uk.ltd.getahead.dwr.util
Class LocalUtil

java.lang.Object
  uk.ltd.getahead.dwr.util.LocalUtil

public final class LocalUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Various utilities, mostly to make up for JDK 1.4 functionallity that is not in JDK 1.3

Author:

Joe Walker [joe at getahead dot ltd dot uk]

Field Summary

static int	INBOUND_INDEX_TYPE splitInbound() returns the type info in this parameter
static int	INBOUND_INDEX_VALUE splitInbound() returns the value info in this parameter

Method Summary

static void	addNoCacheHeaders(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse resp) Add headers to prevent browers and proxies from caching this reply.
static java.lang.String	decode(java.lang.String value) URL decode a value.
static java.lang.Class	getNonPrimitiveType(java.lang.Class type)
static java.lang.String	getShortClassName(java.lang.Class clazz) Get the short class name (i.e.
static boolean	isEquivalent(java.lang.Class c1, java.lang.Class c2) True if c1 is java.lang.Boolean and c2 is boolean, etc.
static boolean	isServletClass(java.lang.Class paramType) Is this class one that we auto fill, so the user can ignore?
static java.lang.String	replace(java.lang.String text, java.lang.String repl, java.lang.String with) Replacement for String#replaceAll(String, String) in JDK 1.4+
static void	setProperty(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.String key, java.lang.Object value) Set a property on an object using reflection
static java.lang.String[]	splitInbound(java.lang.String data) The javascript outbound marshaller prefixes the toString value with a colon and the original type information.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INBOUND_INDEX_TYPE

public static final int INBOUND_INDEX_TYPE

splitInbound() returns the type info in this parameter

See Also:

Constant Field Values

INBOUND_INDEX_VALUE

public static final int INBOUND_INDEX_VALUE

splitInbound() returns the value info in this parameter

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

replace

public static java.lang.String replace(java.lang.String text,
                                       java.lang.String repl,
                                       java.lang.String with)

Replacement for String#replaceAll(String, String) in JDK 1.4+

Parameters:

text - source text

repl - the stuff to get rid of

with - the stuff to replace it with

Returns:

replaced text or null if any args are null

isEquivalent

public static boolean isEquivalent(java.lang.Class c1,
                                   java.lang.Class c2)

True if c1 is java.lang.Boolean and c2 is boolean, etc.

Parameters:

c1 - the first class to test

c2 - the second class to test

Returns:

true if the classes are equivalent

getNonPrimitiveType

public static java.lang.Class getNonPrimitiveType(java.lang.Class type)

Parameters:

type - The class to de-primitivize

Returns:

The non-privitive version of the class

addNoCacheHeaders

public static void addNoCacheHeaders(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse resp)

Add headers to prevent browers and proxies from caching this reply.

Parameters:

resp - The response to add headers to

isServletClass

public static boolean isServletClass(java.lang.Class paramType)

Is this class one that we auto fill, so the user can ignore?

Parameters:

paramType - The type to test

Returns:

true if the type is a Servlet type

decode

public static java.lang.String decode(java.lang.String value)

URL decode a value. This method gets around the lack of a decode(String, String) method in JDK 1.3.

Parameters:

value - The string to decode

Returns:

The decoded string

setProperty

public static void setProperty(java.lang.Object object,
                               java.lang.String key,
                               java.lang.Object value)
                        throws java.lang.NoSuchMethodException,
                               java.lang.SecurityException,
                               java.lang.IllegalAccessException,
                               java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                               java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

Set a property on an object using reflection

Parameters:

object - The object to call the setter on

key - The name of the property to set.

value - The new value to use for the property

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException - Passed on from reflection code

java.lang.SecurityException - Passed on from reflection code

java.lang.IllegalAccessException - Passed on from reflection code

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - Passed on from reflection code

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException - Passed on from reflection code

splitInbound

public static java.lang.String[] splitInbound(java.lang.String data)

The javascript outbound marshaller prefixes the toString value with a colon and the original type information. This undoes that.

Parameters:

data - The string to be split up

Returns:

A string array containing the split data

getShortClassName

public static java.lang.String getShortClassName(java.lang.Class clazz)

Get the short class name (i.e. without the package part)

Parameters:

clazz - the class to get the short name of

Returns:

the class name of the class without the package name