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/*****************************************************************************
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 *  This file is part of the BeanShell Java Scripting distribution.          *
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 *  Patrick Niemeyer (pat@pat.net)                                           *
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 *  http://www.pat.net/~pat/                                                 *
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package bsh;

/**
	Static routines supporing type comparison and conversion in BeanShell.
*/
class Types 
{
	static final int CAST=0, ASSIGNMENT=1;
	/**
		Special value that indicates by identity that the result of a cast
		operation was a valid cast.  This is used by castObject() and
		castPrimitive() in the checkOnly mode of operation.  This value is a 
		Primitive type so that it can be returned by castPrimitive.
	*/
	static Primitive VALID_CAST = new Primitive(1);
	static Primitive INVALID_CAST = new Primitive(-1);
	/**
		Get the Java types of the arguments.
	*/
    public static Class[] getTypes( Object[] args )
    {
        if ( args == null )
            return new Class[0];

        Class[] types = new Class[ args.length ];

        for( int i=0; i
		For Java primitive TYPE classes this method takes primitive promotion
		into account.  The ordinary Class.isAssignableFrom() does not take 
		primitive promotion conversions into account.  Note that Java allows
		additional assignments without a cast in combination with variable
		declarations.  Those are handled elsewhere (maybe should be here with a
		flag?)
		

This class accepts a null rhs type indicating that the rhs was the value Primitive.NULL and allows it to be assigned to any object lhs type (non primitive)

Note that the getAssignableForm() method is the primary bsh method for checking assignability. It adds additional bsh conversions, etc. @see #isBshAssignable( Class, Class ) @param lhs assigning from rhs to lhs @param rhs assigning from rhs to lhs */ static boolean isJavaAssignable( Class lhs, Class rhs ) { // null 'from' type corresponds to type of Primitive.NULL // assign to any object type if ( rhs == null ) return !lhs.isPrimitive(); if ( lhs.isPrimitive() && rhs.isPrimitive() ) { if ( lhs == rhs ) return true; // handle primitive widening conversions - JLS 5.1.2 if ( (rhs == Byte.TYPE) && (lhs == Short.TYPE || lhs == Integer.TYPE || lhs == Long.TYPE || lhs == Float.TYPE || lhs == Double.TYPE)) return true; if ( (rhs == Short.TYPE) && (lhs == Integer.TYPE || lhs == Long.TYPE || lhs == Float.TYPE || lhs == Double.TYPE)) return true; if ((rhs == Character.TYPE) && (lhs == Integer.TYPE || lhs == Long.TYPE || lhs == Float.TYPE || lhs == Double.TYPE)) return true; if ((rhs == Integer.TYPE) && (lhs == Long.TYPE || lhs == Float.TYPE || lhs == Double.TYPE)) return true; if ((rhs == Long.TYPE) && (lhs == Float.TYPE || lhs == Double.TYPE)) return true; if ((rhs == Float.TYPE) && (lhs == Double.TYPE)) return true; } else if ( lhs.isAssignableFrom(rhs) ) return true; return false; } /** @param rhs may be Primitive @param lhsType is java type or TYPE @deprecated Getting rid of this... Use isBshAssignable(...) and castObject(...) */ public static Object getAssignableForm( Object rhs, Class lhsType ) throws UtilEvalError { return castObject( rhs, lhsType, ASSIGNMENT ); } /** Attempt to cast an object instance to a new type. This method can handle fromValue Primitive types (representing primitive casts) as well as fromValue object casts requiring interface generation, etc. @param toType the class type of the cast result, which may include primitive types, e.g. Byte.TYPE @param fromValue an Object or bsh.Primitive primitive value (including Primitive.NULL or Primitive.VOID ) @see #isBshAssignable( Class, Class ) */ public static Object castObject( Object fromValue, Class toType, int operation ) throws UtilEvalError { if ( fromValue == null ) throw new InterpreterError("null fromValue"); Class fromType = fromValue instanceof Primitive ? ((Primitive)fromValue).getType() : fromValue.getClass(); return castObject( toType, fromType, fromValue, operation, false/*checkonly*/ ); } static boolean isBshAssignable( Class toType, Class fromType ) { try { return castObject( toType, fromType, null/*fromValue*/, ASSIGNMENT, true/*checkOnly*/ ) == VALID_CAST; } catch ( UtilEvalError e ) { // This should not happen with checkOnly true throw new InterpreterError("err in cast check: "+e); } } /* Perform a cast, cast check, or assignability check. @param toType the class type of the cast result, which may include primitive types, e.g. Byte.TYPE. toType may be null to indicate a loose type assignment (which matches any fromType). @param fromType is the class type of the value to be cast including java primitive TYPE classes for primitives. fromType should be null to indicate that the fromValue is or would be Primitive.NULL @param fromValue an Object or bsh.Primitive primitive value (including Primitive.NULL or Primitive.VOID ) @param checkOnly If checkOnly is true then fromValue must be null. FromType is checked for the cast to toType... If checkOnly is false then fromValue must be non-null (Primitive.NULL is ok) and the actual cast is performed. @throws UtilEvalError on invalid assignment (when operation is assignment ). @throws UtilTargetError wrapping ClassCastException on cast error (when operation is cast) @param operation is Types.CAST or Types.ASSIGNMENT @see Primitive.getType() */ static Object castObject( Class toType, Class fromType, Object fromValue, int operation, boolean checkOnly ) throws UtilEvalError { /* Lots of preconditions checked here... Once things are running smoothly we might comment these out (That's what assertions are for). */ if ( checkOnly && fromValue != null ) throw new InterpreterError("bad cast params 1"); if ( !checkOnly && fromValue == null ) throw new InterpreterError("bad cast params 2"); if ( fromType == Primitive.class ) throw new InterpreterError("bad from Type, need to unwrap"); if ( fromValue == Primitive.NULL && fromType != null ) throw new InterpreterError("inconsistent args 1"); if ( fromValue == Primitive.VOID && fromType != Void.TYPE ) throw new InterpreterError("inconsistent args 2"); if ( toType == Void.TYPE ) throw new InterpreterError("loose toType should be null"); // assignment to loose type, void type, or exactly same type if ( toType == null || toType == fromType ) return checkOnly ? VALID_CAST : fromValue; if ( toType.isPrimitive() ) { if ( fromType == Void.TYPE || fromType == null || fromType.isPrimitive() ) { // Both primitives, do primitive cast return Primitive.castPrimitive( toType, fromType, (Primitive)fromValue, checkOnly, operation ); } else { if ( Primitive.isWrapperType( fromType ) ) { // wrapper to primitive // Convert value to Primitive and check/cast it. //Object r = checkOnly ? VALID_CAST : Class unboxedFromType = Primitive.unboxType( fromType ); Primitive primFromValue; if ( checkOnly ) primFromValue = null; // must be null in checkOnly else primFromValue = (Primitive)Primitive.wrap( fromValue, unboxedFromType ); return Primitive.castPrimitive( toType, unboxedFromType, primFromValue, checkOnly, operation ); } else { // Cannot cast from arbitrary object to primitive if ( checkOnly ) return INVALID_CAST; else throw castError( toType, fromType, operation ); } } } // Casting to reference type if ( fromType == Void.TYPE || fromType == null || fromType.isPrimitive() ) { if ( Primitive.isWrapperType( toType ) && fromType != Void.TYPE && fromType != null ) { // primitive to wrapper type return checkOnly ? VALID_CAST : Primitive.castWrapper( Primitive.unboxType(toType), ((Primitive)fromValue).getValue() ); } // Primitive (not null or void) to Object.class type if ( toType == Object.class && fromType != Void.TYPE && fromType != null ) { // box it return checkOnly ? VALID_CAST : ((Primitive)fromValue).getValue(); } // Primitive to arbitrary object type. // Allow Primitive.castToType() to handle it as well as cases of // Primitive.NULL and Primitive.VOID return Primitive.castPrimitive( toType, fromType, (Primitive)fromValue, checkOnly, operation ); } // If type already assignable no cast necessary // We do this last to allow various errors above to be caught. // e.g cast Primitive.Void to Object would pass this if ( toType.isAssignableFrom( fromType ) ) return checkOnly ? VALID_CAST : fromValue; // Can we use the proxy mechanism to cast a bsh.This to // the correct interface? if ( toType.isInterface() && bsh.This.class.isAssignableFrom( fromType ) && Capabilities.canGenerateInterfaces() ) return checkOnly ? VALID_CAST : ((bsh.This)fromValue).getInterface( toType ); // Both numeric wrapper types? // Try numeric style promotion wrapper cast if ( Primitive.isWrapperType( toType ) && Primitive.isWrapperType( fromType ) ) return checkOnly ? VALID_CAST : Primitive.castWrapper( toType, fromValue ); if ( checkOnly ) return INVALID_CAST; else throw castError( toType, fromType , operation ); } /** Return a UtilEvalError or UtilTargetError wrapping a ClassCastException describing an illegal assignment or illegal cast, respectively. */ static UtilEvalError castError( Class lhsType, Class rhsType, int operation ) { return castError( Reflect.normalizeClassName(lhsType), Reflect.normalizeClassName(rhsType), operation ); } static UtilEvalError castError( String lhs, String rhs, int operation ) { if ( operation == ASSIGNMENT ) return new UtilEvalError ( "Can't assign " + rhs + " to "+ lhs ); Exception cce = new ClassCastException( "Cannot cast " + rhs + " to " + lhs ); return new UtilTargetError( cce ); } // Currently unused, but we'll probably need it later. /** Determine if a cast would be legitimate in order to handle the special cases where a numeric declared var is assigned a type larger than it can handle. (JLS cite??) byte b = 5; byte b1 = 5*10; Normally the above would be int types. boolean canCastToDeclaredType( Object value, Class toType ) { if ( !(value instanceof Primitive) ) return false; Class fromType = ((Primitive)value).getType(); if ( (toType==Byte.TYPE || toType==Short.TYPE || toType==Character.TYPE) && fromType == Integer.TYPE ) return true; else return false; } */ /** // Need to confirm that this works under 1.1 static Class typeDescriptorToType( String desc ) { if ( desc.startsWith("[") ) // wouldn't normally use Class.forName, but for primitive ok... return Class.forName( } */ }

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