactly 0 arguments.
     * <p>If no method can be found, then {@code null} is returned.
     * @param signature the method signature as String representation
     * @param clazz the class to resolve the method signature against
     * @return the resolved Method
     * @see #findMethod
     * @see #findMethodWithMinimalParameters
     */
    public static Method resolveSignature(String signature, Class<?> clazz) {
        Assert.hasText(signature, "'signature' must not be empty");
        Assert.notNull(clazz, "Class must not be null");
        int firstParen = signature.indexOf("(");
        int lastParen = signature.indexOf(")");
        if (firstParen > -1 && lastParen == -1) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Invalid method signature '" + signature + "': expected closing ')' for args list");
        } else if (lastParen > -1 && firstParen == -1) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Invalid method signature '" + signature + "': expected opening '(' for args list");
        } else if (firstParen == -1 && lastParen == -1) {
            return findMethodWithMinimalParameters(clazz, signature);
        } else {
            String methodName = signature.substring(0, firstParen);
            String[] parameterTypeNames = StringUtils
                    .commaDelimitedListToStringArray(signature.substring(firstParen + 1, lastParen));
            Class<?>[] parameterTypes = new Class<?>[parameterTypeNames.length];
            for (int i = 0; i < parameterTypeNames.length; i++) {
                String parameterTypeName = parameterTypeNames[i].trim();
                try {
                    parameterTypes[i] = ClassUtils.forName(parameterTypeName, clazz.getClassLoader());
                } catch (Throwable ex) {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid method signature: unable to resolve type ["
                            + parameterTypeName + "] for argument " + i + ". Root cause: " + ex);
                }
            }
            return findMethod(clazz, methodName, parameterTypes);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Find a JavaBeans PropertyEditor following the 'Editor' suffix convention
     * (e.g. "mypackage.MyDomainClass" -> "mypackage.MyDomainClassEditor").
     * <p>Compatible to the standard JavaBeans convention as implemented by
     * {@link java.beans.PropertyEditorManager} but isolated from the latter's
     * registered default editors for primitive types.
     * @param targetType the type to find an editor for
     * @return the corresponding editor, or {@code null} if none found
     */
    public static PropertyEditor findEditorByConvention(Class<?> targetType) {
        if (targetType == null || targetType.isArray() || unknownEditorTypes.contains(targetType)) {
            return null;
        }
        ClassLoader cl = targetType.getClassLoader();
        if (cl == null) {
            try {
                cl = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
                if (cl == null) {
                    return null;
                }
            } catch (Throwable ex) {
                // e.g. AccessControlException on Google App Engine
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                    logger.debug("Could not access system ClassLoader: " + ex);
                }
                return null;
            }
        }
        String editorName = targetType.getName() + "Editor";
        try {
            Class<?> editorClass = cl.loadClass(editorName);
            if (!PropertyEditor.class.isAssignableFrom(editorClass)) {
                if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
                    logger.warn("Editor class [" + editorName
                            + "] does not implement [java.beans.PropertyEditor] interface");
                }
                unknownEditorTypes.add(targetType);
                return null;
            }
            return (PropertyEditor) instantiateClass(editorClass);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug("No property editor [" + editorName + "] found for type " + targetType.getName()
                        + " according to 'Editor' suffix convention");
            }
            unknownEditorTypes.add(targetType);
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Check if the given type represents a "simple" property:
     * a primitive, a String or other CharSequence, a Number, a Date,
     * a URI, a URL, a Locale, a Class, or a corresponding array.
     * <p>Used to determine properties to check for a "simple" dependency-check.
     * @param clazz the type to check
     * @return whether the given type represents a "simple" property
     */
    public static boolean isSimpleProperty(Class<?> clazz) {
        Assert.notNull(clazz, "Class must not be null");
        return isSimpleValueType(clazz) || (clazz.isArray() && isSimpleValueType(clazz.getComponentType()));
    }

    /**
     * Check if the given type represents a "simple" value type:
     * a primitive, a String or other CharSequence, a Number, a Date,
     * a URI, a URL, a Locale or a Class.
     * @param clazz the type to check
     * @return whether the given type represents a "simple" value type
     */
    public static boolean isSimpleValueType(Class<?> clazz) {
        return ClassUtils.isPrimitiveOrWrapper(clazz) || clazz.isEnum()
                || CharSequence.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz) || Number.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)
                || Date.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz) || clazz.equals(URI.class) || clazz.equals(URL.class)
                || clazz.equals(Locale.class) || clazz.equals(Class.class);
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve the JavaBeans {@code PropertyDescriptor}s of a given class.
     * @param clazz the Class to retrieve the PropertyDescriptors for
     * @return an array of {@code PropertyDescriptors} for the given class
     * @throws BeansException if PropertyDescriptor look fails
     */
    public static PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors(Class<?> clazz) throws BeansException {
        CachedIntrospectionResults cr = CachedIntrospectionResults.forClass(clazz);
        return cr.getPropertyDescriptors();
    }

}