lightning-core/src/main/java/org/apache/directmemory/lightning/internal/instantiator/sun/Sun13InstantiatorBase.java

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package org.apache.directmemory.lightning.internal.instantiator.sun;

import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import org.apache.directmemory.lightning.instantiator.ObjectInstantiator;
import org.apache.directmemory.lightning.internal.instantiator.ObjenesisException;

/**
 * Base class for Sun 1.3 based instantiators. It initializes reflection access to static method
 * ObjectInputStream.allocateNewObject.
 * 
 * @author Leonardo Mesquita
 */
public abstract class Sun13InstantiatorBase
    implements ObjectInstantiator
{

    static Method allocateNewObjectMethod = null;

    private static void initialize()
    {
        if ( allocateNewObjectMethod == null )
        {
            try
            {
                allocateNewObjectMethod =
                    ObjectInputStream.class.getDeclaredMethod( "allocateNewObject", new Class[] { Class.class,
                        Class.class } );
                allocateNewObjectMethod.setAccessible( true );
            }
            catch ( RuntimeException e )
            {
                throw new ObjenesisException( e );
            }
            catch ( NoSuchMethodException e )
            {
                throw new ObjenesisException( e );
            }
        }
    }

    protected final Class<?> type;

    public Sun13InstantiatorBase( Class<?> type )
    {
        this.type = type;
        initialize();
    }

    @Override
    public abstract Object newInstance();

}