org.alfresco.rest.framework.core

Class ResourceInspectorUtil

java.lang.Object

org.alfresco.rest.framework.core.ResourceInspectorUtil

public class ResourceInspectorUtil
extends Object

Generic methods used by ResourceInspector

Author:

Gethin James

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ResourceInspectorUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected static Class	determineType(Class resource, Method method) Determine the expected type as the returned type of the method.
protected static List<Method>	findMethodsByAnnotation(Class objClass, Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) Finds methods for the given annotation It first finds all public member methods of the class or interface represented by objClass, including those inherited from superclasses and superinterfaces.
static Object	invokeMethod(Method annotatedMethod, Object obj) Invokes a method and returns the result

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ResourceInspectorUtil

public ResourceInspectorUtil()

Method Detail

determineType

protected static Class determineType(Class resource,
                  Method method)

Determine the expected type as the returned type of the method. If the return type is a List it will return the generic element type instead of a List.

Parameters:

resource - - resource with methods

methodName -

Returns:

Class - type of class it needs.

findMethodsByAnnotation

protected static List<Method> findMethodsByAnnotation(Class objClass,
                                   Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType)

Finds methods for the given annotation It first finds all public member methods of the class or interface represented by objClass, including those inherited from superclasses and superinterfaces. It then loops through these methods searching for a single Annotation of annotationType, traversing its super methods if no annotation can be found on the given method itself.

Parameters:

objClass - - the class

annotationType - - the annotation to find

Returns:

- the List of Method or an empty List

invokeMethod

public static Object invokeMethod(Method annotatedMethod,
                  Object obj)

Invokes a method and returns the result

Parameters:

annotatedMethod -

obj -

Returns:

result of method call