gcc/libjava/gnu/classpath/jdwp/util/Signature.java

/* Signature.java -- utility class to compute class and method signatures
   Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation

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package gnu.classpath.jdwp.util;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * A class to compute class and method signatures.
 *
 * @author Tom Tromey  (tromey@redhat.com)
 * @author Keith Seitz  (keiths@redhat.com)
 */
public class Signature
{
  /**
   * Computes the class signature, i.e., java.lang.String.class
   * returns "Ljava/lang/String;".
   *
   * @param theClass  the class for which to compute the signature
   * @return          the class's type signature
   */
  public static String computeClassSignature (Class theClass)
  {
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer ();
    _addToSignature (sb, theClass);
    return sb.toString ();
  }

  /**
   * Computes the field signature which is just the class signature of the
   * field's type, ie a Field of type java.lang.String this will return
   * "Ljava/lang/String;".
   *
   * @param field  the field for which to compute the signature
   * @return       the field's type signature
   */
  public static String computeFieldSignature (Field field)
  {
    return computeClassSignature (field.getType());
  }

  /**
   * Computes the method signature, i.e., java.lang.String.split (String, int)
   * returns "(Ljava/lang/String;I)[Ljava/lang/String;"
   *
   * @param method  the method for which to compute the signature
   * @return        the method's type signature
   */
  public static String computeMethodSignature (Method method)
  {
    return _computeSignature (method.getReturnType (),
			      method.getParameterTypes ());
  }

  private static String _computeSignature (Class returnType,
					   Class[] paramTypes)
  {
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer ("(");
    if (paramTypes != null)
      {
	for (int i = 0; i < paramTypes.length; ++i)
	  _addToSignature (sb, paramTypes[i]);
      }
    sb.append (")");
    _addToSignature (sb, returnType);
    return sb.toString();
  }

  private static void _addToSignature (StringBuffer sb, Class k)
  {
    // For some reason there's no easy way to get the signature of a
    // class.
    if (k.isPrimitive ())
      {
        if (k == void.class)
          sb.append('V');
        else if (k == boolean.class)
          sb.append('Z');
        else if (k == byte.class)
          sb.append('B');
        else if (k == char.class)
          sb.append('C');
        else if (k == short.class)
          sb.append('S');
        else if (k == int.class)
          sb.append('I');
        else if (k == float.class)
          sb.append('F');
        else if (k == double.class)
          sb.append('D');
        else if (k == long.class)
          sb.append('J');
        return;
      }
    
    String name = k.getName ();
    int len = name.length ();
    sb.ensureCapacity (len);
    if (! k.isArray ())
      sb.append('L');
    for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i)
      {
	char c = name.charAt (i);
	if (c == '.')
	  c = '/';
	sb.append (c);
      }
    if (! k.isArray ())
      sb.append(';');
  }
}