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17  
18  package org.apache.commons.jexl.util.introspection;
19  
20  import java.lang.reflect.Method;
21  
22  import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
23  
24  
25  /**
26   * This basic function of this class is to return a Method
27   * object for a particular class given the name of a method
28   * and the parameters to the method in the form of an Object[]
29   *
30   * The first time the Introspector sees a
31   * class it creates a class method map for the
32   * class in question. Basically the class method map
33   * is a Hashtable where Method objects are keyed by a
34   * concatenation of the method name and the names of
35   * classes that make up the parameters.
36   *
37   * For example, a method with the following signature:
38   *
39   * public void method(String a, StringBuffer b)
40   *
41   * would be mapped by the key:
42   *
43   * "method" + "java.lang.String" + "java.lang.StringBuffer"
44   *
45   * This mapping is performed for all the methods in a class
46   * and stored for
47   * @since 1.0
48   * @author <a href="mailto:jvanzyl@apache.org">Jason van Zyl</a>
49   * @author <a href="mailto:bob@werken.com">Bob McWhirter</a>
50   * @author <a href="mailto:szegedia@freemail.hu">Attila Szegedi</a>
51   * @author <a href="mailto:paulo.gaspar@krankikom.de">Paulo Gaspar</a>
52   * @version $Id: Introspector.java 584046 2007-10-12 05:14:37Z proyal $
53   */
54  public class Introspector extends IntrospectorBase {
55      /**
56       *  define a public string so that it can be looked for
57       *  if interested.
58       */
59  
60      public static final String CACHEDUMP_MSG =
61          "Introspector : detected classloader change. Dumping cache.";
62  
63      /**
64       *  our engine runtime services.
65       */
66      private final Log rlog;
67  
68      /**
69       *  Recieves our RuntimeServices object.
70       *  @param logger a {@link Log}.
71       */
72      public Introspector(Log logger) {
73          super(logger);
74          this.rlog = logger;
75      }
76  
77      /**
78       * Gets the method defined by <code>name</code> and
79       * <code>params</code> for the Class <code>c</code>.
80       *
81       * @param c Class in which the method search is taking place
82       * @param name Name of the method being searched for
83       * @param params An array of Objects (not Classes) that describe the
84       *               the parameters
85       *
86       * @return The desired Method object.
87       * @throws IllegalArgumentException When the parameters passed in can not be used for introspection.
88       */
89      public Method getMethod(Class c, String name, Object[] params) throws IllegalArgumentException {
90          /*
91           *  just delegate to the base class
92           */
93  
94          try {
95              return super.getMethod(c, name, params);
96          } catch (MethodMap.AmbiguousException ae) {
97              /*
98               *  whoops.  Ambiguous.  Make a nice log message and return null...
99               */
100 
101             StringBuffer msg = new StringBuffer("Introspection Error : Ambiguous method invocation ")
102                 .append(name).append("( ");
103 
104             for (int i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
105                 if (i > 0) {
106                     msg.append(", ");
107                 }
108 
109                 msg.append(null == params[i] ? "null" : params[i].getClass().getName());
110             }
111 
112             msg.append(") for class ").append(c.getName());
113 
114             rlog.error(msg.toString());
115         }
116 
117         return null;
118     }
119 
120     /**
121      * Clears the classmap and classname
122      * caches, and logs that we did so.
123      */
124     protected void clearCache() {
125         super.clearCache();
126         rlog.info(CACHEDUMP_MSG);
127     }
128 }