I have a requirement where in i need to invoke method from class in a particular pattern which is obtained as input argument.
public RandomMethod(String ClassName){
//Eg For Class Name Abc , there is a method AbcProcessor which i need to invoke
ClassName.ClassNameProcessor
}
Since i am getting the argument as String , i am not able to figure out how to cast String into a form where i can call something like Abc.AbcProcessor()
I believe there is some way to do this using reflections. But i am not sure how to proceed.
By reflection you can do that, try following sample:
Class A:
public class A {
public void print(){
System.out.println("A");
}
}
Class B:
public class B {
public void print(){
System.out.println("B");
}
}
Invoking print() from A and B:
public class Test {
public static void callPrint(String className){
try {
Class clazz = Class.forName(className);
Object obj = clazz.newInstance();
clazz.getDeclaredMethod("print").invoke(obj);
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
callPrint("test.A");
callPrint("test.B");
}
}
You need to use reflecton, indeed:
public void randomMethod(String fullyQualifiedClassName, String methodName) throws ReflectiveOperationException {
Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(fullyQualifiedClassName);
clazz.getMethod(methodName).invoke(null);
}
which would work assuming you are calling public static method with no arguments
Related
I want to create a menu which should be populated by arbitrary methods, which are marked by an annotation. The methods should be invoked from inside the base class. Unfortunately 'java.lang.ClassCastException' is thrown since the method.invoke function expects an object which is instance of the child class. But i only get the base class.
Here is what i tried so far :
public abstract Class BaseClass{
private void invokeSomeMethod(){
final Method[] methods= getClass().getDeclaredMethods();
for (Method method : methods) {
if (method.isAnnotationPresent(MenuFunction.class)) {
MenuFunction menuFunction = method.getAnnotation(MenuFunction.class);
menuFunction.invoke(this); //Throws 'java.lang.ClassCastException'
}
}
}
#Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
#Target({ METHOD })
public #interface MenuFunction {
String Label();
}
}
public Class ChildClass extends BaseClass{
#MenuFunction(Label = "First method")
public void setHigh(){
//Arbitrary function
}
#MenuFunction(Label = "Another method")
public void setLow(){
//Do something
}
}
I guess what you want to do is this:
public abstract class BaseClass {
public void invokeSomeMethod() throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
final Method[] methods = getClass().getDeclaredMethods();
for (Method method : methods) {
if (method.isAnnotationPresent(MenuFunction.class)) {
MenuFunction menuFunction = method.getAnnotation(MenuFunction.class);
method.invoke(this); //invoke method here'
}
}
}
}
public class ChildClass extends BaseClass{
#MenuFunction(Label = "hello")
public void hello() {
System.out.println("hello");
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException {
new ChildClass().invokeSomeMethod();
}
}
Result:
hello
I want to define a function that creates different type objects that share the same base class. I'd like to pass in the object type and have the function creating the object and then modifying its attributes. The problem is that the main class from which all these objects are created, does not have the object's attributes so the code fails to compile.
Example:
public void new_generic_report(Class report_class, String report_name) {
Report new_report = this.reportManager.createReport(report_class);
new_report.set_name(report_name);
}
Calling new_generic_report(GreenReport.class, "green_report"); fails because new_report is of the class Report instead of GreenReport so it does not have the .set_name method.
I know I could implement the .set_name method (and other common methods) in the main Report class but I am writing code to interface with an API that I cannot modify.
If you are sure that createReport returns an instance of the correct class you can just do a cast:
((SpecialClass)new_report).set_name(report_name);
An alternative is to use reflection:
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
public class Test {
static class Base {};
static class Child extends Base {
public void setName(final String name) {
System.out.println("setName("+name+")");
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test().new_generic_report(Child.class, "Testname");
}
public void new_generic_report(final Class clazz, final String name) {
Base base = createBase(clazz);
try {
Method m = clazz.getMethod("setName", String.class);
m.invoke(base, name);
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private Base createBase(Class report_class) {
return new Child();
}
}
Of course this only works, if the returned instance implements the method.
Create a parent class for your report for instance :
public abstract class NamedReport extends Report
{
public abstract void setName(String name);
}
class GreenReport extends NamedReport {
#Override
public void setName(String name) {
}
}
Then simply cast your class in your method :
public void new_generic_report(Class report_class, String report_name) {
Report new_report = this.reportManager.createReport(report_class);
if (new_report instanceof NamedReport)
{
((NamedReport)new_report).set_name(report_name);
}
}
I create a class to handle some specific job that use variety of classes on my project.
But after finish the job class must call-back specific method on the called classes.
I use interface to handle this call-back method.
How can I store the called class?
I can get the instance from constructor but I'm looking for generic way.
Your question is not clear but it may be possible that you have missed the fact that classes can implement more than one interface.
public interface DoesAJob {
public void doIt();
}
public interface Finishes {
public void finish();
}
class AThing implements DoesAJob, Finishes {
#Override
public void doIt() {
}
#Override
public void finish() {
}
}
private void doTheJob(DoesAJob thing) {
thing.doIt();
}
private void finishUp(Finishes thing) {
thing.finish();
}
public void test() {
AThing thing = new AThing();
doTheJob(thing);
finishUp(thing);
}
You can use just Java Interface, or use Java Reflection.
First the Interface
package test;
public interface MyClassInterface {
public String getName();
}
next, the Interface Implementation
package test;
public class MyClassImplementation implements MyClassInterface {
String name;
public MyClassImplementation() {
name= "Whatever";
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
}
finally invoke the class. just Interface example:
package test;
public class MainTest {
public static void main(String[] args){
MyClassInterface myClassImplementation = new MyClassImplementation();
System.out.println(myClassImplementation.getName());
}
}
Using Reflection example:
package test;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
public class MainTest {
public static void main(String[] args)
throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException,
InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException {
//using reflection
Object otherClassImplementation=null;
try {
Class<?> cls = Class.forName("test.MyClassImplementation");
otherClassImplementation = cls.newInstance();
Method method = cls.getMethod("getName");
System.out.println(method.invoke(otherClassImplementation));
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
I want to change the object return from call to a constuctor
FROM
public class A {
public A(){
}
public String sayHello() {
return "hello";
}
public String foo() {
return "foo";
}
}
TO
public class AWrapped extends A {
private A wrapped;
public AWrapped() {
super();
}
public AWrapped(A pWrapped) {
wrapped=pWrapped;
}
public String foo() {
return wrapped.foo();
}
public String sayHello {
return "gday mate";
}
}
What i want to do is to change the object that is returned from a call
A a = new A();
a.sayHello() returns "gday mate"
a is an instaceof AWrapped
I understand that this would usually be done with a factory pattern but I dont have access to the code of A or the code that makes new A's. And there are 1000s of places that A can be created.
It seems that Aspectj might do the trick, but i dont know much about it, If AspectJ would do the trick how to I get around the infinite wrapping i need to know that its being consturcted from within and aspect so it doesnt wrapp it again.
Thanks for the help
Jon
If I understand you right you could do the following:
I've created three packages:
aspectj for the aspect and AWrapped.java
unknown for A.java (could also be Bytecode but then you have to use Load Time Weaving)
main to test A a = new A();
MyAspect to return the AWrapped object if a new() call is made on class A:
package aspectj;
import unknown.A;
#Aspect
public class MyAspect {
#Pointcut("call(unknown.A.new(..)) && !within(aspectj..*)")
public static void init(ProceedingJoinPoint pjp) {
}
#Around("init(pjp)")
public Object initAdvice(ProceedingJoinPoint pjp) throws Throwable{
Object ret = pjp.proceed();
return new AWrapped((A) ret);
}
}
For testing:
package main;
import unknown.A;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
A a = new A();
System.out.println(a.sayHello());
}
}
This outputs:
gday mate
I would like to know how to create a contract with the caller for the Method parameter in the event the method has parameters itself. So that I use...
ClassA {
String string_ = "HI";
public static void subscribe(Object class, Method action) {
action.invoke(class, string_);
}
}
ClassB {
ClassB() {
ClassA.subscribe(this, this.getClass().getMethod("load", String.class));
}
public void load(String input) {
if(input.equals("HI")) {
...
}
}
}
I would like to know how to ensure the Method passed as "action" takes String as a parameter (i.e. ensure Method action == load(String){})? Is there something like this available:
public static void subscribe(Object class, Method action(String.class)) {
I want to do it in the method signature of subscribe so that it is obvious to the calling class (ClassB) that it needs to be prepared to take an argument of specified type.
EDIT: Updated last code bit so not to appear as if Method was generic. Poor choice of using <> on my part to represent an example of what I was trying to convey.
There's no way to do that in Java. The Method class is not generic, and there is no way for it to be so, because methods can take any number of parameters, and there is no way to make a class generic over a variable number of types.
Probably the best you can do is to declare your own type to use instead of Method:
public interface Action<T, P> {
public void invoke(T target, P parameter);
}
Then:
public static <T> void subscribe(T obj, Action<T, String> action) {
action.invoke(obj, string_);
}
ClassB() {
ClassA.subscribe(this, new Action<ClassB, String>() {
public void invoke(ClassB target, String parameter) {
target.load(parameter);
}
});
}
In C# there are means to achieve what you are trying to do but I can't think of a way to ensure that at compile time for java.
can you resort to using intefaces?
interface ILoader{
void load(String input);
}
ClassA {
String string_ = "HI";
public static void subscribe(ILoader loader) {
loader.load( string_);
}
}
ClassB implements ILoader {
ClassB() {
ClassA.subscribe(this);
}
public void load(String input) {
if(input.equals("HI")) {
...
}
}
}
Couldn't you use a slight modification of the Command Pattern?
puclic interface LoadCommand {
public load(String input);
}
public class ClassB implements LoadCommand {
public load(String input) {
// do stuff here
}
}
public class ClassA {
String myInput = "HI";
public static void subscribe(LoadCommand command) {
command.load(myInput)
}
}
The load method in the LoadCommand interface takes one String argument.