reflectivevisitor.java

rule engine drools-2.0-beta-18

package org.drools.reteoo;

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import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import org.drools.Visitor;

/**
 * Java Tip 98: Reflect on the Visitor design pattern. Implement visitors in
 * Java, using reflection.
 * http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip98.html
 * 
 * @author Jeremy Blosser
 */
public abstract class ReflectiveVisitor
    implements
    Visitor
{
    static final String newline = System.getProperty( "line.separator" );

    public void visit(Object object)
    {
        try
        {
            if ( object != null )
            {
                Method method = getMethod( object.getClass( ) );
                method.invoke( this,
                               new Object[]{object} );
            }
            else
            {
                Method method = getClass( ).getMethod( "visitNull",
                                                       null );
                method.invoke( this,
                               null );
            }
        }
        catch ( Exception e )
        {
            e.printStackTrace( );
        }
    }

    private Method getMethod(Class clazz)
    {
        Class newClazz = clazz;
        Method method = null;

        // Try the superclasses
        while ( method == null && newClazz != Object.class )
        {
            String methodName = newClazz.getName( );
            methodName = "visit" + methodName.substring( methodName.lastIndexOf( '.' ) + 1 );
            try
            {
                method = getClass( ).getMethod( methodName,
                                                new Class[]{newClazz} );
            }
            catch ( NoSuchMethodException e )
            {
                newClazz = newClazz.getSuperclass( );
            }
        }

        // Try the interfaces.
        if ( newClazz == Object.class )
        {
            Class[] interfaces = clazz.getInterfaces( );
            for ( int i = 0; i < interfaces.length; i++ )
            {
                String methodName = interfaces[i].getName( );
                methodName = "visit" + methodName.substring( methodName.lastIndexOf( '.' ) + 1 );
                try
                {
                    method = getClass( ).getMethod( methodName,
                                                    new Class[]{interfaces[i]} );
                }
                catch ( NoSuchMethodException e )
                {
                    // swallow
                }
            }
        }
        if ( method == null )
        {
            try
            {
                method = getClass( ).getMethod( "visitObject",
                                                new Class[]{Object.class} );
            }
            catch ( Exception e )
            {
                // Shouldn't happen as long as all Visitors extend this class
                // and this class continues to implement visitObject(Object).
                e.printStackTrace( );
            }
        }
        return method;
    }

    public void visitObject(Object object)
    {
        System.err.println( "no visitor implementation for : " + object.getClass( ) + " : " + object );
    }
}