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* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jem.internal.proxy.vm.remote;
/*
*/
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
/**
* This class is a helper for Class accessing functions.
* Its main function is to bypass security. This is because
* we don't care about security for remote vm. Security is
* handled by the IDE and compilor over there. We do what
* we're told.
*
* @author richkulp
*/
public class ClassHelper {
/**
* Constructor for ClassHelper.
*/
private ClassHelper() {
super();
}
private static final Class[] EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY = new Class[0];
private static final Object[] EMPTY_OBJECT_ARRAY = new Object[0];
public static Object newInstance(Class targetClass) throws NoSuchMethodException, InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException {
// We want to get the default ctor, which is in the declared list. No need
// to worry about inheritance because ctors are never virtual.
Constructor ctor = targetClass.getDeclaredConstructor(EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY);
ctor.setAccessible(true);
return ctor.newInstance(EMPTY_OBJECT_ARRAY);
}
}