UnsafeAllocator.java

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package com.google.gson;

import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectStreamClass;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * Do sneaky things to allocate objects without invoking their constructors.
 *
 * @author Joel Leitch
 * @author Jesse Wilson
 */
abstract class UnsafeAllocator {
  public abstract <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) throws Exception;

  public static UnsafeAllocator create() {
    // try JVM
    // public class Unsafe {
    //   public Object allocateInstance(Class<?> type);
    // }
    try {
      Class<?> unsafeClass = Class.forName("sun.misc.Unsafe");
      Field f = unsafeClass.getDeclaredField("theUnsafe");
      f.setAccessible(true);
      final Object unsafe = f.get(null);
      final Method allocateInstance = unsafeClass.getMethod("allocateInstance", Class.class);
      return new UnsafeAllocator() {
        @Override
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) throws Exception {
          return (T) allocateInstance.invoke(unsafe, c);
        }
      };
    } catch (Exception ignored) {
    }

    // try dalvikvm, pre-gingerbread
    // public class ObjectInputStream {
    //   private static native Object newInstance(
    //     Class<?> instantiationClass, Class<?> constructorClass);
    // }
    try {
      final Method newInstance = ObjectInputStream.class
          .getDeclaredMethod("newInstance", Class.class, Class.class);
      newInstance.setAccessible(true);
      return new UnsafeAllocator() {
        @Override
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) throws Exception {
          return (T) newInstance.invoke(null, c, Object.class);
        }
      };
    } catch (Exception ignored) {
    }

    // try dalvivkm, post-gingerbread
    // public class ObjectStreamClass {
    //   private static native int getConstructorId(Class<?> c);
    //   private static native Object newInstance(Class<?> instantiationClass, int methodId);
    // }
    try {
      Method getConstructorId = ObjectStreamClass.class
          .getDeclaredMethod("getConstructorId", Class.class);
      getConstructorId.setAccessible(true);
      final int constructorId = (Integer) getConstructorId.invoke(null, Object.class);
      final Method newInstance = ObjectStreamClass.class
          .getDeclaredMethod("newInstance", Class.class, int.class);
      newInstance.setAccessible(true);
      return new UnsafeAllocator() {
        @Override
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) throws Exception {
          return (T) newInstance.invoke(null, c, constructorId);
        }
      };
    } catch (Exception ignored) {
    }

    // give up
    return new UnsafeAllocator() {
      @Override
      public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot allocate " + c);
      }
    };
  }
}