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Commons Collections example source code file (InstantiateTransformer.java)

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The Commons Collections InstantiateTransformer.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.collections.functors;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;

import org.apache.commons.collections.FunctorException;
import org.apache.commons.collections.Transformer;

/**
 * Transformer implementation that creates a new object instance by reflection.
 * 
 * @since Commons Collections 3.0
 * @version $Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 13:33:15 +0100 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
 *
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 */
public class InstantiateTransformer implements Transformer, Serializable {

    /** The serial version */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3786388740793356347L;
    
    /** Singleton instance that uses the no arg constructor */
    public static final Transformer NO_ARG_INSTANCE = new InstantiateTransformer();

    /** The constructor parameter types */
    private final Class[] iParamTypes;
    /** The constructor arguments */
    private final Object[] iArgs;

    /**
     * Transformer method that performs validation.
     * 
     * @param paramTypes  the constructor parameter types
     * @param args  the constructor arguments
     * @return an instantiate transformer
     */
    public static Transformer getInstance(Class[] paramTypes, Object[] args) {
        if (((paramTypes == null) && (args != null))
            || ((paramTypes != null) && (args == null))
            || ((paramTypes != null) && (args != null) && (paramTypes.length != args.length))) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameter types must match the arguments");
        }

        if (paramTypes == null || paramTypes.length == 0) {
            return NO_ARG_INSTANCE;
        } else {
            paramTypes = (Class[]) paramTypes.clone();
            args = (Object[]) args.clone();
        }
        return new InstantiateTransformer(paramTypes, args);
    }

    /**
     * Constructor for no arg instance.
     */
    private InstantiateTransformer() {
        super();
        iParamTypes = null;
        iArgs = null;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor that performs no validation.
     * Use <code>getInstance if you want that.
     * 
     * @param paramTypes  the constructor parameter types, not cloned
     * @param args  the constructor arguments, not cloned
     */
    public InstantiateTransformer(Class[] paramTypes, Object[] args) {
        super();
        iParamTypes = paramTypes;
        iArgs = args;
    }

    /**
     * Transforms the input Class object to a result by instantiation.
     * 
     * @param input  the input object to transform
     * @return the transformed result
     */
    public Object transform(Object input) {
        try {
            if (input instanceof Class == false) {
                throw new FunctorException(
                    "InstantiateTransformer: Input object was not an instanceof Class, it was a "
                        + (input == null ? "null object" : input.getClass().getName()));
            }
            Constructor con = ((Class) input).getConstructor(iParamTypes);
            return con.newInstance(iArgs);

        } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
            throw new FunctorException("InstantiateTransformer: The constructor must exist and be public ");
        } catch (InstantiationException ex) {
            throw new FunctorException("InstantiateTransformer: InstantiationException", ex);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
            throw new FunctorException("InstantiateTransformer: Constructor must be public", ex);
        } catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
            throw new FunctorException("InstantiateTransformer: Constructor threw an exception", ex);
        }
    }

}

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