/*
* Copyright 2007 Werner Guttmann
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package org.exolab.castor.util;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* Utility class to support reflection-based operations.
*
* @since 1.1.2
*/
public class ReflectionUtil {
/**
* Calls isEnum() method on target class vi areflection to find out
* whether the given type is a Java 5 enumeration.
* @param type The type to analyze.
* @return True if the type given is a Java 5.0 enum.
* @throws NoSuchMethodException If the method can not be found.
* @throws IllegalAccessException If access to this method is illegal
* @throws InvocationTargetException If the target method can not be invoked.
*/
public static Boolean isEnumViaReflection(Class type)
throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
Method isEnumMethod = type.getClass().getMethod("isEnum", (Class[]) null);
return (Boolean) isEnumMethod.invoke(type, (Object[]) null);
}
}