Package org.apache.commons.collections4.functors

Class InstantiateFactory<T>

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.collections4.functors.InstantiateFactory<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Supplier<T>, Factory<T>

public class InstantiateFactory<T>
extends Object
implements Factory<T>

Factory implementation that creates a new object instance by reflection.

WARNING: from v4.1 onwards this class will not be serializable anymore in order to prevent potential remote code execution exploits. Please refer to COLLECTIONS-580 for more details.

Since:

3.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
InstantiateFactory(Class<T> classToInstantiate)	Constructor that performs no validation.
InstantiateFactory(Class<T> classToInstantiate, Class<?>[] paramTypes, Object[] args)	Constructor that performs no validation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	create()	Creates an object using the stored constructor.
static <T> Factory<T>	instantiateFactory(Class<T> classToInstantiate, Class<?>[] paramTypes, Object[] args)	Factory method that performs validation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.collections4.Factory

get

Constructor Details

InstantiateFactory

public InstantiateFactory(Class<T> classToInstantiate)

Constructor that performs no validation. Use instantiateFactory if you want that.

Parameters:

classToInstantiate - the class to instantiate

InstantiateFactory

public InstantiateFactory(Class<T> classToInstantiate,
 Class<?>[] paramTypes,
 Object[] args)

Constructor that performs no validation. Use instantiateFactory if you want that.

Parameters:

classToInstantiate - the class to instantiate

paramTypes - the constructor parameter types, cloned

args - the constructor arguments, cloned

Method Details

instantiateFactory

public static <T> Factory<T> instantiateFactory(Class<T> classToInstantiate,
 Class<?>[] paramTypes,
 Object[] args)

Factory method that performs validation.

Type Parameters:

T - the type the factory creates

Parameters:

classToInstantiate - the class to instantiate, not null

paramTypes - the constructor parameter types, cloned

args - the constructor arguments, cloned

Returns:

a new instantiate factory

Throws:

NullPointerException - if classToInstantiate is null

IllegalArgumentException - if paramTypes does not match args

create

public T create()

Creates an object using the stored constructor.

Specified by:

create in interface Factory<T>

Returns:

the new object