ReflectionHelper.java

/*
Copyright (c) 2008 Arno Haase.
All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html

Contributors:
    Arno Haase - initial API and implementation
 */
package org.eclipse.xtend.backend.util;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;


/**
 * 
 * @author Arno Haase (http://www.haase-consulting.com)
 */
public final class ReflectionHelper {
    /**
     * retrieve a well-known method from a class, disregarding any thrown exceptions
     */
    public static Method getKnownMethod (Class<?> cls, String name, Class<?>... paramTypes) {
        try {
            return cls.getMethod(name, paramTypes);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            ErrorHandler.handle(e);
            return null; // to make the compiler happy - this is never executed
        }
    }
}