/* * Copyright (c) 1995, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * * - Neither the name of Oracle or the names of its * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived * from this software without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS * IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, * THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException; import static java.lang.System.out; public class ConstructorTroubleAgain { public ConstructorTroubleAgain() {} public ConstructorTroubleAgain(Integer i) {} public ConstructorTroubleAgain(Object o) { out.format("Constructor passed Object%n"); } public ConstructorTroubleAgain(String s) { out.format("Constructor passed String%n"); } public static void main(String... args){ String argType = (args.length == 0 ? "" : args[0]); try { Class c = Class.forName("ConstructorTroubleAgain"); if ("".equals(argType)) { // IllegalArgumentException: wrong number of arguments Object o = c.getConstructor().newInstance("foo"); } else if ("int".equals(argType)) { // NoSuchMethodException - looking for int, have Integer Object o = c.getConstructor(int.class); } else if ("Object".equals(argType)) { // newInstance() does not perform method resolution Object o = c.getConstructor(Object.class).newInstance("foo"); } else { assert false; } // production code should handle these exceptions more gracefully } catch (ClassNotFoundException x) { x.printStackTrace(); } catch (NoSuchMethodException x) { x.printStackTrace(); } catch (InvocationTargetException x) { x.printStackTrace(); } catch (InstantiationException x) { x.printStackTrace(); } catch (IllegalAccessException x) { x.printStackTrace(); } } }