Package com.cedarsoftware.io

Class MetaUtils

java.lang.Object
com.cedarsoftware.io.MetaUtils
public class MetaUtils extends Object
This utility class has the methods mostly related to reflection related code.
Author:
John DeRegnaucourt ([email protected])
Copyright (c) Cedar Software LLC

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License

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  • Method Details

    • getLogMessage

      public static String getLogMessage(String methodName, Object[] args)
      Format a nice looking method signature for logging output

    • getLogMessage

      public static String getLogMessage(String methodName, Object[] args, int argCharLen)

    • getValueWithDefaultForNull

      public static <K, V> V getValueWithDefaultForNull(Map map, K key, V defaultValue)

    • getValueWithDefaultForMissing

      public static <K, V> V getValueWithDefaultForMissing(Map map, K key, V defaultValue)

    • setFieldValue

      @Deprecated public static void setFieldValue(Field field, Object instance, Object value)
      Deprecated.

    • isLogicalPrimitive

      @Deprecated public static boolean isLogicalPrimitive(Class<?> c)
      Deprecated.
      Legacy API that many applications consumed.

    • loadMapDefinition

      public static Map<String,String> loadMapDefinition(String resName)
      Load in a Map-style properties file. Expects key and value to be separated by a = (whitespace ignored). Ignores lines beginning with a # and it also ignores blank lines.
      Parameters:
      resName - String name of the resource file.

    • loadSetDefinition

      public static Set<String> loadSetDefinition(String resName)
      Load in a Set-style simple file of values. Expects values to be one per line. Ignores lines beginning with a # and it also ignores blank lines.
      Parameters:
      resName - String name of the resource file.
      Returns:
      the set of strings

    • loadResourceAsString

      @Deprecated public static String loadResourceAsString(String resourceName)
      Deprecated.
      This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use ClassUtilities.loadResourceAsString(String) directly instead.

    • loadResourceAsBytes

      @Deprecated public static byte[] loadResourceAsBytes(String resourceName)
      Deprecated.
      This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use ClassUtilities.loadResourceAsBytes(String) directly instead.

    • removeLeadingAndTrailingQuotes

      @Deprecated public static String removeLeadingAndTrailingQuotes(String input)
      Deprecated.
      This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. This method has been moved to StringUtilities.removeLeadingAndTrailingQuotes(String).

    • findClosest

      @Deprecated public static <T> T findClosest(Class<?> clazz, Map<Class<?>,T> workerClasses, T defaultClass)
      Deprecated.
      This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use ClassUtilities.findClosest(Class, Map, Object) directly instead.

    • setUseUnsafe

      @Deprecated public static void setUseUnsafe(boolean state)
      Deprecated.
      This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use ClassUtilities.setUseUnsafe(boolean) going forward.

    • newInstance

      @Deprecated public static Object newInstance(com.cedarsoftware.util.convert.Converter converter, Class<?> c, Collection<?> argumentValues)
      Deprecated.
      This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use ClassUtilities.newInstance(Converter, Class, Collection) going forward.

    • safelyIgnoreException

      @Deprecated public static <T> T safelyIgnoreException(Callable<T> callable, T defaultValue)
      Deprecated.
      This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use ExceptionUtilities.safelyIgnoreException(Callable, T)

    • safelyIgnoreException

      @Deprecated public static void safelyIgnoreException(Runnable runnable)
      Deprecated.
      This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use ExceptionUtilities.safelyIgnoreException(Runnable)

    • length

      @Deprecated public static int length(String s)
      Deprecated.
      This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use StringUtilities.length(String) to safely determine the length of a string without risking a NullPointerException.

    • trimLength

      @Deprecated public static int trimLength(String s)
      Deprecated.
      This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use StringUtilities.trimLength(String) directly instead.

    • getClassIfEnum

      @Deprecated public static Class<?> getClassIfEnum(Class<?> c)
      Deprecated.
      This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use ClassUtilities.getClassIfEnum(Class) directly instead.

    • isPrimitive

      @Deprecated public static boolean isPrimitive(Class<?> c)
      Deprecated.
      This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use ClassUtilities.isPrimitive(Class) directly instead.

    • trySetAccessible

      @Deprecated public static void trySetAccessible(AccessibleObject object)
      Deprecated.
      This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use ExceptionUtilities.safelyIgnoreException(Runnable) directly instead.