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package ext.test4j.objenesis.instantiator.sun;

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

import ext.test4j.objenesis.ObjenesisException;
import ext.test4j.objenesis.instantiator.ObjectInstantiator;

/**
 * Base class for Sun 1.3 based instantiators. It initializes reflection access
 * to static method ObjectInputStream.allocateNewObject.
 * 
 * @author Leonardo Mesquita
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
public abstract class Sun13InstantiatorBase implements ObjectInstantiator {
	protected static Method allocateNewObjectMethod = null;

	private static void initialize() {
		if (allocateNewObjectMethod == null) {
			try {
				allocateNewObjectMethod = ObjectInputStream.class.getDeclaredMethod("allocateNewObject", new Class[] {
						Class.class, Class.class });
				allocateNewObjectMethod.setAccessible(true);
			} catch (RuntimeException e) {
				throw new ObjenesisException(e);
			} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
				throw new ObjenesisException(e);
			}
		}
	}

	protected final Class type;

	public Sun13InstantiatorBase(Class type) {
		this.type = type;
		initialize();
	}

	public abstract Object newInstance();

}