oracle.ide.javaxide
Class Util

java.lang.Object
  oracle.ide.javaxide.Util

public final class Util
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities for interoperating with JSR-198.

Since:

10.1.3

Method Summary

static <T> T	createInstance(MetaClass metaClass, java.lang.Class<T> expectedSuperType) Create an instance of a meta class, reporting errors if creation fails.
static java.lang.Object	createInstance(MetaClass metaClass, java.lang.Class expectedSuperType, java.lang.String nameOfType) Create an instance of a meta class, reporting errors if creation fails.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

createInstance

public static <T> T createInstance(MetaClass metaClass,
                                   java.lang.Class<T> expectedSuperType)

Create an instance of a meta class, reporting errors if creation fails.

Parameters:

metaClass - the meta class to create an instance of.

expectedSuperType - the supertype you expect.

Returns:

an object of the specified type, or null if an error occurred creating the instance.

Since:

11.0

createInstance

public static java.lang.Object createInstance(MetaClass metaClass,
                                              java.lang.Class expectedSuperType,
                                              java.lang.String nameOfType)

Create an instance of a meta class, reporting errors if creation fails.

Parameters:

metaClass - the meta class to create an instance of

expectedSuperType - the supertype you expect.

nameOfType - the name of the type to display in messages

Returns:

an instance of the meta class, or null if creation failed.