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package net.sf.cglib.reflect;

import java.lang.reflect.*;
import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
import net.sf.cglib.*;
import net.sf.cglib.core.*;
import org.objectweb.asm.ClassVisitor;
import org.objectweb.asm.Type;

// TODO: don't require exact match for return type

DOCUMENTATION FROM APACHE AVALON DELEGATE CLASS

Delegates are a typesafe pointer to another method. Since Java does not have language support for such a construct, this utility will construct a proxy that forwards method calls to any method with the same signature. This utility is inspired in part by the C# delegate mechanism. We implemented it in a Java-centric manner.

Delegate

Any interface with one method can become the interface for a delegate. Consider the example below:

  public interface MainDelegate {
      int main(String[] args);
  }

The interface above is an example of an interface that can become a delegate. It has only one method, and the interface is public. In order to create a delegate for that method, all we have to do is call MethodDelegate.create(this, "alternateMain", MainDelegate.class). The following program will show how to use it:

  public class Main {
      public static int main( String[] args ) {
          Main newMain = new Main();
          MainDelegate start = (MainDelegate)
              MethodDelegate.create(newMain, "alternateMain", MainDelegate.class);
          return start.main( args );
      }
      public int alternateMain( String[] args ) {
          for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
              System.out.println( args[i] );
          }
          return args.length;
      }
  }

By themselves, delegates don't do much. Their true power lies in the fact that they can be treated like objects, and passed to other methods. In fact that is one of the key building blocks of building Intelligent Agents which in tern are the foundation of artificial intelligence. In the above program, we could have easily created the delegate to match the static main method by substituting the delegate creation call with this: MethodDelegate.createStatic(getClass(), "main", MainDelegate.class).

Another key use for Delegates is to register event listeners. It is much easier to have all the code for your events separated out into methods instead of individual classes. One of the ways Java gets around that is to create anonymous classes. They are particularly troublesome because many Debuggers do not know what to do with them. Anonymous classes tend to duplicate alot of code as well. We can use any interface with one declared method to forward events to any method that matches the signature (although the method name can be different).

Equality

The criteria that we use to test if two delegates are equal are:
  • They both refer to the same instance. That is, the instance parameter passed to the newDelegate method was the same for both. The instances are compared with the identity equality operator, ==.
  • They refer to the same method as resolved by Method.equals.
Version:$Id: MethodDelegate.java,v 1.25 2006/03/05 02:43:19 herbyderby Exp $
/** * <b>DOCUMENTATION FROM APACHE AVALON DELEGATE CLASS</b> * * <p> * Delegates are a typesafe pointer to another method. Since Java does not * have language support for such a construct, this utility will construct * a proxy that forwards method calls to any method with the same signature. * This utility is inspired in part by the C# delegate mechanism. We * implemented it in a Java-centric manner. * </p> * * <h2>Delegate</h2> * <p> * Any interface with one method can become the interface for a delegate. * Consider the example below: * </p> * * <pre> * public interface MainDelegate { * int main(String[] args); * } * </pre> * * <p> * The interface above is an example of an interface that can become a * delegate. It has only one method, and the interface is public. In * order to create a delegate for that method, all we have to do is * call <code>MethodDelegate.create(this, "alternateMain", MainDelegate.class)</code>. * The following program will show how to use it: * </p> * * <pre> * public class Main { * public static int main( String[] args ) { * Main newMain = new Main(); * MainDelegate start = (MainDelegate) * MethodDelegate.create(newMain, "alternateMain", MainDelegate.class); * return start.main( args ); * } * * public int alternateMain( String[] args ) { * for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) { * System.out.println( args[i] ); * } * return args.length; * } * } * </pre> * * <p> * By themselves, delegates don't do much. Their true power lies in the fact that * they can be treated like objects, and passed to other methods. In fact that is * one of the key building blocks of building Intelligent Agents which in tern are * the foundation of artificial intelligence. In the above program, we could have * easily created the delegate to match the static <code>main</code> method by * substituting the delegate creation call with this: * <code>MethodDelegate.createStatic(getClass(), "main", MainDelegate.class)</code>. * </p> * <p> * Another key use for Delegates is to register event listeners. It is much easier * to have all the code for your events separated out into methods instead of individual * classes. One of the ways Java gets around that is to create anonymous classes. * They are particularly troublesome because many Debuggers do not know what to do * with them. Anonymous classes tend to duplicate alot of code as well. We can * use any interface with one declared method to forward events to any method that * matches the signature (although the method name can be different). * </p> * * <h3>Equality</h3> * The criteria that we use to test if two delegates are equal are: * <ul> * <li> * They both refer to the same instance. That is, the <code>instance</code> * parameter passed to the newDelegate method was the same for both. The * instances are compared with the identity equality operator, <code>==</code>. * </li> * <li>They refer to the same method as resolved by <code>Method.equals</code>.</li> * </ul> * * @version $Id: MethodDelegate.java,v 1.25 2006/03/05 02:43:19 herbyderby Exp $ */
abstract public class MethodDelegate { private static final MethodDelegateKey KEY_FACTORY = (MethodDelegateKey)KeyFactory.create(MethodDelegateKey.class, KeyFactory.CLASS_BY_NAME); protected Object target; protected String eqMethod; interface MethodDelegateKey { Object newInstance(Class delegateClass, String methodName, Class iface); } public static MethodDelegate createStatic(Class targetClass, String methodName, Class iface) { Generator gen = new Generator(); gen.setTargetClass(targetClass); gen.setMethodName(methodName); gen.setInterface(iface); return gen.create(); } public static MethodDelegate create(Object target, String methodName, Class iface) { Generator gen = new Generator(); gen.setTarget(target); gen.setMethodName(methodName); gen.setInterface(iface); return gen.create(); } public boolean equals(Object obj) { MethodDelegate other = (MethodDelegate)obj; return (other != null && target == other.target) && eqMethod.equals(other.eqMethod); } public int hashCode() { return target.hashCode() ^ eqMethod.hashCode(); } public Object getTarget() { return target; } abstract public MethodDelegate newInstance(Object target); public static class Generator extends AbstractClassGenerator { private static final Source SOURCE = new Source(MethodDelegate.class.getName()); private static final Type METHOD_DELEGATE = TypeUtils.parseType("net.sf.cglib.reflect.MethodDelegate"); private static final Signature NEW_INSTANCE = new Signature("newInstance", METHOD_DELEGATE, new Type[]{ Constants.TYPE_OBJECT }); private Object target; private Class targetClass; private String methodName; private Class iface; public Generator() { super(SOURCE); } public void setTarget(Object target) { this.target = target; this.targetClass = target.getClass(); } public void setTargetClass(Class targetClass) { this.targetClass = targetClass; } public void setMethodName(String methodName) { this.methodName = methodName; } public void setInterface(Class iface) { this.iface = iface; } protected ClassLoader getDefaultClassLoader() { return targetClass.getClassLoader(); } protected ProtectionDomain getProtectionDomain() { return ReflectUtils.getProtectionDomain(targetClass); } public MethodDelegate create() { setNamePrefix(targetClass.getName()); Object key = KEY_FACTORY.newInstance(targetClass, methodName, iface); return (MethodDelegate)super.create(key); } protected Object firstInstance(Class type) { return ((MethodDelegate)ReflectUtils.newInstance(type)).newInstance(target); } protected Object nextInstance(Object instance) { return ((MethodDelegate)instance).newInstance(target); } public void generateClass(ClassVisitor v) throws NoSuchMethodException { Method proxy = ReflectUtils.findInterfaceMethod(iface); final Method method = targetClass.getMethod(methodName, proxy.getParameterTypes()); if (!proxy.getReturnType().isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType())) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("incompatible return types"); } MethodInfo methodInfo = ReflectUtils.getMethodInfo(method); boolean isStatic = TypeUtils.isStatic(methodInfo.getModifiers()); if ((target == null) ^ isStatic) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Static method " + (isStatic ? "not " : "") + "expected"); } ClassEmitter ce = new ClassEmitter(v); CodeEmitter e; ce.begin_class(Constants.V1_8, Constants.ACC_PUBLIC, getClassName(), METHOD_DELEGATE, new Type[]{ Type.getType(iface) }, Constants.SOURCE_FILE); ce.declare_field(Constants.PRIVATE_FINAL_STATIC, "eqMethod", Constants.TYPE_STRING, null); EmitUtils.null_constructor(ce); // generate proxied method MethodInfo proxied = ReflectUtils.getMethodInfo(iface.getDeclaredMethods()[0]); int modifiers = Constants.ACC_PUBLIC; if ((proxied.getModifiers() & Constants.ACC_VARARGS) == Constants.ACC_VARARGS) { modifiers |= Constants.ACC_VARARGS; } e = EmitUtils.begin_method(ce, proxied, modifiers); e.load_this(); e.super_getfield("target", Constants.TYPE_OBJECT); e.checkcast(methodInfo.getClassInfo().getType()); e.load_args(); e.invoke(methodInfo); e.return_value(); e.end_method(); // newInstance e = ce.begin_method(Constants.ACC_PUBLIC, NEW_INSTANCE, null); e.new_instance_this(); e.dup(); e.dup2(); e.invoke_constructor_this(); e.getfield("eqMethod"); e.super_putfield("eqMethod", Constants.TYPE_STRING); e.load_arg(0); e.super_putfield("target", Constants.TYPE_OBJECT); e.return_value(); e.end_method(); // static initializer e = ce.begin_static(); e.push(methodInfo.getSignature().toString()); e.putfield("eqMethod"); e.return_value(); e.end_method(); ce.end_class(); } } }