Thanks Scott. I thought I tried that one...
Now do you know an easy way to convert java.lang.object[] or whatever to
the signature style [Ljava.lang.Object; (other then string
manipulation)? Otherwise, I'll write a conversion function.
-dain
Scott M Stark wrote:
> The syntax for obtaining array classes using Class.forName is
> rather wacked, but it does work. For example, to get the
> class for an Object[], use
>
> Class oaClass = Class.forName("[Ljava.lang.Object;");
>
> Both the "[L" prefix and trailing ";" are required.
> The javadoc for the Class.getName method describe the syntax
> required.
>
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>>No new feature. Class.forName docs say you can load arrays but it is
>>broken. Here is the code I use now:
>>
>>private Class convertToJavaClass(String name) throws DeploymentException {
>> // Check primitive first
>> for (int i = 0; i < PRIMITIVES.length; i++) {
>> if(name.equals(PRIMITIVES[i])) {
>> return PRIMITIVE_CLASSES[i];
>> }
>> }
>>
>> int arraySize = 0;
>> while(name.endsWith("[]")) {
>> name = name.substring(0, name.length()-2);
>> arraySize++;
>> }
>>
>> try {
>> // get the base class
>> Class c = entity.getClassLoader().loadClass(name);
>>
>> // if we have an array get the array class
>> if(arraySize > 0) {
>> int[] dimensions = new int[arraySize];
>> for(int i=0; i<arraySize; i++) {
>> dimensions[i]=1;
>> }
>> c = Array.newInstance(c, dimensions).getClass();
>> }
>>
>> return c;
>> } catch(ClassNotFoundException e) {
>> throw new DeploymentException("Parameter class not found: " +
>> name);
>> }
>>}
>>
>>This is lame but works.
>>
>>-dain
>>
>>
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