gcc/libjava/classpath/vm/reference/java/lang/VMClass.java

/* VMClass.java -- VM Specific Class methods
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package java.lang;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable;

/*
 * This class is a reference version, mainly for compiling a class library
 * jar.  It is likely that VM implementers replace this with their own
 * version that can communicate effectively with the VM.
 */

/**
 *
 * @author Etienne Gagnon (etienne.gagnon@uqam.ca)
 * @author Archie Cobbs (archie@dellroad.org)
 * @author C. Brian Jones (cbj@gnu.org)
 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@cygnus.com)
 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
 */
final class VMClass 
{

  // Only static methods. Cannot be instantiated.
  private VMClass()
  {
  }

  /**
   * Discover whether an Object is an instance of this Class.  Think of it
   * as almost like <code>o instanceof (this class)</code>.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @param o the Object to check
   * @return whether o is an instance of this class
   * @since 1.1
   */
  static native boolean isInstance(Class klass, Object o);

  /**
   * Discover whether an instance of the Class parameter would be an
   * instance of this Class as well.  Think of doing
   * <code>isInstance(c.newInstance())</code> or even
   * <code>c.newInstance() instanceof (this class)</code>. While this
   * checks widening conversions for objects, it must be exact for primitive
   * types.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @param c the class to check
   * @return whether an instance of c would be an instance of this class
   *         as well
   * @throws NullPointerException if c is null
   * @since 1.1
   */
  static native boolean isAssignableFrom(Class klass, Class c);

  /**
   * Check whether this class is an interface or not.  Array types are not
   * interfaces.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @return whether this class is an interface or not
   */
  static native boolean isInterface(Class klass);

  /**
   * Return whether this class is a primitive type.  A primitive type class
   * is a class representing a kind of "placeholder" for the various
   * primitive types, or void.  You can access the various primitive type
   * classes through java.lang.Boolean.TYPE, java.lang.Integer.TYPE, etc.,
   * or through boolean.class, int.class, etc.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @return whether this class is a primitive type
   * @see Boolean#TYPE
   * @see Byte#TYPE
   * @see Character#TYPE
   * @see Short#TYPE
   * @see Integer#TYPE
   * @see Long#TYPE
   * @see Float#TYPE
   * @see Double#TYPE
   * @see Void#TYPE
   * @since 1.1
   */
  static native boolean isPrimitive(Class klass);

  /**
   * Get the name of this class, separated by dots for package separators.
   * Primitive types and arrays are encoded as:
   * <pre>
   * boolean             Z
   * byte                B
   * char                C
   * short               S
   * int                 I
   * long                J
   * float               F
   * double              D
   * void                V
   * array type          [<em>element type</em>
   * class or interface, alone: &lt;dotted name&gt;
   * class or interface, as element type: L&lt;dotted name&gt;;
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @return the name of this class
   */
  static native String getName(Class klass);

  /**
   * Get the direct superclass of this class.  If this is an interface,
   * Object, a primitive type, or void, it will return null. If this is an
   * array type, it will return Object.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @return the direct superclass of this class
   */
  static native Class getSuperclass(Class klass);

  /**
   * Get the interfaces this class <EM>directly</EM> implements, in the
   * order that they were declared. This returns an empty array, not null,
   * for Object, primitives, void, and classes or interfaces with no direct
   * superinterface. Array types return Cloneable and Serializable.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @return the interfaces this class directly implements
   */
  static native Class[] getInterfaces(Class klass);

  /**
   * If this is an array, get the Class representing the type of array.
   * Examples: "[[Ljava.lang.String;" would return "[Ljava.lang.String;", and
   * calling getComponentType on that would give "java.lang.String".  If
   * this is not an array, returns null.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @return the array type of this class, or null
   * @see Array
   * @since 1.1
   */
  static native Class getComponentType(Class klass);

  /**
   * Get the modifiers of this class.  These can be decoded using Modifier,
   * and is limited to one of public, protected, or private, and any of
   * final, static, abstract, or interface. An array class has the same
   * public, protected, or private modifier as its component type, and is
   * marked final but not an interface. Primitive types and void are marked
   * public and final, but not an interface.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @param ignoreInnerClassesAttrib if set, return the real modifiers, not
   * the ones specified in the InnerClasses attribute.
   * @return the modifiers of this class
   * @see Modifier
   * @since 1.1
   */
  static native int getModifiers(Class klass, boolean ignoreInnerClassesAttrib);

  /**
   * If this is a nested or inner class, return the class that declared it.
   * If not, return null.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @return the declaring class of this class
   * @since 1.1
   */
  static native Class getDeclaringClass(Class klass);

  /**
   * Like <code>getDeclaredClasses()</code> but without the security checks.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @param publicOnly Only public classes should be returned
   */
  static native Class[] getDeclaredClasses(Class klass, boolean publicOnly);

  /**
   * Like <code>getDeclaredFields()</code> but without the security checks.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @param publicOnly Only public fields should be returned
   */
  static native Field[] getDeclaredFields(Class klass, boolean publicOnly);

  /**
   * Like <code>getDeclaredMethods()</code> but without the security checks.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @param publicOnly Only public methods should be returned
   */
  static native Method[] getDeclaredMethods(Class klass, boolean publicOnly);

  /**
   * Like <code>getDeclaredConstructors()</code> but without
   * the security checks.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @param publicOnly Only public constructors should be returned
   */
  static native Constructor[] getDeclaredConstructors(Class klass, boolean publicOnly);

  /**
   * Return the class loader of this class.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @return the class loader
   */
  static native ClassLoader getClassLoader(Class klass);

  /**
   * Load the requested class and record the specified loader as the
   * initiating class loader.
   *
   * @param name the name of the class to find
   * @param initialize should the class initializer be run?
   * @param loader the class loader to use (or null for the bootstrap loader)
   * @return the Class object representing the class or null for noop
   * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class was not found by the
   *         class loader
   * @throws LinkageError if linking the class fails
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if the class loads, but an exception
   *         occurs during initialization
   */
  static native Class forName(String name, boolean initialize,
                              ClassLoader loader)
    throws ClassNotFoundException;

  /**
   * Return whether this class is an array type.
   *
   * @param klass the Class object that's calling us
   * @return true if this class is an array type
   * operation
   */
  static native boolean isArray(Class klass);

  /**
   * Throw a checked exception without declaring it.
   */
  static native void throwException(Throwable t);

  /**
   * Returns the simple name for the specified class, as used in the source
   * code.  For normal classes, this is the content returned by
   * <code>getName()</code> which follows the last ".".  Anonymous
   * classes have no name, and so the result of calling this method is
   * "".  The simple name of an array consists of the simple name of
   * its component type, followed by "[]".  Thus, an array with the 
   * component type of an anonymous class has a simple name of simply
   * "[]".
   *
   * @param klass the class whose simple name should be returned. 
   * @return the simple name for this class.
   */
  static String getSimpleName(Class klass)
  {
    if (isArray(klass))
      {
	return getComponentType(klass).getSimpleName() + "[]";
      }
    String fullName = getName(klass);
    return fullName.substring(fullName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
  }

  /**
   * Returns all annotations directly defined by the specified class.  If
   * there are no annotations associated with this class, then a zero-length
   * array will be returned.  The returned array may be modified by the client
   * code, but this will have no effect on the annotation content of this
   * class, and hence no effect on the return value of this method for
   * future callers.
   *
   * @param klass the class whose annotations should be returned.
   * @return the annotations directly defined by the specified class.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  static native Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations(Class klass);

  /**
   * <p>
   * Returns the canonical name of the specified class, as defined by section
   * 6.7 of the Java language specification.  Each package, top-level class,
   * top-level interface and primitive type has a canonical name.  A member
   * class has a canonical name, if its parent class has one.  Likewise,
   * an array type has a canonical name, if its component type does.
   * Local or anonymous classes do not have canonical names.
   * </p>
   * <p>
   * The canonical name for top-level classes, top-level interfaces and
   * primitive types is always the same as the fully-qualified name.
   * For array types, the canonical name is the canonical name of its
   * component type with `[]' appended.  
   * </p>
   * <p>
   * The canonical name of a member class always refers to the place where
   * the class was defined, and is composed of the canonical name of the
   * defining class and the simple name of the member class, joined by `.'.
   *  For example, if a <code>Person</code> class has an inner class,
   * <code>M</code>, then both its fully-qualified name and canonical name
   * is <code>Person.M</code>.  A subclass, <code>Staff</code>, of
   * <code>Person</code> refers to the same inner class by the fully-qualified
   * name of <code>Staff.M</code>, but its canonical name is still
   * <code>Person.M</code>.
   * </p>
   * <p>
   * Where no canonical name is present, <code>null</code> is returned.
   * </p>
   *
   * @param klass the class whose canonical name should be retrieved.
   * @return the canonical name of the class, or <code>null</code> if the
   *         class doesn't have a canonical name.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  static String getCanonicalName(Class klass)
  {
    if (isArray(klass))
      {
	String componentName = getComponentType(klass).getCanonicalName();
	if (componentName != null)
	  return componentName + "[]";
      }
    if (isMemberClass(klass))
      {
	String memberName = getDeclaringClass(klass).getCanonicalName();
	if (memberName != null)
	  return memberName + "." + getSimpleName(klass);
      }
    if (isLocalClass(klass) || isAnonymousClass(klass))
      return null;
    return getName(klass);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the class which immediately encloses the specified class.  If
   * the class is a top-level class, this method returns <code>null</code>.
   *
   * @param klass the class whose enclosing class should be returned.
   * @return the immediate enclosing class, or <code>null</code> if this is
   *         a top-level class.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  static native Class getEnclosingClass(Class klass);

  /**
   * Returns the constructor which immediately encloses the specified class.
   * If the class is a top-level class, or a local or anonymous class 
   * immediately enclosed by a type definition, instance initializer
   * or static initializer, then <code>null</code> is returned.
   *
   * @param klass the class whose enclosing constructor should be returned.
   * @return the immediate enclosing constructor if the specified class is
   *         declared within a constructor.  Otherwise, <code>null</code>
   *         is returned.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  static native Constructor getEnclosingConstructor(Class klass);

  /**
   * Returns the method which immediately encloses the specified class.  If
   * the class is a top-level class, or a local or anonymous class 
   * immediately enclosed by a type definition, instance initializer
   * or static initializer, then <code>null</code> is returned.
   *
   * @param klass the class whose enclosing method should be returned.
   * @return the immediate enclosing method if the specified class is
   *         declared within a method.  Otherwise, <code>null</code>
   *         is returned.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  static native Method getEnclosingMethod(Class klass);

  /**
   * Returns the class signature as specified in Class File Format
   * chapter in the VM specification, or null if the class is not
   * generic.
   *
   * @param klass the klass to test.
   * @return a ClassSignature string.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  static native String getClassSignature(Class klass);

  /**
   * Returns true if the specified class represents an anonymous class.
   *
   * @param klass the klass to test.
   * @return true if the specified class represents an anonymous class.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  static native boolean isAnonymousClass(Class klass);

  /**
   * Returns true if the specified class represents an local class.
   *
   * @param klass the klass to test.
   * @return true if the specified class represents an local class.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  static native boolean isLocalClass(Class klass);

  /**
   * Returns true if the specified class represents an member class.
   *
   * @param klass the klass to test. 
   * @return true if the specified class represents an member class.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  static native boolean isMemberClass(Class klass);

} // class VMClass