Module com.google.gson

Package com.google.gson.internal.reflect

Class ReflectionHelper

java.lang.Object

com.google.gson.internal.reflect.ReflectionHelper

public class ReflectionHelper
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	ReflectionHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
private static String	constructorToString(Constructor<?> constructor)	Creates a string representation for a constructor.
static RuntimeException	createExceptionForUnexpectedIllegalAccess(IllegalAccessException exception)
static void	makeAccessible(Field field)	Tries making the field accessible, wrapping any thrown exception in a JsonIOException with descriptive message.
static String	tryMakeAccessible(Constructor<?> constructor)	Tries making the constructor accessible, returning an exception message if this fails.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ReflectionHelper

private ReflectionHelper()

Method Details

makeAccessible

public static void makeAccessible(Field field)
                           throws JsonIOException

Tries making the field accessible, wrapping any thrown exception in a JsonIOException with descriptive message.

Parameters:

field - field to make accessible

Throws:

JsonIOException - if making the field accessible fails

constructorToString

private static String constructorToString(Constructor<?> constructor)

Creates a string representation for a constructor. E.g.: java.lang.String#String(char[], int, int)

tryMakeAccessible

public static String tryMakeAccessible(Constructor<?> constructor)

Tries making the constructor accessible, returning an exception message if this fails.

Parameters:

constructor - constructor to make accessible

Returns:

exception message; null if successful, non-null if unsuccessful

createExceptionForUnexpectedIllegalAccess

public static RuntimeException createExceptionForUnexpectedIllegalAccess(IllegalAccessException exception)