org.exolab.castor.util
Class ReflectionUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.castor.util.ReflectionUtil

public class ReflectionUtil

extends java.lang.Object

Utility class to support reflection-based operations.

Since:

1.1.2

Constructor Summary

ReflectionUtil()

Method Summary

static java.lang.Boolean

isEnumViaReflection(java.lang.Class type) Calls isEnum() method on target class vi areflection to find out whether the given type is a Java 5 enumeration.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReflectionUtil

public ReflectionUtil()

Method Detail

isEnumViaReflection

public static java.lang.Boolean isEnumViaReflection(java.lang.Class type)
                                             throws java.lang.NoSuchMethodException,
                                                    java.lang.IllegalAccessException,
                                                    java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

Calls isEnum() method on target class vi areflection to find out whether the given type is a Java 5 enumeration.

Parameters:

type - The type to analyze.

Returns:

True if the type given is a Java 5.0 enum.

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException - If the method can not be found.

java.lang.IllegalAccessException - If access to this method is illegal

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException - If the target method can not be invoked.