minwin-gcc-5-2/libjava/classpath/gnu/CORBA/CDR/VMVio.java

/* VMVio.java -- Native operations, required by value IO.
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/**
 * This is a temporary replacement for the native call that would allocate
 * objects without public constructors. The replacement only allocates
 * objects with public parameterless constructor and objects with public
 * constructor taking string (like some Throwables).
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 *
 * TODO FIXME replace by native call like in VMObjectInputStream.
 * Required modification of Classpath the build system.
 */


package gnu.CORBA.CDR;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;

public class VMVio
{
  /**
   * Allocates a new Object of type clazz but without running the default
   * constructor on it. It then calls the given constructor on it. The given
   * constructor method comes from the constr_clazz which is a super class of
   * the given clazz.
   */
  public static Object allocateObject(Class clazz, Class constr_clazz,
    Constructor constructor)
    throws InstantiationException
  {
    try
      {
        Constructor c = clazz.getConstructor(new Class[0]);
        c.setAccessible(true);
        return c.newInstance(new Object[0]);
      }
    catch (Exception ex)
      {
        try
          {
            Constructor c = clazz.getConstructor(new Class[] { String.class });
            return c.newInstance(new Object[] { "" });
          }
        catch (Exception ex2)
          {
            Constructor c[] = clazz.getConstructors();

            for (int i = 0; i < c.length; i++)
              {
                try
                  {
                    c[i].setAccessible(true);
                    Class[] args = c[i].getParameterTypes();
                    return c[i].newInstance(new Object[args.length]);
                  }
                catch (Exception ex3)
                  {
                    // Try another one.
                  }
              }
          }
        throw new InstantiationException(clazz.getName());
      }
  }
}