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1   /*
2    * $Source$
3    * $Revision$
4    *
5    * Copyright (C) 2007 Tim Pizey
6    *
7    * Part of Melati (http://melati.org), a framework for the rapid
8    * development of clean, maintainable web applications.
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10   * Melati is free software; Permission is granted to copy, distribute
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43   */
44  package org.melati.poem.util;
45  
46  import java.lang.reflect.Method;
47  
48  /**
49   * @author timp
50   * @since 15 Jun 2007
51   * 
52   */
53  public final class ClassUtils {
54    
55    private ClassUtils() {}
56    
57    /**
58     * @param clazz The class to introspect
59     * @param methodName The name of one argument methods to find
60     * @return An array of methods with the given name and one argument
61     */
62    public static Method[] getOneArgumentMethods(Class<?> clazz, String methodName) {
63      Method[] methods = clazz.getMethods();
64      Method[] possibleMethods = new Method[methods.length];
65      int possibleIndex = 0;
66      for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) {
67        if (methods[i].getName().equals(methodName)
68                && methods[i].getParameterTypes().length == 1) {
69          possibleMethods[possibleIndex++] = methods[i];
70        }
71      }
72      return (Method[])ArrayUtils.section(possibleMethods, 0, possibleIndex);
73    }
74  
75    /**
76     * @param clazz The class to introspect
77     * @param methodName The name of the no argument public method to return
78     * @return An accessible Method with the given name and no arguments or null
79     */
80    public static Method getNoArgMethod(Class<?> clazz, String methodName) {
81      Method method;
82      try {
83        method = clazz.getMethod(methodName, new Class[] {});
84      } catch (Exception e) {
85        method = null;
86      }
87      return method;
88    }
89  
90  }