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Data type utilities

   
// 
// Copyright 2004-2005 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at 
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
// 

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.HashMap;

/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
/** TYPE Utilities.
 * Provides various static utiltiy methods for manipulating types and their
 * string representations.
 *
 * @since Jetty 4.1
 * @author Greg Wilkins (gregw)
 */
public class TypeUtil
{
    public static int CR = "\015";
    public static int LF = "\012";
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    private static final HashMap name2Class=new HashMap();
    static
    {
        name2Class.put("boolean",java.lang.Boolean.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("byte",java.lang.Byte.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("char",java.lang.Character.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("double",java.lang.Double.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("float",java.lang.Float.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("int",java.lang.Integer.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("long",java.lang.Long.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("short",java.lang.Short.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("void",java.lang.Void.TYPE);
        
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Boolean.TYPE",java.lang.Boolean.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Byte.TYPE",java.lang.Byte.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Character.TYPE",java.lang.Character.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Double.TYPE",java.lang.Double.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Float.TYPE",java.lang.Float.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Integer.TYPE",java.lang.Integer.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Long.TYPE",java.lang.Long.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Short.TYPE",java.lang.Short.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Void.TYPE",java.lang.Void.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Boolean",java.lang.Boolean.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Byte",java.lang.Byte.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Character",java.lang.Character.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Double",java.lang.Double.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Float",java.lang.Float.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Integer",java.lang.Integer.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Long",java.lang.Long.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Short",java.lang.Short.class);
        name2Class.put("Boolean",java.lang.Boolean.class);
        name2Class.put("Byte",java.lang.Byte.class);
        name2Class.put("Character",java.lang.Character.class);
        name2Class.put("Double",java.lang.Double.class);
        name2Class.put("Float",java.lang.Float.class);
        name2Class.put("Integer",java.lang.Integer.class);
        name2Class.put("Long",java.lang.Long.class);
        name2Class.put("Short",java.lang.Short.class);
        name2Class.put(null,java.lang.Void.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("string",java.lang.String.class);
        name2Class.put("String",java.lang.String.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.String",java.lang.String.class);
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    private static final HashMap class2Name=new HashMap();
    static
    {
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Boolean.TYPE,"boolean");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Byte.TYPE,"byte");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Character.TYPE,"char");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Double.TYPE,"double");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Float.TYPE,"float");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Integer.TYPE,"int");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Long.TYPE,"long");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Short.TYPE,"short");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Void.TYPE,"void");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Boolean.class,"java.lang.Boolean");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Byte.class,"java.lang.Byte");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Character.class,"java.lang.Character");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Double.class,"java.lang.Double");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Float.class,"java.lang.Float");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Integer.class,"java.lang.Integer");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Long.class,"java.lang.Long");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Short.class,"java.lang.Short");
        
        class2Name.put(null,"void");
        name2Class.put(java.lang.String.class,"java.lang.String");
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    private static final HashMap class2Value=new HashMap();
    static
    {
        try
        {
            Class[] s ={java.lang.String.class};
            
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Boolean.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Boolean.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Byte.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Byte.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Double.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Double.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Float.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Float.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Integer.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Integer.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Long.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Long.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Short.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Short.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Boolean.class,
                           java.lang.Boolean.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Byte.class,
                           java.lang.Byte.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Double.class,
                           java.lang.Double.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Float.class,
                           java.lang.Float.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Integer.class,
                           java.lang.Integer.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Long.class,
                           java.lang.Long.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Short.class,
                           java.lang.Short.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    private static Class[] stringArg = { java.lang.String.class };
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    private static int intCacheSize=
        Integer.getInteger("org.mortbay.util.TypeUtil.IntegerCacheSize",600).intValue();
    private static Integer[] integerCache = new Integer[intCacheSize];
    private static String[] integerStrCache = new String[intCacheSize];
    private static Integer minusOne = new Integer(-1);
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Class from a canonical name for a type.
     * @param name A class or type name.
     * @return A class , which may be a primitive TYPE field..
     */
    public static Class fromName(String name)
    {
        return (Class)name2Class.get(name);
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Canonical name for a type.
     * @param type A class , which may be a primitive TYPE field.
     * @return Canonical name.
     */
    public static String toName(Class type)
    {
        return (String)class2Name.get(type);
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Convert String value to instance.
     * @param type The class of the instance, which may be a primitive TYPE field.
     * @param value The value as a string.
     * @return The value as an Object.
     */
    public static Object valueOf(Class type, String value)
    {
        try
        {
            if (type.equals(java.lang.String.class))
                return value;
            
            Method m = (Method)class2Value.get(type);
            if (m!=null)
                return m.invoke(null,new Object[] {value});
            if (type.equals(java.lang.Character.TYPE) ||
                type.equals(java.lang.Character.class))
                return new Character(value.charAt(0));
            Constructor c = type.getConstructor(stringArg);
            return c.newInstance(new Object[] {value});   
        }
        catch(NoSuchMethodException e)
        {
            // LogSupport.ignore(log,e);
        }
        catch(IllegalAccessException e)
        {
            // LogSupport.ignore(log,e);
        }
        catch(InstantiationException e)
        {
            // LogSupport.ignore(log,e);
        }
        catch(InvocationTargetException e)
        {
            if (e.getTargetException() instanceof Error)
                throw (Error)(e.getTargetException());
            // LogSupport.ignore(log,e);
        }
        return null;
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Convert String value to instance.
     * @param type classname or type (eg int)
     * @param value The value as a string.
     * @return The value as an Object.
     */
    public static Object valueOf(String type, String value)
    {
        return valueOf(fromName(type),value);
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Convert int to Integer using cache. 
     */
    public static Integer newInteger(int i)
    {
        if (i>=0 && i<intCacheSize)
        {
            if (integerCache[i]==null)
                integerCache[i]=new Integer(i);
            return integerCache[i];
        }
        else if (i==-1)
            return minusOne;
        return new Integer(i);
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Convert int to String using cache. 
     */
    public static String toString(int i)
    {
        if (i>=0 && i<intCacheSize)
        {
            if (integerStrCache[i]==null)
                integerStrCache[i]=Integer.toString(i);
            return integerStrCache[i];
        }
        else if (i==-1)
            return "-1";
        return Integer.toString(i);
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Convert long to String using cache. 
     */
    public static String toString(long i)
    {
        if (i>=0 && i<intCacheSize)
        {
            if (integerStrCache[(int)i]==null)
                integerStrCache[(int)i]=Long.toString(i);
            return integerStrCache[(int)i];
        }
        else if (i==-1)
            return "-1";
        return Long.toString(i);
    }

    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Parse an int from a substring.
     * Negative numbers are not handled.
     * @param s String
     * @param offset Offset within string
     * @param length Length of integer or -1 for remainder of string
     * @param base base of the integer
     * @exception NumberFormatException 
     */
    public static int parseInt(String s, int offset, int length, int base)
        throws NumberFormatException
    {
        int value=0;
        if (length<0)
            length=s.length()-offset;
        for (int i=0;i<length;i++)
        {
            char c=s.charAt(offset+i);
            
            int digit=c-"0";
            if (digit<0 || digit>=base || digit>=10)
            {
                digit=10+c-"A";
                if (digit<10 || digit>=base)
                    digit=10+c-"a";
            }
            if (digit<0 || digit>=base)
                throw new NumberFormatException(s.substring(offset,offset+length));
            value=value*base+digit;
        }
        return value;
    }
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Parse an int from a byte array of ascii characters.
     * Negative numbers are not handled.
     * @param b byte array
     * @param offset Offset within string
     * @param length Length of integer or -1 for remainder of string
     * @param base base of the integer
     * @exception NumberFormatException 
     */
    public static int parseInt(byte[] b, int offset, int length, int base)
        throws NumberFormatException
    {
        int value=0;
        if (length<0)
            length=b.length-offset;
        for (int i=0;i<length;i++)
        {
            char c=(char)(0xff&b[offset+i]);
            
            int digit=c-"0";
            if (digit<0 || digit>=base || digit>=10)
            {
                digit=10+c-"A";
                if (digit<10 || digit>=base)
                    digit=10+c-"a";
            }
            if (digit<0 || digit>=base)
                throw new NumberFormatException(new String(b,offset,length));
            value=value*base+digit;
        }
        return value;
    }
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    public static byte[] parseBytes(String s, int base)
    {
        byte[] bytes=new byte[s.length()/2];
        for (int i=0;i<s.length();i+=2)
            bytes[i/2]=(byte)TypeUtil.parseInt(s,i,2,base);
        return bytes;
    }
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    public static String toString(byte[] bytes, int base)
    {
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i=0;i<bytes.length;i++)
        {
            int bi=0xff&bytes[i];
            int c="0"+(bi/base)%base;
            if (c>"9")
                c= "a"+(c-"0"-10);
            buf.append((char)c);
            c="0"+bi%base;
            if (c>"9")
                c= "a"+(c-"0"-10);
            buf.append((char)c);
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** 
     * @param b An ASCII encoded character 0-9 a-f A-F
     * @return The byte value of the character 0-16.
     */
    public static byte convertHexDigit( byte b )
    {
        if ((b >= "0") && (b <= "9")) return (byte)(b - "0");
        if ((b >= "a") && (b <= "f")) return (byte)(b - "a" + 10);
        if ((b >= "A") && (b <= "F")) return (byte)(b - "A" + 10);
        return 0;
    }
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    public static String toHexString(byte[] b)
    {   
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i=0;i<b.length;i++)
        {
            int bi=0xff&b[i];
            int c="0"+(bi/16)%16;
            if (c>"9")
                c= "A"+(c-"0"-10);
            buf.append((char)c);
            c="0"+bi%16;
            if (c>"9")
                c= "a"+(c-"0"-10);
            buf.append((char)c);
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    public static String toHexString(byte[] b,int offset,int length)
    {   
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i=offset;i<offset+length;i++)
        {
            int bi=0xff&b[i];
            int c="0"+(bi/16)%16;
            if (c>"9")
                c= "A"+(c-"0"-10);
            buf.append((char)c);
            c="0"+bi%16;
            if (c>"9")
                c= "a"+(c-"0"-10);
            buf.append((char)c);
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    public static byte[] fromHexString(String s)
    {   
        if (s.length()%2!=0)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(s);
        byte[] array = new byte[s.length()/2];
        for (int i=0;i<array.length;i++)
        {
            int b = Integer.parseInt(s.substring(i*2,i*2+2),16);
            array[i]=(byte)(0xff&b);
        }    
        return array;
    }
    
    public static void dump(Class c)
    {
        System.err.println("Dump: "+c);
        dump(c.getClassLoader());
    }
    public static void dump(ClassLoader cl)
    {
        System.err.println("Dump Loaders:");
        while(cl!=null)
        {
            System.err.println("  loader "+cl);
            cl = cl.getParent();
        }
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    public static byte[] readLine(InputStream in) throws IOException
    {
        byte[] buf = new byte[256];
        
        int i=0;
        int loops=0;
        int ch=0;
        
        while (true)
        {
            ch=in.read();
            if (ch<0)
                break;
            loops++;
            
            // skip a leading LF"s
            if (loops==1 && ch==LF)
                continue;
            
            if (ch==CR || ch==LF)
                break;
            
            if (i>=buf.length)
            {
                byte[] old_buf=buf;
                buf=new byte[old_buf.length+256];
                System.arraycopy(old_buf, 0, buf, 0, old_buf.length);
            }
            buf[i++]=(byte)ch;
        }
        
        if (ch==-1 && i==0)
            return null;
        
        // skip a trailing LF if it exists
        if (ch==CR && in.available()>=1 && in.markSupported())
        {
            in.mark(1);
            ch=in.read();
            if (ch!=LF)
                in.reset();
        }
        byte[] old_buf=buf;
        buf=new byte[i];
        System.arraycopy(old_buf, 0, buf, 0, i);
        
        return buf;
    }
}





Is Type Compatible

 
//
//$Id: IntrospectionUtil.java 1540 2007-01-19 12:24:10Z janb $
//Copyright 2006 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
//------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
//you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
//You may obtain a copy of the License at 
//http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
//distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
//WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
//See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
//limitations under the License.
//

import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
public class Utils {
  public static boolean isTypeCompatible(Class formalType, Class actualType, boolean strict) {
    if (formalType == null && actualType != null)
      return false;
    if (formalType != null && actualType == null)
      return false;
    if (formalType == null && actualType == null)
      return true;
    if (strict)
      return formalType.equals(actualType);
    else
      return formalType.isAssignableFrom(actualType);
  }
}





Returns an array of Type objects representing the actual type arguments to targetType used by clazz

   
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.SortedSet;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.util.Queue;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.SortedMap;
import java.util.TreeMap;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import static java.lang.reflect.Modifier.isPublic;
import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import java.beans.BeanInfo;
import java.beans.Introspector;
import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
/**
 * Common utilty methods that are useful when working with reflection.
 *
 * @author Tim Fennell
 */
public class ReflectUtil {
    /** A cache of property descriptors by class and property name */
    private static Map<Class<?>, Map<String, PropertyDescriptor>> propertyDescriptors =
            new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, Map<String, PropertyDescriptor>>();
    /** Static helper class, shouldn"t be constructed. */
    private ReflectUtil() {}
    /**
     * Holds a map of commonly used interface types (mostly collections) to a class that
     * implements the interface and will, by default, be instantiated when an instance
     * of the interface is needed.
     */
    protected static final Map<Class<?>,Class<?>> interfaceImplementations = new HashMap<Class<?>,Class<?>>();
    /**
     * Holds a map of primitive type to the default value for that primitive type.  Isn"t it
     * odd that there"s no way to get this programmatically from the Class objects?
     */
    protected static final Map<Class<?>,Object> primitiveDefaults = new HashMap<Class<?>,Object>();
    static {
        interfaceImplementations.put(Collection.class, ArrayList.class);
        interfaceImplementations.put(List.class,       ArrayList.class);
        interfaceImplementations.put(Set.class,        HashSet.class);
        interfaceImplementations.put(SortedSet.class,  TreeSet.class);
        interfaceImplementations.put(Queue.class,      LinkedList.class);
        interfaceImplementations.put(Map.class,        HashMap.class);
        interfaceImplementations.put(SortedMap.class,  TreeMap.class);
        primitiveDefaults.put(Boolean.TYPE,    false);
        primitiveDefaults.put(Character.TYPE, "\0");
        primitiveDefaults.put(Byte.TYPE,       new Byte("0"));
        primitiveDefaults.put(Short.TYPE,      new Short("0"));
        primitiveDefaults.put(Integer.TYPE,    new Integer(0));
        primitiveDefaults.put(Long.TYPE,       new Long(0l));
        primitiveDefaults.put(Float.TYPE,      new Float(0f));
        primitiveDefaults.put(Double.TYPE,     new Double(0.0));
    }
    /**
     * The set of method that annotation classes inherit, and should be avoided when
     * toString()ing an annotation class.
     */
    private static final Set<String> INHERITED_ANNOTATION_METHODS =
            new HashSet(Arrays.asList("toString", "equals", "hashCode", "annotationType"));
    /**
     * Looks up the default implementing type for the supplied interface. This is done
     * based on a static map of known common interface types and implementing classes.
     *
     * @param iface an interface for which an implementing class is needed
     * @return a Class object representing the implementing type, or null if one is
     *         not found
     */
    public static Class<?> getImplementingClass(Class<?> iface) {
        return interfaceImplementations.get(iface);
    }
    /**
     * Attempts to determine an implementing class for the interface provided and instantiate
     * it using a default constructor.
     *
     * @param interfaceType an interface (or abstract class) to make an instance of
     * @return an instance of the interface type supplied
     * @throws InstantiationException if no implementation type has been configured
     * @throws IllegalAccessException if thrown by the JVM during class instantiation
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T> T getInterfaceInstance(Class<T> interfaceType)
            throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException {
        Class impl = getImplementingClass(interfaceType);
        if (impl == null) {
            throw new InstantiationException(
                    "Stripes needed to instantiate a property who"s declared type as an " +
                    "interface (which obviously cannot be instantiated. The interface is not " +
                    "one that Stripes is aware of, so no implementing class was known. The " +
                    "interface type was: "" + interfaceType.getName() + "". To fix this " +
                    "you"ll need to do one of three things. 1) Change the getter/setter methods " +
                    "to use a concrete type so that Stripes can instantiate it. 2) in the bean"s " +
                    "setContext() method pre-instantiate the property so Stripes doesn"t have to. " +
                    "3) Bug the Stripes author ;)  If the interface is a JDK type it can easily be " +
                    "fixed. If not, if enough people ask, a generic way to handle the problem " +
                    "might get implemented.");
        }
        else {
            return (T) impl.newInstance();
        }
    }
    /**
     * Utility method used to load a class.  Any time that Stripes needs to load of find a
     * class by name it uses this method.  As a result any time the classloading strategy
     * needs to change it can be done in one place!  Currently uses
     * {@code Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass(String)}.
     *
     * @param name the fully qualified (binary) name of the class to find or load
     * @return the Class object representing the class
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class cannot be loaded
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // this allows us to assign without casting
  public static Class findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass(name);
    }
    /**
     * <p>A better (more concise) toString method for annotation types that yields a String
     * that should look more like the actual usage of the annotation in a class. The String produced
     * is similar to that produced by calling toString() on the annotation directly, with the
     * following differences:</p>
     *
     * <ul>
     *   <li>Uses the classes simple name instead of it"s fully qualified name.</li>
     *   <li>Only outputs attributes that are set to non-default values.</li>
     *
     * <p>If, for some unforseen reason, an exception is thrown within this method it will be
     * caught and the return value will be {@code ann.toString()}.
     *
     * @param ann the annotation to convert to a human readable String
     * @return a human readable String form of the annotation and it"s attributes
     */
    public static String toString(Annotation ann) {
        try {
            Class<? extends Annotation> type = ann.annotationType();
            StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(128);
            builder.append("@");
            builder.append(type.getSimpleName());
            boolean appendedAnyParameters = false;
            Method[] methods = type.getMethods();
            for (Method method : methods) {
                if (!INHERITED_ANNOTATION_METHODS.contains(method.getName())) {
                    Object defaultValue = method.getDefaultValue();
                    Object actualValue  = method.invoke(ann);
                    // If we have arrays, they have to be treated a little differently
                    Object[] defaultArray = null, actualArray = null;
                    if ( Object[].class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType()) ) {
                        defaultArray = (Object[]) defaultValue;
                        actualArray  = (Object[]) actualValue;
                    }
                    // Only print an attribute if it isn"t set to the default value
                    if ( (defaultArray != null && !Arrays.equals(defaultArray, actualArray)) ||
                            (defaultArray == null && !actualValue.equals(defaultValue)) ) {
                        if (appendedAnyParameters) {
                            builder.append(", ");
                        }
                        else {
                            builder.append("(");
                        }
                        builder.append(method.getName());
                        builder.append("=");
                        if (actualArray != null) {
                            builder.append( Arrays.toString(actualArray) );
                        }
                        else {
                            builder.append(actualValue);
                        }
                        appendedAnyParameters = true;
                    }
                }
            }
            if (appendedAnyParameters) {
                builder.append(")");
            }
            return builder.toString();
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            return ann.toString();
        }
    }
    /**
     * Fetches all methods of all access types from the supplied class and super
     * classes. Methods that have been overridden in the inheritance hierarchy are
     * only returned once, using the instance lowest down the hierarchy.
     *
     * @param clazz the class to inspect
     * @return a collection of methods
     */
    public static Collection<Method> getMethods(Class<?> clazz) {
        Collection<Method> found = new ArrayList<Method>();
        while (clazz != null) {
            for (Method m1 : clazz.getDeclaredMethods()) {
                boolean overridden = false;
                for (Method m2 : found) {
                    if ( m2.getName().equals(m1.getName()) &&
                            Arrays.deepEquals(m1.getParameterTypes(), m2.getParameterTypes())) {
                        overridden = true;
                        break;
                    }
                }
                if (!overridden) found.add(m1);
            }
            clazz = clazz.getSuperclass();
        }
        return found;
    }
    /**
     * Fetches all fields of all access types from the supplied class and super
     * classes. Fieldss that have been overridden in the inheritance hierarchy are
     * only returned once, using the instance lowest down the hierarchy.
     *
     * @param clazz the class to inspect
     * @return a collection of fields
     */
    public static Collection<Field> getFields(Class<?> clazz) {
        Map<String,Field> fields = new HashMap<String, Field>();
        while (clazz != null) {
            for (Field field : clazz.getDeclaredFields()) {
                if ( !fields.containsKey(field.getName()) ) {
                    fields.put(field.getName(), field);
                }
            }
            clazz = clazz.getSuperclass();
        }
        return fields.values();
    }
    /**
     * Fetches the property descriptor for the named property of the supplied class. To
     * speed things up a cache is maintained of propertyName to PropertyDescriptor for
     * each class used with this method.  If there is no property with the specified name,
     * returns null.
     *
     * @param clazz the class who"s properties to examine
     * @param property the String name of the property to look for
     * @return the PropertyDescriptor or null if none is found with a matching name
     */
    public static PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(Class<?> clazz, String property) {
        Map<String,PropertyDescriptor> pds = propertyDescriptors.get(clazz);
        if (pds == null) {
            try {
                BeanInfo info = Introspector.getBeanInfo(clazz);
                PropertyDescriptor[] descriptors = info.getPropertyDescriptors();
                pds = new HashMap<String, PropertyDescriptor>();
                for (PropertyDescriptor descriptor : descriptors) {
                    pds.put(descriptor.getName(), descriptor);
                }
                propertyDescriptors.put(clazz, pds);
            }
            catch (IntrospectionException ie) {
                throw new RuntimeException("Could not examine class "" + clazz.getName() +
                        "" using Introspector.getBeanInfo() to determine property information.", ie);
            }
        }
        return pds.get(property);
    }
    /**
     * <p>Attempts to find an accessible version of the method passed in, where accessible
     * is defined as the method itself being public and the declaring class being public.
     * Mostly useful as a workaround to the situation when
     * {@link PropertyDescriptor#getReadMethod()} and/or
     * {@link java.beans.PropertyDescriptor#getWriteMethod()} returns methods that are not
     * accessible (usually due to public implementations of interface methods in private
     * classes).</p>
     *
     * <p>Checks the method passed in and if it already meets these criteria it is returned
     * immediately. In general this leads to very little performance overhead</p>
     *
     * <p>If the method does not meet the criteria then the class" interfaces are scanned
     * for a matching method. If one is not found, then the class" superclass hierarchy
     * is searched. Finally, if no matching method can be found the original method is
     * returned.</p>
     *
     * @param m a method that may or may not be accessible
     * @return either an accessible version of the same method, or the method passed in if
     *         an accessible version cannot be found
     */
    public static Method findAccessibleMethod(final Method m) {
        // If the passed in method is accessible, then just give it back.
        if (isPublic(m.getModifiers()) && isPublic(m.getDeclaringClass().getModifiers())) return m;
        if (m.isAccessible()) return m;
        final Class<?> clazz    = m.getDeclaringClass();
        final String name    = m.getName();
        final Class<?>[] ptypes = m.getParameterTypes();
        // Else, loop through the interfaces for the declaring class, looking for a
        // public version of the method that we can call
        for (Class<?> iface : clazz.getInterfaces()) {
            try {
                Method m2 = iface.getMethod(name, ptypes);
                if (m2.isAccessible()) return m2;
                if (isPublic(iface.getModifiers()) && isPublic(m2.getModifiers())) return m2;
            }
            catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) { /* Not Unexpected. */ }
        }
        // Else loop through the superclasses looking for a public method
        Class<?> c = clazz.getSuperclass();
        while (c != null) {
            try {
                Method m2 = c.getMethod(name, ptypes);
                if (m2.isAccessible()) return m2;
                if (isPublic(c.getModifiers()) && isPublic(m2.getModifiers())) return m2;
            }
            catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) { /* Not Unexpected. */ }
            c = c.getSuperclass();
        }
        // If we haven"t found anything at this point, just give up!
        return m;
    }

    /**
     * Looks for an instance (i.e. non-static) public field with the matching name and
     * returns it if one exists.  If no such field exists, returns null.
     *
     * @param clazz the clazz who"s fields to examine
     * @param property the name of the property/field to look for
     * @return the Field object or null if no matching field exists
     */
    public static Field getField(Class<?> clazz, String property) {
        try {
            Field field = clazz.getField(property);
            return !Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers()) ? field : null;
        }
        catch (NoSuchFieldException nsfe) {
            return null;
        }
    }
    /**
     * Returns an appropriate default value for the class supplied. Mirrors the defaults used
     * when the JVM initializes instance variables.
     *
     * @param clazz the class for which to find the default value
     * @return null for non-primitive types and an appropriate wrapper instance for primitives
     */
    public static Object getDefaultValue(Class<?> clazz) {
        if (clazz.isPrimitive()) {
            return primitiveDefaults.get(clazz);
        }
        else {
            return null;
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns a set of all interfaces implemented by class supplied. This includes all
     * interfaces directly implemented by this class as well as those implemented by
     * superclasses or interface superclasses.
     * 
     * @param clazz
     * @return all interfaces implemented by this class
     */
    public static Set<Class<?>> getImplementedInterfaces(Class<?> clazz)
    {
        Set<Class<?>> interfaces = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
        
        if (clazz.isInterface())
            interfaces.add(clazz);
        while (clazz != null) {
            for (Class<?> iface : clazz.getInterfaces())
                interfaces.addAll(getImplementedInterfaces(iface));
            clazz = clazz.getSuperclass();
        } 
        return interfaces;
    }
    /**
     * Returns an array of Type objects representing the actual type arguments
     * to targetType used by clazz.
     * 
     * @param clazz the implementing class (or subclass)
     * @param targetType the implemented generic class or interface
     * @return an array of Type objects or null
     */
    public static Type[] getActualTypeArguments(Class<?> clazz, Class<?> targetType) {
        Set<Class<?>> classes = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
        classes.add(clazz);
        if (targetType.isInterface())
            classes.addAll(getImplementedInterfaces(clazz));
        Class<?> superClass = clazz.getSuperclass();
        while (superClass != null) {
            classes.add(superClass);
            superClass = superClass.getSuperclass();
        }
        for (Class<?> search : classes) {
            for (Type type : (targetType.isInterface() ? search.getGenericInterfaces()
                    : new Type[] { search.getGenericSuperclass() })) {
                if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
                    ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) type;
                    if (targetType.equals(parameterizedType.getRawType()))
                        return parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments();
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}





Returns true if type is a iterable type

   
// $Id: ReflectionHelper.java 16271 2009-04-07 20:20:12Z hardy.ferentschik $
/*
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* Copyright 2008, Red Hat Middleware LLC, and individual contributors
* by the @authors tag. See the copyright.txt in the distribution for a
* full listing of individual contributors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,  
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/

import java.beans.Introspector;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Member;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.lang.reflect.WildcardType;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Some reflection utility methods.
 *
 * @author Hardy Ferentschik
 */
public class ReflectionHelper {
  /**
   * @param type the type to check.
   *
   * @return Returns <code>true</code> if <code>type</code> is a iterable type, <code>false</code> otherwise.
   */
  public static boolean isIterable(Type type) {
    if ( type instanceof Class && isIterableClass( ( Class ) type ) ) {
      return true;
    }
    if ( type instanceof ParameterizedType ) {
      return isIterable( ( ( ParameterizedType ) type ).getRawType() );
    }
    if ( type instanceof WildcardType ) {
      Type[] upperBounds = ( ( WildcardType ) type ).getUpperBounds();
      return upperBounds.length != 0 && isIterable( upperBounds[0] );
    }
    return false;
  }
  /**
   * Checks whether the specified class parameter is an instance of a collection class.
   *
   * @param clazz <code>Class</code> to check.
   *
   * @return <code>true</code> is <code>clazz</code> is instance of a collection class, <code>false</code> otherwise.
   */
  private static boolean isIterableClass(Class<?> clazz) {
    List<Class<?>> classes = new ArrayList<Class<?>>();
    computeClassHierarchy( clazz, classes );
    return classes.contains( Iterable.class );
  }
  /**
   * Get all superclasses and interfaces recursively.
   *
   * @param clazz The class to start the search with.
   * @param classes List of classes to which to add all found super classes and interfaces.
   */
  private static void computeClassHierarchy(Class<?> clazz, List<Class<?>> classes) {
    for ( Class current = clazz; current != null; current = current.getSuperclass() ) {
      if ( classes.contains( current ) ) {
        return;
      }
      classes.add( current );
      for ( Class currentInterface : current.getInterfaces() ) {
        computeClassHierarchy( currentInterface, classes );
      }
    }
  }
}





TYPE Utilities

   
// 
// $Id: TypeUtil.java,v 1.12 2004/05/09 20:33:04 gregwilkins Exp $
// Copyright 2002-2004 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at 
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
// 

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.HashMap;

/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
/** TYPE Utilities.
 * Provides various static utiltiy methods for manipulating types and their
 * string representations.
 *
 * @since Jetty 4.1
 * @version $Revision: 1.12 $
 * @author Greg Wilkins (gregw)
 */
public class TypeUtil
{
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    private static final HashMap name2Class=new HashMap();
    static
    {
        name2Class.put("boolean",java.lang.Boolean.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("byte",java.lang.Byte.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("char",java.lang.Character.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("double",java.lang.Double.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("float",java.lang.Float.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("int",java.lang.Integer.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("long",java.lang.Long.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("short",java.lang.Short.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("void",java.lang.Void.TYPE);
        
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Boolean.TYPE",java.lang.Boolean.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Byte.TYPE",java.lang.Byte.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Character.TYPE",java.lang.Character.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Double.TYPE",java.lang.Double.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Float.TYPE",java.lang.Float.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Integer.TYPE",java.lang.Integer.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Long.TYPE",java.lang.Long.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Short.TYPE",java.lang.Short.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Void.TYPE",java.lang.Void.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Boolean",java.lang.Boolean.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Byte",java.lang.Byte.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Character",java.lang.Character.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Double",java.lang.Double.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Float",java.lang.Float.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Integer",java.lang.Integer.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Long",java.lang.Long.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.Short",java.lang.Short.class);
        name2Class.put("Boolean",java.lang.Boolean.class);
        name2Class.put("Byte",java.lang.Byte.class);
        name2Class.put("Character",java.lang.Character.class);
        name2Class.put("Double",java.lang.Double.class);
        name2Class.put("Float",java.lang.Float.class);
        name2Class.put("Integer",java.lang.Integer.class);
        name2Class.put("Long",java.lang.Long.class);
        name2Class.put("Short",java.lang.Short.class);
        name2Class.put(null,java.lang.Void.TYPE);
        name2Class.put("string",java.lang.String.class);
        name2Class.put("String",java.lang.String.class);
        name2Class.put("java.lang.String",java.lang.String.class);
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    private static final HashMap class2Name=new HashMap();
    static
    {
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Boolean.TYPE,"boolean");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Byte.TYPE,"byte");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Character.TYPE,"char");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Double.TYPE,"double");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Float.TYPE,"float");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Integer.TYPE,"int");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Long.TYPE,"long");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Short.TYPE,"short");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Void.TYPE,"void");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Boolean.class,"java.lang.Boolean");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Byte.class,"java.lang.Byte");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Character.class,"java.lang.Character");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Double.class,"java.lang.Double");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Float.class,"java.lang.Float");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Integer.class,"java.lang.Integer");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Long.class,"java.lang.Long");
        class2Name.put(java.lang.Short.class,"java.lang.Short");
        
        class2Name.put(null,"void");
        name2Class.put(java.lang.String.class,"java.lang.String");
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    private static final HashMap class2Value=new HashMap();
    static
    {
        try
        {
            Class[] s ={java.lang.String.class};
            
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Boolean.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Boolean.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Byte.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Byte.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Double.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Double.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Float.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Float.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Integer.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Integer.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Long.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Long.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Short.TYPE,
                           java.lang.Short.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Boolean.class,
                           java.lang.Boolean.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Byte.class,
                           java.lang.Byte.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Double.class,
                           java.lang.Double.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Float.class,
                           java.lang.Float.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Integer.class,
                           java.lang.Integer.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Long.class,
                           java.lang.Long.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
            class2Value.put(java.lang.Short.class,
                           java.lang.Short.class.getMethod("valueOf",s));
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
           
        }
    }
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    private static Class[] stringArg = { java.lang.String.class };
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    private static int intCacheSize=
        Integer.getInteger("org.mortbay.util.TypeUtil.IntegerCacheSize",600).intValue();
    private static Integer[] integerCache = new Integer[intCacheSize];
    private static String[] integerStrCache = new String[intCacheSize];
    private static Integer minusOne = new Integer(-1);
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Class from a canonical name for a type.
     * @param name A class or type name.
     * @return A class , which may be a primitive TYPE field..
     */
    public static Class fromName(String name)
    {
        return (Class)name2Class.get(name);
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Canonical name for a type.
     * @param type A class , which may be a primitive TYPE field.
     * @return Canonical name.
     */
    public static String toName(Class type)
    {
        return (String)class2Name.get(type);
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Convert String value to instance.
     * @param type The class of the instance, which may be a primitive TYPE field.
     * @param value The value as a string.
     * @return The value as an Object.
     */
    public static Object valueOf(Class type, String value)
    {
        try
        {
            if (type.equals(java.lang.String.class))
                return value;
            
            Method m = (Method)class2Value.get(type);
            if (m!=null)
                return m.invoke(null,new Object[] {value});
            if (type.equals(java.lang.Character.TYPE) ||
                type.equals(java.lang.Character.class))
                return new Character(value.charAt(0));
            Constructor c = type.getConstructor(stringArg);
            return c.newInstance(new Object[] {value});   
        }
        catch(InvocationTargetException e)
        {
            if (e.getTargetException() instanceof Error)
                throw (Error)(e.getTargetException());
          
        }
        return null;
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Convert String value to instance.
     * @param type classname or type (eg int)
     * @param value The value as a string.
     * @return The value as an Object.
     */
    public static Object valueOf(String type, String value)
    {
        return valueOf(fromName(type),value);
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Convert int to Integer using cache. 
     */
    public static Integer newInteger(int i)
    {
        if (i>=0 && i<intCacheSize)
        {
            if (integerCache[i]==null)
                integerCache[i]=new Integer(i);
            return integerCache[i];
        }
        else if (i==-1)
            return minusOne;
        return new Integer(i);
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Convert int to String using cache. 
     */
    public static String toString(int i)
    {
        if (i>=0 && i<intCacheSize)
        {
            if (integerStrCache[i]==null)
                integerStrCache[i]=Integer.toString(i);
            return integerStrCache[i];
        }
        else if (i==-1)
            return "-1";
        return Integer.toString(i);
    }

    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** Parse an int from a substring.
     * Negative numbers are not handled.
     * @param s String
     * @param offset Offset within string
     * @param length Length of integer or -1 for remainder of string
     * @param base base of the integer
     * @exception NumberFormatException 
     */
    public static int parseInt(String s, int offset, int length, int base)
        throws NumberFormatException
    {
        int value=0;
        if (length<0)
            length=s.length()-offset;
        for (int i=0;i<length;i++)
        {
            char c=s.charAt(offset+i);
            
            int digit=c-"0";
            if (digit<0 || digit>=base || digit>=10)
            {
                digit=10+c-"A";
                if (digit<10 || digit>=base)
                    digit=10+c-"a";
            }
            if (digit<0 || digit>=base)
                throw new NumberFormatException(s.substring(offset,offset+length));
            value=value*base+digit;
        }
        return value;
    }
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    public static byte[] parseBytes(String s, int base)
    {
        byte[] bytes=new byte[s.length()/2];
        for (int i=0;i<s.length();i+=2)
            bytes[i/2]=(byte)TypeUtil.parseInt(s,i,2,base);
        return bytes;
    }
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    public static String toString(byte[] bytes, int base)
    {
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i=0;i<bytes.length;i++)
        {
            int bi=0xff&bytes[i];
            int c="0"+(bi/base)%base;
            if (c>"9")
                c= "a"+(c-"0"-10);
            buf.append((char)c);
            c="0"+bi%base;
            if (c>"9")
                c= "a"+(c-"0"-10);
            buf.append((char)c);
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    /** 
     * @param b An ASCII encoded character 0-9 a-f A-F
     * @return The byte value of the character 0-16.
     */
    public static byte convertHexDigit( byte b )
    {
        if ((b >= "0") && (b <= "9")) return (byte)(b - "0");
        if ((b >= "a") && (b <= "f")) return (byte)(b - "a" + 10);
        if ((b >= "A") && (b <= "F")) return (byte)(b - "A" + 10);
        return 0;
    }
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    public static String toHexString(byte[] b)
    {   
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i=0;i<b.length;i++)
        {
            int bi=0xff&b[i];
            int c="0"+(bi/16)%16;
            if (c>"9")
                c= "A"+(c-"0"-10);
            buf.append((char)c);
            c="0"+bi%16;
            if (c>"9")
                c= "a"+(c-"0"-10);
            buf.append((char)c);
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    public static String toHexString(byte[] b,int offset,int length)
    {   
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i=offset;i<offset+length;i++)
        {
            int bi=0xff&b[i];
            int c="0"+(bi/16)%16;
            if (c>"9")
                c= "A"+(c-"0"-10);
            buf.append((char)c);
            c="0"+bi%16;
            if (c>"9")
                c= "a"+(c-"0"-10);
            buf.append((char)c);
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }
    
    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
    public static byte[] fromHexString(String s)
    {   
        if (s.length()%2!=0)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(s);
        byte[] array = new byte[s.length()/2];
        for (int i=0;i<array.length;i++)
        {
            int b = Integer.parseInt(s.substring(i*2,i*2+2),16);
            array[i]=(byte)(0xff&b);
        }    
        return array;
    }
    
    public static void dump(Class c)
    {
        System.err.println("Dump: "+c);
        dump(c.getClassLoader());
    }
    public static void dump(ClassLoader cl)
    {
        System.err.println("Dump Loaders:");
        while(cl!=null)
        {
            System.err.println("  loader "+cl);
            cl = cl.getParent();
        }
    }
}