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002 $Id: ReflectionMethodInvoker.java,v 1.1 2005/06/01 20:00:35 glaforge Exp $
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046 package org.codehaus.groovy.runtime;
047
048 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
049
050 /**
051 * Utility class to call methods through reflection, and falls through using the <code>Invoker</code> to call the method if it fails.
052 * The class is particularly useful for Groovy classes implementing <code>GroovyIntercpetable</code>,
053 * since it is not possible to call any method from this class,
054 * because it is intercepted by the <code>invokeMethod()</code> method.
055 *
056 * @author Guillaume Laforge
057 */
058 public class ReflectionMethodInvoker {
059
060 /**
061 * Invoke a method through reflection.
062 * Falls through to using the Invoker to call the method in case the reflection call fails..
063 *
064 * @param object the object on which to invoke a method
065 * @param methodName the name of the method to invoke
066 * @param parameters the parameters of the method call
067 * @return the result of the method call
068 */
069 public static Object invoke(Object object, String methodName, Object[] parameters) {
070 try {
071 Class[] classTypes = new Class[parameters.length];
072 for (int i = 0; i < classTypes.length; i++) {
073 classTypes[i] = parameters[i].getClass();
074 }
075 Method method = object.getClass().getMethod(methodName, classTypes);
076 return method.invoke(object, parameters);
077 } catch (Throwable t) {
078 return InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(object, methodName, parameters);
079 }
080 }
081
082 }