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/*
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package org.robobinding.util;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;

/**
 * Migrated some of methods from
 * {@link org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.ConstructorUtils}.
 * 
 * @since 1.0
 * @version $Revision: 1.0 $
 * @author Cheng Wei
 */
public class ConstructorUtils {

    private ConstructorUtils() {
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Returns a new instance of the specified class inferring the right
     * constructor from the types of the arguments.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <p>
     * This locates and calls a constructor. The constructor signature must
     * match the argument types by assignment compatibility.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param <T>
     *            the type to be constructed
     * @param cls
     *            the class to be constructed, not null
     * @param args
     *            the array of arguments, null treated as empty
     * @return new instance of <code>cls</code>, not null
     * 
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException
     *             if a matching constructor cannot be found
     * @throws IllegalAccessException
     *             if invocation is not permitted by security
     * @throws InvocationTargetException
     *             if an error occurs on invocation
     * @throws InstantiationException
     *             if an error occurs on instantiation
     * @see #invokeConstructor(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Object[],
     *      java.lang.Class[])
     */
    public static <T> T invokeConstructor(final Class<T> cls, Object... args) throws NoSuchMethodException,
            IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, InstantiationException {
        if (args == null) {
            args = ArrayUtils.EMPTY_OBJECT_ARRAY;
        }
        final Class<?>[] parameterTypes = ClassUtils.toClass(args);
        return invokeConstructor(cls, args, parameterTypes);
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Returns a new instance of the specified class choosing the right
     * constructor from the list of parameter types.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <p>
     * This locates and calls a constructor. The constructor signature must
     * match the parameter types by assignment compatibility.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param <T>
     *            the type to be constructed
     * @param cls
     *            the class to be constructed, not null
     * @param args
     *            the array of arguments, null treated as empty
     * @param parameterTypes
     *            the array of parameter types, null treated as empty
     * @return new instance of <code>cls</code>, not null
     * 
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException
     *             if a matching constructor cannot be found
     * @throws IllegalAccessException
     *             if invocation is not permitted by security
     * @throws InvocationTargetException
     *             if an error occurs on invocation
     * @throws InstantiationException
     *             if an error occurs on instantiation
     * @see Constructor#newInstance
     */
    public static <T> T invokeConstructor(final Class<T> cls, Object[] args, Class<?>[] parameterTypes)
            throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
            InstantiationException {
        if (parameterTypes == null) {
            parameterTypes = ArrayUtils.EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY;
        }
        if (args == null) {
            args = ArrayUtils.EMPTY_OBJECT_ARRAY;
        }
        final Constructor<T> ctor = getMatchingAccessibleConstructor(cls, parameterTypes);
        if (ctor == null) {
            throw new NoSuchMethodException("No such accessible constructor on object: " + cls.getName());
        }
        return ctor.newInstance(args);
    }

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>
     * Finds a constructor given a class and signature, checking accessibility.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <p>
     * This finds the constructor and ensures that it is accessible. The
     * constructor signature must match the parameter types exactly.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param <T>
     *            the constructor type
     * @param cls
     *            the class to find a constructor for, not null
     * @param parameterTypes
     *            the array of parameter types, null treated as empty
     * @return the constructor, null if no matching accessible constructor found
     * @see Class#getConstructor
     * @see #getAccessibleConstructor(java.lang.reflect.Constructor)
     */
    public static <T> Constructor<T> getAccessibleConstructor(final Class<T> cls,
            final Class<?>... parameterTypes) {
        try {
            return getAccessibleConstructor(cls.getConstructor(parameterTypes));
        } catch (final NoSuchMethodException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Checks if the specified constructor is accessible.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <p>
     * This simply ensures that the constructor is accessible.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param <T>
     *            the constructor type
     * @param ctor
     *            the prototype constructor object, not null
     * @return the constructor, null if no matching accessible constructor found
     * @see java.lang.SecurityManager
     */
    public static <T> Constructor<T> getAccessibleConstructor(final Constructor<T> ctor) {
        return MemberUtils.isAccessible(ctor) && Modifier.isPublic(ctor.getDeclaringClass().getModifiers()) ? ctor
                : null;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Finds an accessible constructor with compatible parameters.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <p>
     * This checks all the constructor and finds one with compatible parameters
     * This requires that every parameter is assignable from the given parameter
     * types. This is a more flexible search than the normal exact matching
     * algorithm.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <p>
     * First it checks if there is a constructor matching the exact signature.
     * If not then all the constructors of the class are checked to see if their
     * signatures are assignment compatible with the parameter types. The first
     * assignment compatible matching constructor is returned.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param <T>
     *            the constructor type
     * @param cls
     *            the class to find a constructor for, not null
     * @param parameterTypes
     *            find method with compatible parameters
     * @return the constructor, null if no matching accessible constructor found
     */
    public static <T> Constructor<T> getMatchingAccessibleConstructor(final Class<T> cls,
            final Class<?>... parameterTypes) {
        // see if we can find the constructor directly
        // most of the time this works and it's much faster
        try {
            final Constructor<T> ctor = cls.getConstructor(parameterTypes);
            MemberUtils.setAccessibleWorkaround(ctor);
            return ctor;
        } catch (final NoSuchMethodException e) { // NOPMD - Swallow
        }
        Constructor<T> result = null;
        /*
         * (1) Class.getConstructors() is documented to return Constructor<T> so
         * as long as the array is not subsequently modified, everything's fine.
         */
        final Constructor<?>[] ctors = cls.getConstructors();

        // return best match:
        for (Constructor<?> ctor : ctors) {
            // compare parameters
            if (ClassUtils.isAssignable(parameterTypes, ctor.getParameterTypes(), true)) {
                // get accessible version of constructor
                ctor = getAccessibleConstructor(ctor);
                if (ctor != null) {
                    MemberUtils.setAccessibleWorkaround(ctor);
                    if (result == null || MemberUtils.compareParameterTypes(ctor.getParameterTypes(),
                            result.getParameterTypes(), parameterTypes) < 0) {
                        // temporary variable for annotation, see comment above
                        // (1)
                        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                        final Constructor<T> constructor = (Constructor<T>) ctor;
                        result = constructor;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

}