Class ReflectionUtils

java.lang.Object

madkit.reflection.ReflectionUtils

public class ReflectionUtils
extends Object

Utilities for finding method references in Agent classes.

Since:

6.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Class<?>[]	convertArgToTypes(Object[] parameters)	Converts the primitive types in the array to their corresponding wrapper classes.
static <E extends Enum<E>> String	enumToMethodName(E e)	Converts the name of an enum object to a Java standardized method name.
static String	getSignature(String methodName, Class<?>... types)	Converts a signature to its string representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

enumToMethodName

public static <E extends Enum<E>> String enumToMethodName(E e)

Converts the name of an enum object to a Java standardized method name. For instance, using this on AgentAction.LAUNCH_AGENT will return launchAgent. It is especially used by AgentAction to create Actions that reflexively call the methods of an agent or send a message to it. See Agent.handleRequestActionMessage(madkit.action.RequestActionMessage)

Type Parameters:

E - enum type

Parameters:

e - the enum object to convert

Returns:

a string having a Java standardized method name form.

getSignature

public static String getSignature(String methodName,
 Class<?>... types)

Converts a signature to its string representation. This is used by MethodFinder to store the signature of methods in a map.

Parameters:

methodName - the name of the method

types - the types of the arguments of the method

Returns:

a string representation of the signature

convertArgToTypes

public static Class<?>[] convertArgToTypes(Object[] parameters)

Converts the primitive types in the array to their corresponding wrapper classes.

Parameters:

parameters - the parameters to convert

Returns:

the converted parameters array