path: root/libjava/gnu/java/lang/reflect/TypeSignature.java

/* TypeSignature.java -- Class used to compute type signatures
   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This file is part of GNU Classpath.

GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.
 
GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
General Public License for more details.

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Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA.

As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */


package gnu.java.lang.reflect;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Member;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
   This class provides static methods that can be used to compute
   type-signatures of <code>Class</code>s or <code>Member</code>s.
   More specific methods are also provided for computing the
   type-signature of <code>Constructor</code>s and
   <code>Method</code>s.  Methods are also provided to go in the
   reverse direction.
*/
public class TypeSignature
{
 
  /**
     Returns a <code>String</code> representing the type-encoding of
     CLAZZ.  Type-encodings are computed as follows:

     <pre>
     boolean -> "Z"
     byte    -> "B"
     char    -> "C"
     double  -> "D"
     float   -> "F"
     int     -> "I"
     long    -> "J"
     short   -> "S"
     void    -> "V"
     arrays  -> "[" + type-encoding of component type
     object  -> "L"
                 + fully qualified class name with "."'s replaced by "/"'s
                 + ";"</pre>
  */
  public static String getEncodingOfClass( Class clazz )
  {
    if( clazz.isPrimitive() )
    {
      if( clazz == Boolean.TYPE )
	return "Z";
      if( clazz == Byte.TYPE )
	return "B";
      if( clazz == Character.TYPE )
	return "C";
      if( clazz == Double.TYPE )
	return "D";
      if( clazz == Float.TYPE )
	return "F";
      if( clazz == Integer.TYPE )
	return "I";
      if( clazz == Long.TYPE )
	return "J";
      if( clazz == Short.TYPE )
	return "S";
      if( clazz == Void.TYPE )
	return "V";
      else
	throw new RuntimeException( "Unknown primitive class " + clazz );
    }
    else if( clazz.isArray() )
    {
      return '[' + getEncodingOfClass( clazz.getComponentType() );
    }
    else
    {
      String classname = clazz.getName();
      int name_len = classname.length();
      char[] buf = new char[ name_len + 2 ];
      buf[0] = 'L';
      classname.getChars( 0, name_len, buf, 1 );
      
      int i;
      for( i=1; i <= name_len; i++ )
      {
	if( buf[i] == '.' )
	  buf[i] = '/';
      }
      
      buf[i] = ';';
      return new String( buf );
    }
  }

  
  /**
     This function is the inverse of <code>getEncodingOfClass</code>.

     @see getEncodingOfClass

     @exception ClassNotFoundException If class encoded as type_code
     cannot be located.
  */
  public static Class getClassForEncoding( String type_code )
    throws ClassNotFoundException
  {
    if( type_code.equals( "B" ) )
      return Byte.TYPE;
    if( type_code.equals( "C" ) )
      return Character.TYPE;
    if( type_code.equals( "D" ) )
      return Double.TYPE;
    if( type_code.equals( "F" ) )
      return Float.TYPE;
    if( type_code.equals( "I" ) )
      return Integer.TYPE;
    if( type_code.equals( "J" ) )
      return Long.TYPE;
    if( type_code.equals( "S" ) )
      return Short.TYPE;
    if( type_code.equals( "Z" ) )
      return Boolean.TYPE;
    if( type_code.charAt( 0 ) == 'L' )
    {
      return Class.forName(
	type_code.substring( 1, type_code.length() - 1 ).replace( '/', '.' ));
    }
    if( type_code.charAt( 0 ) == '[' )
    {
      int last_bracket = type_code.lastIndexOf( '[' );
      String brackets = type_code.substring( 0, last_bracket + 1 );
      String component = type_code.substring( last_bracket + 1 );
      
// ??? This is what the Classpath implementation did, but I don't
// think that it's correct.  The JLS says that Class.forName takes the
// classname of an array element in fully qualified form, whereas this
// code is tring to strip off the punctuation.

//        if( component.charAt( 0 ) == 'L' )
//  	component =
//  	  component.substring( 1, component.length() - 1 ).replace('/', '.');

      if( component.charAt( 0 ) == 'L' )
  	component = component.replace('/', '.');
	
      return Class.forName( brackets + component );
    }
    else
      throw new ClassNotFoundException( "Type code cannot be parsed as a valid class name" );
  }
  

  /**
     Returns a <code>String</code> representing the type-encoding of
     M.  The type-encoding of a method is:

     "(" + type-encodings of parameter types + ")" 
     + type-encoding of return type
  */
  public static String getEncodingOfMethod( Method m )
  {
    String returnEncoding = getEncodingOfClass( m.getReturnType() );
    Class[] paramTypes = m.getParameterTypes();
    String[] paramEncodings = new String[ paramTypes.length ];

    String paramEncoding;
    int size = 2; // make room for parens
    for( int i=0; i < paramTypes.length; i++ )
    {
      paramEncoding = getEncodingOfClass( paramTypes[i] );
      size += paramEncoding.length();
      paramEncodings[i] = paramEncoding;
    }
    
    size += returnEncoding.length();

    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer( size );
    buf.append( '(' );
    
    for( int i=0; i < paramTypes.length; i++ )
    {
      buf.append( paramEncodings[i] );
    }
    
    buf.append( ')' );
    buf.append( returnEncoding );
    
    return buf.toString();
  }


  /**
     Returns a <code>String</code> representing the type-encoding of
     C.  The type-encoding of a method is:

     "(" + type-encodings of parameter types + ")V" 
  */
  public static String getEncodingOfConstructor( Constructor c )
  {
    Class[] paramTypes = c.getParameterTypes();
    String[] paramEncodings = new String[ paramTypes.length ];

    String paramEncoding;
    int size = 3; // make room for parens and V for return type
    for( int i=0; i < paramTypes.length; i++ )
    {
      paramEncoding = getEncodingOfClass( paramTypes[i] );
      size += paramEncoding.length();
      paramEncodings[i] = paramEncoding;
    }
    
    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer( size );
    buf.append( '(' );
    
    for( int i=0; i < paramTypes.length; i++ )
    {
      buf.append( paramEncodings[i] );
    }
    
    buf.append( ")V" );
    
    return buf.toString();
  }


  /**
     Returns a <code>String</code> representing the type-encoding of
     MEM.  <code>Constructor</code>s are handled by
     <code>getEncodingOfConstructor</code>.  <code>Method</code>s are
     handled by <code>getEncodingOfMethod</code>.  <code>Field</code>s
     are handled by returning the encoding of the type of the
     <code>Field</code>.
  */
  public static String getEncodingOfMember( Member mem )
  {
    if( mem instanceof Constructor )
      return getEncodingOfConstructor( (Constructor)mem );
    if( mem instanceof Method )
      return getEncodingOfMethod( (Method)mem );
    else // Field
      return getEncodingOfClass( ((Field)mem).getType() );
  }
}