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/* * def-proxy * * Copyright (c) 2010-2011 * Tim Watson (watson.timothy@gmail.com), Charles Care (c.p.care@gmail.com). * All Rights Reserved. * * This file is provided to you 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. */ package org.nebularis.defproxy.introspection; import org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils; import org.apache.commons.lang.ClassUtils; public class ReflectionUtils { /** * Returns <code>true</code> if the methodReturnType is assignable from the expectedReturnType. * @param expectedReturnType * @param methodReturnType * @return */ public static boolean isAssignable(final Class<?> expectedReturnType, final Class<?> methodReturnType) { if (expectedReturnType == null || methodReturnType == null) { return false; } final boolean straightCheck = ClassUtils.isAssignable(methodReturnType, expectedReturnType); if (!straightCheck) { if (methodReturnType.isPrimitive()) { return ClassUtils.isAssignable(methodReturnType, primitiveForOrSame(expectedReturnType)); } else if (expectedReturnType.isPrimitive()) { return ClassUtils.isAssignable(expectedReturnType, primitiveForOrSame(methodReturnType)); } } return straightCheck; } /** * For each member of both class arrays, returns <code>true</code> if the * type from the first array is assignable from the type taken from the second array. * @param classArray * @param toClassArray * @return */ public static boolean isAssignable(Class[] classArray, Class[] toClassArray) { if (classArray == null) { classArray = ArrayUtils.EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY; } if (toClassArray == null) { toClassArray = ArrayUtils.EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY; } if (ArrayUtils.isSameLength(classArray, toClassArray) == false) { return false; } for (int i = 0; i < classArray.length; i++) { if (isAssignable(classArray[i], toClassArray[i]) == false) { return false; } } return true; } static <T> Class<? extends T> primitiveForOrSame(Class<T> clazz) { try { return (Class<? extends T>) clazz.getField("TYPE").get(clazz); } catch (Exception e) { return clazz; } } }