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package org.codehaus.groovy.runtime;

/**
 * Utilities for handling array types
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:realbluesun@hotmail.com">Daniel.Sun</a>
 * Created on 2016/10/28
 */
public class ArrayTypeUtils {

    /**
     * Calculate the dimension of array
     *
     * @param clazz the type of array
     * @return the dimension of array
     */
    public static int dimension(Class clazz) {
        checkArrayType(clazz);

        int result = 0;
        while (clazz.isArray()) {
            result++;
            clazz = clazz.getComponentType();
        }

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Get the type of array elements
     *
     * @param clazz the type of array
     * @return the type of elements
     */
    public static Class elementType(Class clazz) {
        checkArrayType(clazz);

        while (clazz.isArray()) {
            clazz = clazz.getComponentType();
        }

        return clazz;
    }

    /**
     * Reduce the dimension of array
     *
     * @param clazz the type of array
     * @param dim the target dimension
     * @return the result array
     */
    public static Class reduceDimension(Class clazz, int dim) {
        checkArrayType(clazz);

        if (dim < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The target dimension should not be less than zero: " + dim);
        }

        while (clazz.isArray() && dimension(clazz) > dim) {
            clazz = clazz.getComponentType();
        }

        return clazz;
    }

    /**
     * Check whether the type passed in is array type.
     * If the type is not array type, throw IllegalArgumentException.
     */
    private static void checkArrayType(Class clazz) {
        if (null == clazz) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("clazz can not be null");
        }

        if (!clazz.isArray()) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(clazz.getCanonicalName() + " is not array type");
        }
    }
}