com.tangosol.io.pof.reflect

Class PofReflectionHelper

java.lang.Object

com.tangosol.io.pof.reflect.PofReflectionHelper

public class PofReflectionHelper
extends Object

Collection of helper methods for POF reflection.

Since:

Coherence 3.5.2

Author:

dag 2009.09.14

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PofReflectionHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Object	ensureType(Object o, int nType, PofContext ctx) Validate that the supplied object is compatible with the specified type.
static Class	getClass(int nType, PofContext ctx) Determine the class associated with the given type identifier.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PofReflectionHelper

public PofReflectionHelper()

Method Detail

getClass

public static Class getClass(int nType,
                             PofContext ctx)

Determine the class associated with the given type identifier.

Parameters:

nType - the Pof type identifier; includes Pof intrinsics, Pof compact values, and user types

ctx - the PofContext

Returns:

the class associated with the specified type identifier or null for types with no mapping

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the specified type is a user type that is unknown to this PofContext

ensureType

public static Object ensureType(Object o,
                                int nType,
                                PofContext ctx)

Validate that the supplied object is compatible with the specified type.

Parameters:

o - the object

nType - the Pof type identifier; includes Pof intrinsics, Pof compact values, and user types

ctx - the PofContext

Returns:

the original object

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the specified type is a user type that is unknown to this PofContext or there is no type mapping

ClassCastException - if the specified object is not assignable to the specified type