JAVA Reflection

[imran]

Hi,

I have a little problem on reflection (how to pass many types of
data), can someone help me please. Actually i am still beginner in
JAVA programming, and i try to design fault injection. Below is the
source code( Kit.java and Tst1.java) i modify from xito web site :

http://xito.sourceforge.net/documentation/javadoc/reflectKit/index.html

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public class Tst1
{
private int x;
public Tst1()
{
x = 10;
}
public int sampleMethod(int ms)
{
System.out.println(ms);
return x;
}
}

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import org.xito.reflect.*;
import java.lang.reflect.*
import java.lang.*;

public class Kit
{
public static void main (String args[])
{
Reflection kit = Reflection.getToolKit();
try
{
Class cls = kit.findClass ("Tst1");
Object my = kit.newInstance(cls);
Object a = kit.call(my,"sampleMethod",20); //my problem here
}
catch (ClassNotFoundException err1)
{
}
catch (java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException err1)
{
}
catch (org.xito.reflect.reflectException err1)
{
}

}
}

 

[Heiner Kücker]

imran wrote

Hi,

I have a little problem on reflection (how to pass many types of
data), can someone help me please. Actually i am still beginner in
JAVA programming, and i try to design fault injection. Below is the
source code( Kit.java and Tst1.java) i modify from xito web site :

http://xito.sourceforge.net/documentation/javadoc/reflectKit/index.html

------------------------------------------------------
public class Tst1
{
private int x;
public Tst1()
{
x = 10;
}
public int sampleMethod(int ms)
{
System.out.println(ms);
return x;
}
}

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import org.xito.reflect.*;
import java.lang.reflect.*
import java.lang.*;

public class Kit
{
public static void main (String args[])
{
Reflection kit = Reflection.getToolKit();
try
{
Class cls = kit.findClass ("Tst1");
Object my = kit.newInstance(cls);
Object a = kit.call(my,"sampleMethod",20); //my problem here
}
catch (ClassNotFoundException err1)
{
}
catch (java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException err1)
{
}
catch (org.xito.reflect.reflectException err1)
{
}

}
}
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my problem is how can i modify Kit.java to make sure it can pass many
types of data ( integer, string, char ). In this sourcecode "Object a
= kit.call(my,"sampleMethod",20);", it just pass one integer. How can
i pass many types of data....

Try the Method#invoke method

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs...#invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[])


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[John C. Bollinger]

I have a little problem on reflection (how to pass many types of
data), can someone help me please. Actually i am still beginner in
JAVA programming, and i try to design fault injection. Below is the
source code( Kit.java and Tst1.java) i modify from xito web site :

http://xito.sourceforge.net/documentation/javadoc/reflectKit/index.html

Have you considered using a unit testing framework instead? JUnit
(http://www.junit.org/) is the de facto standard. Unless you're looking
to randomly or systematically throw arguments at methods, you're going
to have to employ knowledge of the methods to choose arguments. Once
you decide to do that, reflective method invocation only has liabilities
relative to normal Java method invocation.

Note also, Java reflection is a bit arcane and has considerable
disadvantages in general relative to normal Java object usage. There
are tasks for which reflection is indispensable, but they are uncommon,
and those that involve reflective method invocation even more so. I
would in no case recommend that a Java newbie work with reflection.


John Bollinger
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