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/*
 * Copyright 2004-2012 Sebastian Dietrich (Sebastian.Dietrich@e-movimento.com)
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package junit.extensions;

import java.util.Locale;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.security.InvalidParameterException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

/**
 * This class is used to access a method or field of an object no matter what
 * the access modifier of the method or field. The syntax for accessing fields
 * and methods is out of the ordinary because this class uses reflection to peel
 * away protection.
 * <p>
 * a.k.a. The "ObjectMolester"
 * <p>
 * Here is an example of using this to access a private member: <br>
 * <code>myObject</code> is an object of type <code>MyClass</code>.
 * <code>setName(String)</code> is a private method of <code>MyClass</code>.
 * 
 * <pre>
 * PrivilegedAccessor.invokeMethod(myObject, &quot;setName(java.lang.String)&quot;,
 *         &quot;newName&quot;);
 * </pre>
 * 
 * @author Charlie Hubbard (chubbard@iss.net)
 * @author Prashant Dhokte (pdhokte@iss.net)
 * @author Sebastian Dietrich (sebastian.dietrich@e-movimento.com)
 * 
 * @deprecated use PA instead. PA improves the functionality of
 *             PrivilegedAccessor by introducing support for varargs and removal
 *             of the necessity to catch exceptions.
 */
@Deprecated
final class PrivilegedAccessor
{
  /**
   * Private constructor to make it impossible to instantiate this class.
   */
  private PrivilegedAccessor()
  {
    assert false : "You mustn't instantiate PrivilegedAccessor, use its methods statically";
  }

  /**
   * Returns a string representation of the given object. The string has the
   * following format: "<classname> {<attributes and values>}" whereas
   * <attributes and values> is a comma separated list with
   * <attributeName>=<attributeValue> <atributes and values> includes all
   * attributes of the objects class followed by the attributes of its
   * superclass (if any) and so on.
   * 
   * @param instanceOrClass
   *          the object or class to get a string representation of
   * @return a string representation of the given object
   */
  public static String toString(final Object instanceOrClass)
  {
    Collection<String> fields = getFieldNames(instanceOrClass);

    if (fields.isEmpty())
    {
      return getClass(instanceOrClass).getName();
    }

    StringBuffer stringBuffer = new StringBuffer();

    stringBuffer.append(getClass(instanceOrClass).getName() + " {");

    for (String fieldName : fields)
    {
      try
      {
        stringBuffer.append(fieldName + "="
                + getValue(instanceOrClass, fieldName) + ", ");
      } catch (NoSuchFieldException e)
      {
        assert false : "It should always be possible to get a field that was just here";
      }
    }

    stringBuffer.replace(stringBuffer.lastIndexOf(", "),
            stringBuffer.length(), "}");
    return stringBuffer.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Gets the name of all fields (public, private, protected, default) of the
   * given instance or class. This includes as well all fields (public, private,
   * protected, default) of all its super classes.
   * 
   * @param instanceOrClass
   *          the instance or class to get the fields of
   * @return the collection of field names of the given instance or class
   */
  public static Collection<String> getFieldNames(
          final Object instanceOrClass)
  {
    if (instanceOrClass == null)
    {
      return Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
    }

    Class<?> clazz = getClass(instanceOrClass);
    Field[] fields = clazz.getDeclaredFields();
    Collection<String> fieldNames = new ArrayList<String>(fields.length);

    for (Field field : fields)
    {
      fieldNames.add(field.getName());
    }
    fieldNames.addAll(getFieldNames(clazz.getSuperclass()));

    return fieldNames;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the signatures of all methods (public, private, protected, default) of
   * the given instance or class. This includes as well all methods (public,
   * private, protected, default) of all its super classes. This does not
   * include constructors.
   * 
   * @param instanceOrClass
   *          the instance or class to get the method signatures of
   * @return the collection of method signatures of the given instance or class
   */
  public static Collection<String> getMethodSignatures(
          final Object instanceOrClass)
  {
    if (instanceOrClass == null)
    {
      return Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
    }

    Class<?> clazz = getClass(instanceOrClass);
    Method[] methods = clazz.getDeclaredMethods();
    Collection<String> methodSignatures = new ArrayList<String>(
            methods.length + Object.class.getDeclaredMethods().length);

    for (Method method : methods)
    {
      methodSignatures.add(method.getName() + "("
              + getParameterTypesAsString(method.getParameterTypes())
              + ")");
    }
    methodSignatures.addAll(getMethodSignatures(clazz.getSuperclass()));

    return methodSignatures;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the value of the named field and returns it as an object. If
   * instanceOrClass is a class then a static field is returned.
   * 
   * @param instanceOrClass
   *          the instance or class to get the field from
   * @param fieldName
   *          the name of the field
   * @return an object representing the value of the field
   * @throws NoSuchFieldException
   *           if the field does not exist
   */
  public static Object getValue(final Object instanceOrClass,
          final String fieldName) throws NoSuchFieldException
  {
    Field field = getField(instanceOrClass, fieldName);
    try
    {
      return field.get(instanceOrClass);
    } catch (IllegalAccessException e)
    {
      assert false : "getField() should have setAccessible(true), so an IllegalAccessException should not occur in this place";
      return null;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Instantiates an object of the given class with the given arguments. If you
   * want to instantiate a member class, you must provide the object it is a
   * member of as first argument.
   * 
   * @param fromClass
   *          the class to instantiate an object from
   * @param args
   *          the arguments to pass to the constructor
   * @return an object of the given type
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           if the number of actual and formal parameters differ; if an
   *           unwrapping conversion for primitive arguments fails; or if, after
   *           possible unwrapping, a parameter value cannot be converted to the
   *           corresponding formal parameter type by a method invocation
   *           conversion.
   * @throws IllegalAccessException
   *           if this Constructor object enforces Java language access control
   *           and the underlying constructor is inaccessible.
   * @throws InvocationTargetException
   *           if the underlying constructor throws an exception.
   * @throws NoSuchMethodException
   *           if the constructor could not be found
   * @throws InstantiationException
   *           if the class that declares the underlying constructor represents
   *           an abstract class.
   * 
   * @see PrivilegedAccessor#instantiate(Class,Class[],Object[])
   */
  public static <T> T instantiate(final Class<? extends T> fromClass,
          final Object[] args) throws IllegalArgumentException,
          InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException,
          InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException
  {
    return instantiate(fromClass, getParameterTypes(args), args);
  }

  /**
   * Instantiates an object of the given class with the given arguments and the
   * given argument types. If you want to instantiate a member class, you must
   * provide the object it is a member of as first argument.
   * 
   * 
   * @param fromClass
   *          the class to instantiate an object from
   * @param args
   *          the arguments to pass to the constructor
   * @param argumentTypes
   *          the fully qualified types of the arguments of the constructor
   * @return an object of the given type
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           if the number of actual and formal parameters differ; if an
   *           unwrapping conversion for primitive arguments fails; or if, after
   *           possible unwrapping, a parameter value cannot be converted to the
   *           corresponding formal parameter type by a method invocation
   *           conversion.
   * @throws IllegalAccessException
   *           if this Constructor object enforces Java language access control
   *           and the underlying constructor is inaccessible.
   * @throws InvocationTargetException
   *           if the underlying constructor throws an exception.
   * @throws NoSuchMethodException
   *           if the constructor could not be found
   * @throws InstantiationException
   *           if the class that declares the underlying constructor represents
   *           an abstract class.
   * 
   * @see PrivilegedAccessor#instantiate(Class,Object[])
   */
  public static <T> T instantiate(final Class<? extends T> fromClass,
          final Class<?>[] argumentTypes, final Object[] args)
          throws IllegalArgumentException, InstantiationException,
          IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
          NoSuchMethodException
  {
    return getConstructor(fromClass, argumentTypes).newInstance(args);
  }

  /**
   * Calls a method on the given object instance with the given arguments.
   * Arguments can be object types or representations for primitives.
   * 
   * @param instanceOrClass
   *          the instance or class to invoke the method on
   * @param methodSignature
   *          the name of the method and the parameters <br>
   *          (e.g. "myMethod(java.lang.String, com.company.project.MyObject)")
   * @param arguments
   *          an array of objects to pass as arguments
   * @return the return value of this method or null if void
   * @throws IllegalAccessException
   *           if the method is inaccessible
   * @throws InvocationTargetException
   *           if the underlying method throws an exception.
   * @throws NoSuchMethodException
   *           if no method with the given <code>methodSignature</code> could be
   *           found
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           if an argument couldn't be converted to match the expected type
   */
  public static Object invokeMethod(final Object instanceOrClass,
          final String methodSignature, final Object[] arguments)
          throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException,
          InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException
  {
    if ((methodSignature.indexOf('(') == -1) || (methodSignature
            .indexOf('(') >= methodSignature.indexOf(')')))
    {
      throw new NoSuchMethodException(methodSignature);
    }
    Class<?>[] parameterTypes = getParameterTypes(methodSignature);
    return getMethod(instanceOrClass, getMethodName(methodSignature),
            parameterTypes).invoke(instanceOrClass,
                    getCorrectedArguments(parameterTypes, arguments));
  }

  /**
   * Gets the given arguments corrected to match the given methodSignature.
   * Correction is necessary for array arguments not to be mistaken by varargs.
   * 
   * @param parameterTypes
   *          the method signatue the given arguments should match
   * @param arguments
   *          the arguments that should be corrected
   * @return the corrected arguments
   */
  private static Object[] getCorrectedArguments(Class<?>[] parameterTypes,
          Object[] arguments)
  {
    if (arguments == null)
    {
      return arguments;
    }
    if (parameterTypes.length > arguments.length)
    {
      return arguments;
    }
    if (parameterTypes.length < arguments.length)
    {
      return getCorrectedArguments(parameterTypes,
              new Object[]
              { arguments });
    }

    Object[] correctedArguments = new Object[arguments.length];
    int currentArgument = 0;
    for (Class<?> parameterType : parameterTypes)
    {
      correctedArguments[currentArgument] = getCorrectedArgument(
              parameterType, arguments[currentArgument]);
      currentArgument++;
    }
    return correctedArguments;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the given argument corrected to match the given parameterType.
   * Correction is necessary for array arguments not to be mistaken by varargs.
   * 
   * @param parameterType
   *          the type to match the given argument upon
   * @param argument
   *          the argument to match the given parameterType
   * @return the corrected argument
   */
  private static Object getCorrectedArgument(Class<?> parameterType,
          Object argument)
  {
    if (!parameterType.isArray() || (argument == null))
    {
      return argument; // normal argument for normal parameterType
    }

    if (!argument.getClass().isArray())
    {
      return new Object[] { argument };
    }

    if (parameterType.equals(argument.getClass()))
    {
      return argument; // no need to cast
    }

    // (typed) array argument for (object) array parameterType, elements need to
    // be casted
    Object correctedArrayArgument = Array.newInstance(
            parameterType.getComponentType(), Array.getLength(argument));
    for (int index = 0; index < Array.getLength(argument); index++)
    {
      if (parameterType.getComponentType().isPrimitive())
      { // rely on autoboxing
        Array.set(correctedArrayArgument, index,
                Array.get(argument, index));
      }
      else
      { // cast to expected type
        try
        {
          Array.set(correctedArrayArgument, index, parameterType
                  .getComponentType().cast(Array.get(argument, index)));
        } catch (ClassCastException e)
        {
          throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                  "Argument " + argument + " of type " + argument.getClass()
                          + " does not match expected argument type "
                          + parameterType + ".");
        }
      }
    }
    return correctedArrayArgument;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the value of the named field. If fieldName denotes a static field,
   * provide a class, otherwise provide an instance. If the fieldName denotes a
   * final field, this method could fail with an IllegalAccessException, since
   * setting the value of final fields at other times than instantiation can
   * have unpredictable effects.<br/>
   * <br/>
   * Example:<br/>
   * <br/>
   * <code>
   * String myString = "Test"; <br/>
   * <br/>
   * //setting the private field value<br/>
   * PrivilegedAccessor.setValue(myString, "value", new char[] {'T', 'e', 's', 't'});<br/>
   * <br/>
   * //setting the static final field serialVersionUID - MIGHT FAIL<br/>
   * PrivilegedAccessor.setValue(myString.getClass(), "serialVersionUID", 1);<br/>
   * <br/>
   * </code>
   * 
   * @param instanceOrClass
   *          the instance or class to set the field
   * @param fieldName
   *          the name of the field
   * @param value
   *          the new value of the field
   * @throws NoSuchFieldException
   *           if no field with the given <code>fieldName</code> can be found
   * @throws IllegalAccessException
   *           possibly if the field was final
   */
  public static void setValue(final Object instanceOrClass,
          final String fieldName, final Object value)
          throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException
  {
    Field field = getField(instanceOrClass, fieldName);
    if (Modifier.isFinal(field.getModifiers()))
    {
      PrivilegedAccessor.setValue(field, "modifiers",
              field.getModifiers() ^ Modifier.FINAL);
    }
    field.set(instanceOrClass, value);
  }

  /**
   * Gets the class with the given className.
   * 
   * @param className
   *          the name of the class to get
   * @return the class for the given className
   * @throws ClassNotFoundException
   *           if the class could not be found
   */
  private static Class<?> getClassForName(final String className)
          throws ClassNotFoundException
  {
    if (className.indexOf('[') > -1)
    {
      Class<?> clazz = getClassForName(
              className.substring(0, className.indexOf('[')));
      return Array.newInstance(clazz, 0).getClass();
    }

    if (className.indexOf("...") > -1)
    {
      Class<?> clazz = getClassForName(
              className.substring(0, className.indexOf("...")));
      return Array.newInstance(clazz, 0).getClass();
    }

    try
    {
      return Class.forName(className, false,
              Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
    {
      return getSpecialClassForName(className);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Maps string representation of primitives to their corresponding classes.
   */
  private static final Map<String, Class<?>> PRIMITIVE_MAPPER = new HashMap<String, Class<?>>(
          8);

  /**
   * Fills the map with all java primitives and their corresponding classes.
   */
  static
  {
    PRIMITIVE_MAPPER.put("int", Integer.TYPE);
    PRIMITIVE_MAPPER.put("float", Float.TYPE);
    PRIMITIVE_MAPPER.put("double", Double.TYPE);
    PRIMITIVE_MAPPER.put("short", Short.TYPE);
    PRIMITIVE_MAPPER.put("long", Long.TYPE);
    PRIMITIVE_MAPPER.put("byte", Byte.TYPE);
    PRIMITIVE_MAPPER.put("char", Character.TYPE);
    PRIMITIVE_MAPPER.put("boolean", Boolean.TYPE);
  }

  /**
   * Gets special classes for the given className. Special classes are
   * primitives and "standard" Java types (like String)
   * 
   * @param className
   *          the name of the class to get
   * @return the class for the given className
   * @throws ClassNotFoundException
   *           if the class could not be found
   */
  private static Class<?> getSpecialClassForName(final String className)
          throws ClassNotFoundException
  {
    if (PRIMITIVE_MAPPER.containsKey(className))
    {
      return PRIMITIVE_MAPPER.get(className);
    }

    if (missesPackageName(className))
    {
      return getStandardClassForName(className);
    }

    throw new ClassNotFoundException(className);
  }

  /**
   * Gets a 'standard' java class for the given className.
   * 
   * @param className
   *          the className
   * @return the class for the given className (if any)
   * @throws ClassNotFoundException
   *           of no 'standard' java class was found for the given className
   */
  private static Class<?> getStandardClassForName(String className)
          throws ClassNotFoundException
  {
    try
    {
      return Class.forName("java.lang." + className, false,
              Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
    {
      try
      {
        return Class.forName("java.util." + className, false,
                Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
      } catch (ClassNotFoundException e1)
      {
        throw new ClassNotFoundException(className);
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Tests if the given className possibly misses its package name.
   * 
   * @param className
   *          the className
   * @return true if the className might miss its package name, otherwise false
   */
  private static boolean missesPackageName(String className)
  {
    if (className.contains("."))
    {
      return false;
    }
    if (className
            .startsWith(className.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT)))
    {
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the constructor for a given class with the given parameters.
   * 
   * @param type
   *          the class to instantiate
   * @param parameterTypes
   *          the types of the parameters
   * @return the constructor
   * @throws NoSuchMethodException
   *           if the method could not be found
   */
  private static <T> Constructor<T> getConstructor(final Class<T> type,
          final Class<?>[] parameterTypes) throws NoSuchMethodException
  {
    Constructor<T> constructor = type
            .getDeclaredConstructor(parameterTypes);
    constructor.setAccessible(true);
    return constructor;
  }

  /**
   * Return the named field from the given instance or class. Returns a static
   * field if instanceOrClass is a class.
   * 
   * @param instanceOrClass
   *          the instance or class to get the field from
   * @param fieldName
   *          the name of the field to get
   * @return the field
   * @throws NoSuchFieldException
   *           if no such field can be found
   * @throws InvalidParameterException
   *           if instanceOrClass was null
   */
  private static Field getField(final Object instanceOrClass,
          final String fieldName)
          throws NoSuchFieldException, InvalidParameterException
  {
    if (instanceOrClass == null)
    {
      throw new InvalidParameterException(
              "Can't get field on null object/class");
    }

    Class<?> type = getClass(instanceOrClass);

    try
    {
      Field field = type.getDeclaredField(fieldName);
      field.setAccessible(true);
      return field;
    } catch (NoSuchFieldException e)
    {
      if (type.getSuperclass() == null)
      {
        throw e;
      }
      return getField(type.getSuperclass(), fieldName);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Gets the class of the given parameter. If the parameter is a class, it is
   * returned, if it is an object, its class is returned
   * 
   * @param instanceOrClass
   *          the instance or class to get the class of
   * @return the class of the given parameter
   */
  private static Class<?> getClass(final Object instanceOrClass)
  {
    if (instanceOrClass instanceof Class)
    {
      return (Class<?>) instanceOrClass;
    }

    return instanceOrClass.getClass();
  }

  /**
   * Return the named method with a method signature matching classTypes from
   * the given class.
   * 
   * @param type
   *          the class to get the method from
   * @param methodName
   *          the name of the method to get
   * @param parameterTypes
   *          the parameter-types of the method to get
   * @return the method
   * @throws NoSuchMethodException
   *           if the method could not be found
   */
  private static Method getMethod(final Class<?> type,
          final String methodName, final Class<?>[] parameterTypes)
          throws NoSuchMethodException
  {
    try
    {
      return type.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, parameterTypes);
    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e)
    {
      if (type.getSuperclass() == null)
      {
        throw e;
      }
      return getMethod(type.getSuperclass(), methodName, parameterTypes);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Gets the method with the given name and parameters from the given instance
   * or class. If instanceOrClass is a class, then we get a static method.
   * 
   * @param instanceOrClass
   *          the instance or class to get the method of
   * @param methodName
   *          the name of the method
   * @param parameterTypes
   *          the parameter-types of the method to get
   * @return the method
   * @throws NoSuchMethodException
   *           if the method could not be found
   */
  private static Method getMethod(final Object instanceOrClass,
          final String methodName, final Class<?>[] parameterTypes)
          throws NoSuchMethodException
  {
    Class<?> type;

    type = getClass(instanceOrClass);

    Method accessMethod = getMethod(type, methodName, parameterTypes);
    accessMethod.setAccessible(true);
    return accessMethod;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the name of a method.
   * 
   * @param methodSignature
   *          the signature of the method
   * @return the name of the method
   */
  private static String getMethodName(final String methodSignature)
  {
    try
    {
      return methodSignature.substring(0, methodSignature.indexOf('('))
              .trim();
    } catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e)
    {
      assert false : "Signature must have been checked before this method was called";
      return null;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Gets the types of the parameters.
   * 
   * @param parameters
   *          the parameters
   * @return the class-types of the arguments
   */
  private static Class<?>[] getParameterTypes(final Object[] parameters)
  {
    if (parameters == null)
    {
      return new Class[0];
    }

    Class<?>[] typesOfParameters = new Class[parameters.length];

    for (int i = 0; i < parameters.length; i++)
    {
      typesOfParameters[i] = parameters[i].getClass();
    }
    return typesOfParameters;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the types of the given parameters. If the parameters don't match the
   * given methodSignature an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
   * 
   * @param methodSignature
   *          the signature of the method
   * @return the parameter types as class[]
   * @throws NoSuchMethodException
   *           if the method could not be found
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           if one of the given parameters doesn't math the given
   *           methodSignature
   */
  private static Class<?>[] getParameterTypes(final String methodSignature)
          throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalArgumentException
  {
    String signature = getSignatureWithoutBraces(methodSignature);

    StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(signature, ", *");
    Class<?>[] typesInSignature = new Class[tokenizer.countTokens()];

    for (int x = 0; tokenizer.hasMoreTokens(); x++)
    {
      String className = tokenizer.nextToken();
      try
      {
        typesInSignature[x] = getClassForName(className);
      } catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
      {
        NoSuchMethodException noSuchMethodException = new NoSuchMethodException(
                methodSignature);
        noSuchMethodException.initCause(e);
        throw noSuchMethodException;
      }
    }
    return typesInSignature;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the parameter types as a string.
   * 
   * @param classTypes
   *          the types to get as names.
   * @return the parameter types as a string
   * 
   * @see java.lang.Class#argumentTypesToString(Class[])
   */
  private static String getParameterTypesAsString(
          final Class<?>[] classTypes)
  {
    assert classTypes != null : "getParameterTypes() should have been called before this method and should have provided not-null classTypes";
    if (classTypes.length == 0)
    {
      return "";
    }

    StringBuilder parameterTypes = new StringBuilder();
    for (Class<?> clazz : classTypes)
    {
      assert clazz != null : "getParameterTypes() should have been called before this method and should have provided not-null classTypes";
      parameterTypes.append(clazz.getName()).append(", ");
    }

    return parameterTypes.substring(0, parameterTypes.length() - 2);
  }

  /**
   * Removes the braces around the methods signature.
   * 
   * @param methodSignature
   *          the signature with braces
   * @return the signature without braces
   */
  private static String getSignatureWithoutBraces(
          final String methodSignature)
  {
    try
    {
      return methodSignature.substring(methodSignature.indexOf('(') + 1,
              methodSignature.indexOf(')'));
    } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e)
    {
      assert false : "signature must have been checked before this method";
      return null;
    }
  }

}