source: java/main/src/main/java/com/framsticks/params/ReflectionAccess.java @ 78

package com.framsticks.params;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.List;

import com.framsticks.params.types.ListParam;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;


/**
 * The Class ReflectionAccess. Stores data in provided object using reflection.
 * 
 * @author Mateusz Jarus <name.surname@gmail.com> (please replace name and
 *         surname with my personal data)
 *
 * @author Piotr Sniegowski
 */
public class ReflectionAccess extends SimpleAbstractAccess {
        private final static Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ReflectionAccess.class
                        .getName());


    protected final Class reflectedClass;
        private Object object;

        public ReflectionAccess(Class reflectedClass, FramsClass framsClass) {
        this.reflectedClass = reflectedClass;
                setFramsClass(framsClass);
        }

        private static String accessorName(boolean get, String id) {
                return (get ? "get"  : "set") + id.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + id.substring(1);
        }

        @Override
        public <T> T get(Param param, Class<T> type) {
                if (object == null) {
                        return null;
                }
                try {
                        //TODO: use internal id, if present
                        String id = param.getId();
                        try {
                                return type.cast(reflectedClass.getField(id).get(object));
                        } catch (NoSuchFieldException ignored) {
                        }
                        try {
                                return type.cast(reflectedClass.getMethod(accessorName(true, id)).invoke(object));
                        } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
                                //ex.printStackTrace();
                        } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
                                //e.printStackTrace();
            }

                } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
                        LOGGER.warn("illegal access error occurred while trying to access returnedObject");
                        ex.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ClassCastException ignored) {

        }
                return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected <T> void internalSet(Param param, T value) {
                setValue(param, value);
        }

        private <T> void setValue(Param param, T value) {
                if (object == null) {
                        return;
        }
                try {
                        String id = param.getId();
                        try {
                                Field f = reflectedClass.getField(id);
                                Class t = f.getType();
                                if (Modifier.isFinal(f.getModifiers())) {
                                        return;
                                }
                                if (value != null || (!t.isPrimitive())) {
                                        f.set(object, value);
                                }
                                return;
                        } catch (NoSuchFieldException ignored) {
                        }
                        try {
                                reflectedClass.getMethod(accessorName(false, id), new Class[]{param.getStorageType()}).invoke(object, value);
                        } catch (InvocationTargetException ignored) {
                        } catch (NoSuchMethodException ignored) {
                        }
                } catch (Exception ex) {
                        ex.printStackTrace();
                }
        }

        void resetErrors() {
                //TODO this replaces returnedObject.resetErrors();
        }

        @Override
        public void clearValues() {
                if (object == null) {
                        return;
                }

                resetErrors();

                try {
                        for (Param p : framsClass.getParamEntries()) {
                                setValue(p, p.getDef(Object.class));
                        }
                } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
                        ex.printStackTrace();
                }
        }

        /**
         * Sets the new object to operate on.
         * 
         * @param object
         *            new object to operate on
         */
        @Override
        public void select(Object object) {
                assert object == null || reflectedClass.isInstance(object);
                this.object = object;
        }

        @Override
        public Object getSelected() {
                return object;
        }

        // TODO: find a better place for it
        public static String objectToString(Object object) {
                StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
                for (Field f : object.getClass().getFields()) {
                        b.append(f.getName());
                        b.append(":");
                        try {
                                Object value = f.get(object);
                                b.append((value != null) ? value.toString() : "<null>");
                        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                                e.printStackTrace();
                        }
                        b.append("\n");
                }
                return b.toString();
        }


        @Override
        public ReflectionAccess cloneAccess() {
                return new ReflectionAccess(reflectedClass, framsClass);
        }

    @Override
    public Object createAccessee() {
        try {
            return reflectedClass.newInstance();
        } catch (InstantiationException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        LOGGER.fatal("failed to create reflected object of class " + reflectedClass.getCanonicalName() + " for frams type " + framsClass.getId());
        return null;
    }
}