/* java.lang.reflect.VMConstructor - VM interface for reflection of Java constructors
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package java.lang.reflect;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.Arrays;
final class VMConstructor
{
int slot;
Class clazz;
Constructor cons;
Class[] parameterTypes;
public Class getDeclaringClass()
{
return clazz;
}
/**
* Return the raw modifiers for this constructor. In particular
* this will include the synthetic and varargs bits.
* @return the constructor's modifiers
*/
native int getModifiersInternal();
/**
* Get the parameter list for this constructor, in declaration order. If the
* constructor takes no parameters, returns a 0-length array (not null).
*
* @return a list of the types of the constructor's parameters
*/
Class[] getParameterTypes()
{
return parameterTypes;
}
/**
* Get the exception types this constructor says it throws, in no particular
* order. If the constructor has no throws clause, returns a 0-length array
* (not null).
*
* @return a list of the types in the constructor's throws clause
*/
native Class[] getExceptionTypes();
native Object construct(Object[] args)
throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException,
InvocationTargetException;
/**
* Return the String in the Signature attribute for this constructor. If there
* is no Signature attribute, return null.
*/
native String getSignature();
/**
* <p>
* Return an array of arrays representing the annotations on each
* of the constructor's parameters. The outer array is aligned against
* the parameters of the constructors and is thus equal in length to
* the number of parameters (thus having a length zero if there are none).
* Each array element in the outer array contains an inner array which
* holds the annotations. This array has a length of zero if the parameter
* has no annotations.
* </p>
* <p>
* The returned annotations are serialized. Changing the annotations has
* no affect on the return value of future calls to this method.
* </p>
*
* @return an array of arrays which represents the annotations used on the
* parameters of this constructor. The order of the array elements
* matches the declaration order of the parameters.
* @since 1.5
*/
native Annotation[][] getParameterAnnotations();
/**
* Compare two objects to see if they are semantically equivalent.
* Two Constructors are semantically equivalent if they have the same
* declaring class and the same parameter list. This ignores different
* exception clauses, but since you can't create a Method except through the
* VM, this is just the == relation.
*
* @param o the object to compare to
* @return <code>true</code> if they are equal; <code>false</code> if not.
*/
public boolean equals(Object o)
{
if (!(o instanceof Constructor))
return false;
Constructor that = (Constructor)o;
if (clazz != that.getDeclaringClass())
return false;
if (!Arrays.equals(getParameterTypes(), that.getParameterTypes()))
return false;
return true;
}
/**
* Returns the element's annotation for the specified annotation type,
* or <code>null</code> if no such annotation exists.
*
* @param annotationClass the type of annotation to look for.
* @return this element's annotation for the specified type, or
* <code>null</code> if no such annotation exists.
* @throws NullPointerException if the annotation class is <code>null</code>.
*/
public Annotation getAnnotation(Class annoClass)
{
Annotation[] annos = getDeclaredAnnotations();
for (int i = 0; i < annos.length; i++)
if (annos[i].annotationType() == annoClass)
return annos[i];
return null;
}
/**
* Returns all annotations directly defined by the element. If there are
* no annotations directly associated with the element, then a zero-length
* array will be returned. The returned array may be modified by the client
* code, but this will have no effect on the annotation content of this
* class, and hence no effect on the return value of this method for
* future callers.
*
* @return the annotations directly defined by the element.
* @since 1.5
*/
native Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations();
}