org.hibersap.mapping
Class ReflectionHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.hibersap.mapping.ReflectionHelper

public class ReflectionHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Author:

Carsten Erker

Method Summary

static java.lang.Class<?>	getArrayType(java.lang.Class<?> type) Get the array type of type, or null if type is not an array.
static java.lang.Class<?>	getClassForName(java.lang.String className)
static java.lang.reflect.Field	getDeclaredField(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String fieldName)
static java.lang.Object	getFieldValue(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String fieldName)
static java.lang.Class<?>	getGenericType(java.lang.reflect.Field field) Get the actual type of a one-dimensional generic field.
static java.util.Collection<java.lang.Object>	newCollectionInstance(java.lang.Class<? extends java.util.Collection> clazz)
static java.lang.Object	newInstance(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)
static void	setFieldValue(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String fieldName, java.lang.Object value)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getClassForName

public static java.lang.Class<?> getClassForName(java.lang.String className)
                                          throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

getArrayType

public static java.lang.Class<?> getArrayType(java.lang.Class<?> type)

Get the array type of type, or null if type is not an array.

Parameters:

type -

Returns:

getDeclaredField

public static java.lang.reflect.Field getDeclaredField(java.lang.Object bean,
                                                       java.lang.String fieldName)

getFieldValue

public static java.lang.Object getFieldValue(java.lang.Object bean,
                                             java.lang.String fieldName)

getGenericType

public static java.lang.Class<?> getGenericType(java.lang.reflect.Field field)

Get the actual type of a one-dimensional generic field.

Parameters:

field -

Returns:

newCollectionInstance

public static java.util.Collection<java.lang.Object> newCollectionInstance(java.lang.Class<? extends java.util.Collection> clazz)

newInstance

public static java.lang.Object newInstance(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)

setFieldValue

public static void setFieldValue(java.lang.Object bean,
                                 java.lang.String fieldName,
                                 java.lang.Object value)