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package com.sun.beans.introspect;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;

import com.sun.beans.TypeResolver;
import com.sun.beans.finder.MethodFinder;

final class MethodInfo {
    final Method method;
    final Class<?> type;

    MethodInfo(Method method, Class<?> type) {
        this.method = method;
        this.type = type;
    }

    MethodInfo(Method method, Type type) {
        this.method = method;
        this.type = resolve(method, type);
    }

    boolean isThrow(Class<?> exception) {
        for (Class<?> type : this.method.getExceptionTypes()) {
            if (type == exception) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    static Class<?> resolve(Method method, Type type) {
        return TypeResolver.erase(TypeResolver.resolveInClass(method.getDeclaringClass(), type));
    }

    static List<Method> get(Class<?> type) {
        List<Method> list = null;
        if (type != null) {
            boolean inaccessible = !Modifier.isPublic(type.getModifiers());
            for (Method method : type.getMethods()) {
                if (method.getDeclaringClass().equals(type)) {
                    if (inaccessible) {
                        try {
                            method = MethodFinder.findAccessibleMethod(method);
                            if (!method.getDeclaringClass().isInterface()) {
                                method = null; // ignore methods from superclasses
                            }
                        } catch (NoSuchMethodException exception) {
                            // commented out because of 6976577
                            // method = null; // ignore inaccessible methods
                        }
                    }
                    if (method != null) {
                        if (list == null) {
                            list = new ArrayList<>();
                        }
                        list.add(method);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        if (list != null) {
            list.sort(MethodOrder.instance);
            return Collections.unmodifiableList(list);
        }
        return Collections.emptyList();
    }

    
A comparator that defines a total order so that methods have the same name and identical signatures appear next to each others. The methods are sorted in such a way that methods which override each other will sit next to each other, with the overridden method last - e.g. is Integer getFoo() placed before Object getFoo().
/** * A comparator that defines a total order so that methods have the same * name and identical signatures appear next to each others. The methods are * sorted in such a way that methods which override each other will sit next * to each other, with the overridden method last - e.g. is Integer getFoo() * placed before Object getFoo(). **/
private static final class MethodOrder implements Comparator<Method> { /* * Code particularly was copied from com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.MethodOrder */ @Override public int compare(final Method a, final Method b) { int cmp = a.getName().compareTo(b.getName()); if (cmp != 0) { return cmp; } final Class<?>[] aparams = a.getParameterTypes(); final Class<?>[] bparams = b.getParameterTypes(); if (aparams.length != bparams.length) { return aparams.length - bparams.length; } for (int i = 0; i < aparams.length; ++i) { final Class<?> aparam = aparams[i]; final Class<?> bparam = bparams[i]; if (aparam == bparam) { continue; } cmp = aparam.getName().compareTo(bparam.getName()); if (cmp != 0) { return cmp; } } final Class<?> aret = a.getReturnType(); final Class<?> bret = b.getReturnType(); if (aret == bret) { return 0; } // Super type comes last: Integer, Number, Object if (aret.isAssignableFrom(bret)) { return 1; } if (bret.isAssignableFrom(aret)) { return -1; } return aret.getName().compareTo(bret.getName()); } static final MethodOrder instance = new MethodOrder(); } }