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 package flex.messaging.util;

 import flex.messaging.io.TypeMarshaller;
 import flex.messaging.io.TypeMarshallingContext;
 import flex.messaging.MessageException;

 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;

 /**
  * A utility class used to find a suitable method based on matching
  * signatures to the types of set of arguments. Since the arguments
  * may be from more loosely typed environments such as ActionScript,
  * a translator can be employed to handle type conversion. Note that
  * there isn't a great guarantee for which method will be selected
  * when several overloaded methods match very closely through the use
  * of various combinations of generic types.
  *
  *
  */
 public class MethodMatcher
 {
     private final Map<MethodKey, Method> methodCache = new HashMap<MethodKey, Method>();
     private static final int ARGUMENT_CONVERSION_ERROR = 10006;
     private static final int CANNOT_INVOKE_METHOD = 10007;

     /**
      * Default constructor.
      */
     public MethodMatcher()
     {
     }

     /**
      * Utility method that searches a class for a given method, taking
      * into account the supplied parameters when evaluating overloaded
      * method signatures.
      *
      * @param c The class.
      * @param methodName Desired method to search for
      * @param parameters Required to distinguish between overloaded methods of the same name
      * @return The best-match <tt>Method</tt>.
      */
     public Method getMethod(Class c, String methodName, List parameters)
     {
         // Keep track of the best method match found
         Match bestMatch = new Match(methodName);

         // Determine supplied parameter types.
         Class[] suppliedParamTypes = paramTypes(parameters);

         // Create a key to search our method cache
         MethodKey methodKey = new MethodKey(c, methodName, suppliedParamTypes);

         Method method = null;
         if (methodCache.containsKey(methodKey))
         {
             method = methodCache.get(methodKey);

             String thisMethodName = method.getName();
             bestMatch.matchedMethodName = thisMethodName;
         }
         else
         {
             try // First, try an exact match.
             {
                 method = c.getMethod(methodName, suppliedParamTypes);
                 synchronized(methodCache)
                 {
                     Method method2 = methodCache.get(methodKey);
                     if (method2 == null)
                         methodCache.put(methodKey, method);
                     else
                         method = method2;
                 }
             }
             catch (SecurityException e)
             {
                 // NOWARN
             }
             catch (NoSuchMethodException e)
             {
                 // NOWARN
             }

             if (method == null) // Otherwise, search the long way.
             {
                 Method[] methods = c.getMethods();
                 for (Method thisMethod : c.getMethods())
                 {
                     String thisMethodName = thisMethod.getName();

                     // FIXME: Do we want to do this case-insensitively in Flex 2.0?
                     // First, search by name; for backwards compatibility
                     // we continue to check case-insensitively
                     if (!thisMethodName.equalsIgnoreCase(methodName))
                         continue;

                     // Next, search on params
                     Match currentMatch = new Match(methodName);
                     currentMatch.matchedMethodName = thisMethodName;

                     // If we've not yet had a match, this is our best match so far.
                     if (bestMatch.matchedMethodName == null)
                         bestMatch = currentMatch;

                     // Number of parameters must match.
                     Class[] desiredParamTypes = thisMethod.getParameterTypes();
                     currentMatch.methodParamTypes = desiredParamTypes;

                     if (desiredParamTypes.length != suppliedParamTypes.length)
                         continue;

                     currentMatch.matchedByNumberOfParams = true;

                     // If we've not yet matched any params, this is our best match so far.
                     if (!bestMatch.matchedByNumberOfParams && bestMatch.matchedParamCount == 0)
                         bestMatch = currentMatch;

                     // Parameter types must also be compatible. Don't actually convert
                     // the parameter just yet, only count the matches and exact matches.
                     convertParams(parameters, desiredParamTypes, currentMatch, false);

                     // If we've not yet had this many params match, this is our best match so far.
                     if (currentMatch.matchedParamCount >= bestMatch.matchedParamCount
                             && currentMatch.exactMatchedParamCount >= bestMatch.exactMatchedParamCount)
                         bestMatch = currentMatch;

                     // If all types were compatible, we have a match.
                     if (currentMatch.matchedParamCount == desiredParamTypes.length
                             && bestMatch == currentMatch)
                     {
                         method = thisMethod;
                         synchronized(methodCache)
                         {
                             Method method2 = methodCache.get(methodKey);
                             if (method2 == null || method2 != method)
                                 methodCache.put(methodKey, method);
                             else
                                 method = method2;
                         }
                         // Don't break as there might be other methods with the
                         // same number of arguments but with better match count.
                         // break;
                     }
                 }
             }
         }

         if (method == null)
         {
             methodNotFound(methodName, suppliedParamTypes, bestMatch);
         }
         else if (bestMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure != null)
         {
             //Error occurred while attempting to convert an input argument's type.
             MessageException me = new MessageException();
             me.setMessage(ARGUMENT_CONVERSION_ERROR);
             me.setCode("Server.Processing");
             me.setRootCause(bestMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure);
             throw me;
         }

         // Call convertParams one last time before returning method. This ensures
         // that parameters List is converted using bestMatch.
         Class<?>[] desiredParamTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
         bestMatch.methodParamTypes = desiredParamTypes;
         convertParams(parameters, desiredParamTypes, bestMatch, true);
         return method;
     }


     /**
      * Utility method to convert a collection of parameters to desired types. We keep track
      * of the progress of the conversion to allow callers to gauge the success of the conversion.
      * This is important for ranking overloaded-methods and debugging purposes.
      *
      * @param parameters actual parameters for an invocation
      * @param desiredParamTypes classes in the signature of a potential match for the invocation
      * @param currentMatch the currently best known match
      * @param convert determines whether the actual conversion should take place.
      */
     public static void convertParams(List parameters, Class[] desiredParamTypes, Match currentMatch, boolean convert)
     {
         int matchCount = 0;
         int exactMatchCount = 0;

         currentMatch.matchedParamCount = 0;
         currentMatch.convertedSuppliedTypes = new Class[desiredParamTypes.length];

         TypeMarshaller marshaller = TypeMarshallingContext.getTypeMarshaller();

         for (int i = 0; i < desiredParamTypes.length; i++)
         {
             Object param = parameters.get(i);

             // Consider null param to match
             if (param != null)
             {
                 Object obj = null;
                 Class objClass = null;

                 if (marshaller != null)
                 {
                     try
                     {
                         obj = marshaller.convert(param, desiredParamTypes[i]);
                     }
                     catch (MessageException ex)
                     {
                         currentMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure = ex;
                         break;
                     }
                     catch (ClassCastException ex)
                     {
                         currentMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure = ex;
                         break;
                     }
                     // We need to catch the exception here as the conversion of parameter types could fail
                     catch(Exception e)
                     {
                         currentMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure = e;
                         break;
                     }
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     obj = param;
                 }

                 currentMatch.convertedSuppliedTypes[i] = (obj != null ? (objClass = obj.getClass()) : null);

                 // Things match if we now have an object which is assignable from the
                 // method param class type or if we have an Object which corresponds to
                 // a primitive
                 if (objClass != null && isAssignableFrom(desiredParamTypes[i], objClass))
                 {
                     // See if there's an exact match before parameter is converted.
                     if (isAssignableFrom(desiredParamTypes[i], param.getClass()))
                         exactMatchCount++;

                     if (convert) // Convert the parameter.
                         parameters.set(i, obj);

                     matchCount++;
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     break;
                 }
             }
             else
             {
                 matchCount++;
             }
         }

         currentMatch.matchedParamCount = matchCount;
         currentMatch.exactMatchedParamCount = exactMatchCount;
     }

     private static boolean isAssignableFrom(Class first, Class second)
     {
         return (first.isAssignableFrom(second)) ||
             (first == Integer.TYPE && Integer.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) ||
             (first == Double.TYPE && Double.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) ||
             (first == Long.TYPE && Long.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) ||
             (first == Boolean.TYPE && Boolean.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) ||
             (first == Character.TYPE && Character.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) ||
             (first == Float.TYPE && Float.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) ||
             (first == Short.TYPE && Short.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) ||
             (first == Byte.TYPE && Byte.class.isAssignableFrom(second));
     }

     /**
      * Utility method that iterates over a collection of input
      * parameters to determine their types while logging
      * the class names to create a unique identifier for a
      * method signature.
      *
      * @param parameters - A list of supplied parameters.
      * @return An array of <tt>Class</tt> instances indicating the class of each corresponding parameter.
      *
      */
     public static Class[] paramTypes(List parameters)
     {
         Class[] paramTypes = new Class[parameters.size()];
         for (int i = 0; i < paramTypes.length; i++)
         {
             Object p = parameters.get(i);
             paramTypes[i] = p == null ? Object.class : p.getClass();
         }
         return paramTypes;
     }

     /**
      * Utility method to provide more detailed information in the event that a search
      * for a specific method failed for the service class.
      *
      * @param methodName         the name of the missing method
      * @param suppliedParamTypes the types of parameters supplied for the search
      * @param bestMatch          the best match found during the search
      */
     public static void methodNotFound(String methodName, Class[] suppliedParamTypes, Match bestMatch)
     {
         // Set default error message...
         // Cannot invoke method '{methodName}'.
         int errorCode = CANNOT_INVOKE_METHOD;
         Object[] errorParams = new Object[]{methodName};
         String errorDetailVariant = "0";
         // Method '{methodName}' not found.
         Object[] errorDetailParams = new Object[]{methodName};

         if (bestMatch.matchedMethodName != null)
         {
             // Cannot invoke method '{bestMatch.matchedMethodName}'.
             errorCode = CANNOT_INVOKE_METHOD;
             errorParams = new Object[]{bestMatch.matchedMethodName};

             int suppliedParamCount = suppliedParamTypes.length;
             int expectedParamCount = bestMatch.methodParamTypes != null ? bestMatch.methodParamTypes.length : 0;

             if (suppliedParamCount != expectedParamCount)
             {
                 // {suppliedParamCount} arguments were sent but {expectedParamCount} were expected.
                 errorDetailVariant = "1";
                 errorDetailParams = new Object[]{new Integer(suppliedParamCount), new Integer(expectedParamCount)};

             }
             else
             {
                 String suppliedTypes = bestMatch.listTypes(suppliedParamTypes);
                 String convertedTypes = bestMatch.listConvertedTypes();
                 String expectedTypes = bestMatch.listExpectedTypes();

                 if (expectedTypes != null)
                 {
                     if (suppliedTypes != null)
                     {
                         if (convertedTypes != null)
                         {
                             // The expected argument types are ({expectedTypes})
                             // but the supplied types were ({suppliedTypes})
                             // and converted to ({convertedTypes}).
                             errorDetailVariant = "2";
                             errorDetailParams = new Object[]{expectedTypes, suppliedTypes, convertedTypes};
                         }
                         else
                         {
                             // The expected argument types are ({expectedTypes})
                             // but the supplied types were ({suppliedTypes})
                             // with none successfully converted.
                             errorDetailVariant = "3";
                             errorDetailParams = new Object[]{expectedTypes, suppliedTypes};
                         }
                     }
                     else
                     {
                         // The expected argument types are ({expectedTypes})
                         // but no arguments were provided.
                         errorDetailVariant = "4";
                         errorDetailParams = new Object[]{expectedTypes};
                     }
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     // No arguments were expected but the following types were supplied (suppliedTypes)
                     errorDetailVariant = "5";
                     errorDetailParams = new Object[]{suppliedTypes};
                 }
             }
         }

         MessageException ex = new MessageException();
         ex.setMessage(errorCode, errorParams);
         ex.setCode(MessageException.CODE_SERVER_RESOURCE_UNAVAILABLE);
         if (errorDetailVariant != null)
             ex.setDetails(errorCode, errorDetailVariant, errorDetailParams);

         if (bestMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure != null)
             ex.setRootCause(bestMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure);

         throw ex;
     }

     /**
      * A utility class to help rank methods in the search
      * for a best match, given a name and collection of
      * input parameters.
      *
      */
     public static class Match
     {
         /**
          * Constructor.
          * @param name the name of the method to match
          */
         public Match(String name)
         {
             this.methodName = name;
         }

         /**
          * Returns true if desired and found method names match.
          * @return true if desired and found method names match
          */
         public boolean matchedExactlyByName()
         {
             return matchedMethodName != null? matchedMethodName.equals(methodName) : false;
         }

         /**
          * Returns true if desired and found method names match only when case is ignored.
          * @return true if desired and found method names match only when case is ignored
          */
         public boolean matchedLooselyByName()
         {
             return matchedMethodName != null?
                     (!matchedExactlyByName() && matchedMethodName.equalsIgnoreCase(methodName)) : false;
         }


         /**
          * Lists the classes in the signature of the method matched.
          * @return the classes in the signature of the method matched
          */
         public String listExpectedTypes()
         {
             return listTypes(methodParamTypes);
         }


         /**
          * Lists the classes corresponding to actual invocation parameters once they have been
          * converted as best they could to match the classes in the invoked method's signature.
          *
          * @return the classes corresponding to actual invocation parameters once they have been
          * converted as best they could to match the classes in the invoked method's signature
          */
         public String listConvertedTypes()
         {
             return listTypes(convertedSuppliedTypes);
         }

         /**
          * Creates a string representation of the class names in the array of types passed into
          * this method.
          *
          * @param types an array of types whose names are to be listed
          * @return a string representation of the class names in the array of types
          */
         public String listTypes(Class[] types)
         {
             if (types == null || types.length == 0)
                 return null;

             StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

             for (int i = 0; i < types.length; i++)
             {
                 if (i > 0)
                     sb.append(", ");

                 Class c = types[i];

                 if (c != null)
                 {
                     if (c.isArray())
                     {
                         c = c.getComponentType();
                         sb.append(c.getName()).append("[]");
                     }
                     else
                     {
                         sb.append(c.getName());
                     }
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     sb.append("null");
                 }
             }

             return sb.toString();
         }

         final String methodName;
         String matchedMethodName;

         boolean matchedByNumberOfParams;
         int matchedParamCount;
         int exactMatchedParamCount;
         Class[] methodParamTypes;
         Class[] convertedSuppliedTypes;
         Exception paramTypeConversionFailure;
     }
 }
	/*
	* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
	* contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
	* this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
	* The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
	*/
	package flex.messaging.util;

	import flex.messaging.io.TypeMarshaller;
	import flex.messaging.io.TypeMarshallingContext;
	import flex.messaging.MessageException;

	import java.util.Map;
	import java.util.HashMap;
	import java.util.List;
	import java.lang.reflect.Method;

	/**
	* A utility class used to find a suitable method based on matching
	* signatures to the types of set of arguments. Since the arguments
	* may be from more loosely typed environments such as ActionScript,
	* a translator can be employed to handle type conversion. Note that
	* there isn't a great guarantee for which method will be selected
	* when several overloaded methods match very closely through the use
	* of various combinations of generic types.
	*
	*
	*/
	public class MethodMatcher
	{
	private final Map<MethodKey, Method> methodCache = new HashMap<MethodKey, Method>();
	private static final int ARGUMENT_CONVERSION_ERROR = 10006;
	private static final int CANNOT_INVOKE_METHOD = 10007;

	/**
	* Default constructor.
	*/
	public MethodMatcher()
	{
	}

	/**
	* Utility method that searches a class for a given method, taking
	* into account the supplied parameters when evaluating overloaded
	* method signatures.
	*
	* @param c The class.
	* @param methodName Desired method to search for
	* @param parameters Required to distinguish between overloaded methods of the same name
	* @return The best-match <tt>Method</tt>.
	*/
	public Method getMethod(Class c, String methodName, List parameters)
	{
	// Keep track of the best method match found
	Match bestMatch = new Match(methodName);

	// Determine supplied parameter types.
	Class[] suppliedParamTypes = paramTypes(parameters);

	// Create a key to search our method cache
	MethodKey methodKey = new MethodKey(c, methodName, suppliedParamTypes);

	Method method = null;
	if (methodCache.containsKey(methodKey))
	{
	method = methodCache.get(methodKey);

	String thisMethodName = method.getName();
	bestMatch.matchedMethodName = thisMethodName;
	}
	else
	{
	try // First, try an exact match.
	{
	method = c.getMethod(methodName, suppliedParamTypes);
	synchronized(methodCache)
	{
	Method method2 = methodCache.get(methodKey);
	if (method2 == null)
	methodCache.put(methodKey, method);
	else
	method = method2;
	}
	}
	catch (SecurityException e)
	{
	// NOWARN
	}
	catch (NoSuchMethodException e)
	{
	// NOWARN
	}

	if (method == null) // Otherwise, search the long way.
	{
	Method[] methods = c.getMethods();
	for (Method thisMethod : c.getMethods())
	{
	String thisMethodName = thisMethod.getName();

	// FIXME: Do we want to do this case-insensitively in Flex 2.0?
	// First, search by name; for backwards compatibility
	// we continue to check case-insensitively
	if (!thisMethodName.equalsIgnoreCase(methodName))
	continue;

	// Next, search on params
	Match currentMatch = new Match(methodName);
	currentMatch.matchedMethodName = thisMethodName;

	// If we've not yet had a match, this is our best match so far.
	if (bestMatch.matchedMethodName == null)
	bestMatch = currentMatch;

	// Number of parameters must match.
	Class[] desiredParamTypes = thisMethod.getParameterTypes();
	currentMatch.methodParamTypes = desiredParamTypes;

	if (desiredParamTypes.length != suppliedParamTypes.length)
	continue;

	currentMatch.matchedByNumberOfParams = true;

	// If we've not yet matched any params, this is our best match so far.
	if (!bestMatch.matchedByNumberOfParams && bestMatch.matchedParamCount == 0)
	bestMatch = currentMatch;

	// Parameter types must also be compatible. Don't actually convert
	// the parameter just yet, only count the matches and exact matches.
	convertParams(parameters, desiredParamTypes, currentMatch, false);

	// If we've not yet had this many params match, this is our best match so far.
	if (currentMatch.matchedParamCount >= bestMatch.matchedParamCount
	&& currentMatch.exactMatchedParamCount >= bestMatch.exactMatchedParamCount)
	bestMatch = currentMatch;

	// If all types were compatible, we have a match.
	if (currentMatch.matchedParamCount == desiredParamTypes.length
	&& bestMatch == currentMatch)
	{
	method = thisMethod;
	synchronized(methodCache)
	{
	Method method2 = methodCache.get(methodKey);
	if (method2 == null \|\| method2 != method)
	methodCache.put(methodKey, method);
	else
	method = method2;
	}
	// Don't break as there might be other methods with the
	// same number of arguments but with better match count.
	// break;
	}
	}
	}
	}

	if (method == null)
	{
	methodNotFound(methodName, suppliedParamTypes, bestMatch);
	}
	else if (bestMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure != null)
	{
	//Error occurred while attempting to convert an input argument's type.
	MessageException me = new MessageException();
	me.setMessage(ARGUMENT_CONVERSION_ERROR);
	me.setCode("Server.Processing");
	me.setRootCause(bestMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure);
	throw me;
	}

	// Call convertParams one last time before returning method. This ensures
	// that parameters List is converted using bestMatch.
	Class<?>[] desiredParamTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
	bestMatch.methodParamTypes = desiredParamTypes;
	convertParams(parameters, desiredParamTypes, bestMatch, true);
	return method;
	}


	/**
	* Utility method to convert a collection of parameters to desired types. We keep track
	* of the progress of the conversion to allow callers to gauge the success of the conversion.
	* This is important for ranking overloaded-methods and debugging purposes.
	*
	* @param parameters actual parameters for an invocation
	* @param desiredParamTypes classes in the signature of a potential match for the invocation
	* @param currentMatch the currently best known match
	* @param convert determines whether the actual conversion should take place.
	*/
	public static void convertParams(List parameters, Class[] desiredParamTypes, Match currentMatch, boolean convert)
	{
	int matchCount = 0;
	int exactMatchCount = 0;

	currentMatch.matchedParamCount = 0;
	currentMatch.convertedSuppliedTypes = new Class[desiredParamTypes.length];

	TypeMarshaller marshaller = TypeMarshallingContext.getTypeMarshaller();

	for (int i = 0; i < desiredParamTypes.length; i++)
	{
	Object param = parameters.get(i);

	// Consider null param to match
	if (param != null)
	{
	Object obj = null;
	Class objClass = null;

	if (marshaller != null)
	{
	try
	{
	obj = marshaller.convert(param, desiredParamTypes[i]);
	}
	catch (MessageException ex)
	{
	currentMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure = ex;
	break;
	}
	catch (ClassCastException ex)
	{
	currentMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure = ex;
	break;
	}
	// We need to catch the exception here as the conversion of parameter types could fail
	catch(Exception e)
	{
	currentMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure = e;
	break;
	}
	}
	else
	{
	obj = param;
	}

	currentMatch.convertedSuppliedTypes[i] = (obj != null ? (objClass = obj.getClass()) : null);

	// Things match if we now have an object which is assignable from the
	// method param class type or if we have an Object which corresponds to
	// a primitive
	if (objClass != null && isAssignableFrom(desiredParamTypes[i], objClass))
	{
	// See if there's an exact match before parameter is converted.
	if (isAssignableFrom(desiredParamTypes[i], param.getClass()))
	exactMatchCount++;

	if (convert) // Convert the parameter.
	parameters.set(i, obj);

	matchCount++;
	}
	else
	{
	break;
	}
	}
	else
	{
	matchCount++;
	}
	}

	currentMatch.matchedParamCount = matchCount;
	currentMatch.exactMatchedParamCount = exactMatchCount;
	}

	private static boolean isAssignableFrom(Class first, Class second)
	{
	return (first.isAssignableFrom(second)) \|\|
	(first == Integer.TYPE && Integer.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) \|\|
	(first == Double.TYPE && Double.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) \|\|
	(first == Long.TYPE && Long.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) \|\|
	(first == Boolean.TYPE && Boolean.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) \|\|
	(first == Character.TYPE && Character.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) \|\|
	(first == Float.TYPE && Float.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) \|\|
	(first == Short.TYPE && Short.class.isAssignableFrom(second)) \|\|
	(first == Byte.TYPE && Byte.class.isAssignableFrom(second));
	}

	/**
	* Utility method that iterates over a collection of input
	* parameters to determine their types while logging
	* the class names to create a unique identifier for a
	* method signature.
	*
	* @param parameters - A list of supplied parameters.
	* @return An array of <tt>Class</tt> instances indicating the class of each corresponding parameter.
	*
	*/
	public static Class[] paramTypes(List parameters)
	{
	Class[] paramTypes = new Class[parameters.size()];
	for (int i = 0; i < paramTypes.length; i++)
	{
	Object p = parameters.get(i);
	paramTypes[i] = p == null ? Object.class : p.getClass();
	}
	return paramTypes;
	}

	/**
	* Utility method to provide more detailed information in the event that a search
	* for a specific method failed for the service class.
	*
	* @param methodName the name of the missing method
	* @param suppliedParamTypes the types of parameters supplied for the search
	* @param bestMatch the best match found during the search
	*/
	public static void methodNotFound(String methodName, Class[] suppliedParamTypes, Match bestMatch)
	{
	// Set default error message...
	// Cannot invoke method '{methodName}'.
	int errorCode = CANNOT_INVOKE_METHOD;
	Object[] errorParams = new Object[]{methodName};
	String errorDetailVariant = "0";
	// Method '{methodName}' not found.
	Object[] errorDetailParams = new Object[]{methodName};

	if (bestMatch.matchedMethodName != null)
	{
	// Cannot invoke method '{bestMatch.matchedMethodName}'.
	errorCode = CANNOT_INVOKE_METHOD;
	errorParams = new Object[]{bestMatch.matchedMethodName};

	int suppliedParamCount = suppliedParamTypes.length;
	int expectedParamCount = bestMatch.methodParamTypes != null ? bestMatch.methodParamTypes.length : 0;

	if (suppliedParamCount != expectedParamCount)
	{
	// {suppliedParamCount} arguments were sent but {expectedParamCount} were expected.
	errorDetailVariant = "1";
	errorDetailParams = new Object[]{new Integer(suppliedParamCount), new Integer(expectedParamCount)};

	}
	else
	{
	String suppliedTypes = bestMatch.listTypes(suppliedParamTypes);
	String convertedTypes = bestMatch.listConvertedTypes();
	String expectedTypes = bestMatch.listExpectedTypes();

	if (expectedTypes != null)
	{
	if (suppliedTypes != null)
	{
	if (convertedTypes != null)
	{
	// The expected argument types are ({expectedTypes})
	// but the supplied types were ({suppliedTypes})
	// and converted to ({convertedTypes}).
	errorDetailVariant = "2";
	errorDetailParams = new Object[]{expectedTypes, suppliedTypes, convertedTypes};
	}
	else
	{
	// The expected argument types are ({expectedTypes})
	// but the supplied types were ({suppliedTypes})
	// with none successfully converted.
	errorDetailVariant = "3";
	errorDetailParams = new Object[]{expectedTypes, suppliedTypes};
	}
	}
	else
	{
	// The expected argument types are ({expectedTypes})
	// but no arguments were provided.
	errorDetailVariant = "4";
	errorDetailParams = new Object[]{expectedTypes};
	}
	}
	else
	{
	// No arguments were expected but the following types were supplied (suppliedTypes)
	errorDetailVariant = "5";
	errorDetailParams = new Object[]{suppliedTypes};
	}
	}
	}

	MessageException ex = new MessageException();
	ex.setMessage(errorCode, errorParams);
	ex.setCode(MessageException.CODE_SERVER_RESOURCE_UNAVAILABLE);
	if (errorDetailVariant != null)
	ex.setDetails(errorCode, errorDetailVariant, errorDetailParams);

	if (bestMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure != null)
	ex.setRootCause(bestMatch.paramTypeConversionFailure);

	throw ex;
	}

	/**
	* A utility class to help rank methods in the search
	* for a best match, given a name and collection of
	* input parameters.
	*
	*/
	public static class Match
	{
	/**
	* Constructor.
	* @param name the name of the method to match
	*/
	public Match(String name)
	{
	this.methodName = name;
	}

	/**
	* Returns true if desired and found method names match.
	* @return true if desired and found method names match
	*/
	public boolean matchedExactlyByName()
	{
	return matchedMethodName != null? matchedMethodName.equals(methodName) : false;
	}

	/**
	* Returns true if desired and found method names match only when case is ignored.
	* @return true if desired and found method names match only when case is ignored
	*/
	public boolean matchedLooselyByName()
	{
	return matchedMethodName != null?
	(!matchedExactlyByName() && matchedMethodName.equalsIgnoreCase(methodName)) : false;
	}


	/**
	* Lists the classes in the signature of the method matched.
	* @return the classes in the signature of the method matched
	*/
	public String listExpectedTypes()
	{
	return listTypes(methodParamTypes);
	}


	/**
	* Lists the classes corresponding to actual invocation parameters once they have been
	* converted as best they could to match the classes in the invoked method's signature.
	*
	* @return the classes corresponding to actual invocation parameters once they have been
	* converted as best they could to match the classes in the invoked method's signature
	*/
	public String listConvertedTypes()
	{
	return listTypes(convertedSuppliedTypes);
	}

	/**
	* Creates a string representation of the class names in the array of types passed into
	* this method.
	*
	* @param types an array of types whose names are to be listed
	* @return a string representation of the class names in the array of types
	*/
	public String listTypes(Class[] types)
	{
	if (types == null \|\| types.length == 0)
	return null;

	StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

	for (int i = 0; i < types.length; i++)
	{
	if (i > 0)
	sb.append(", ");

	Class c = types[i];

	if (c != null)
	{
	if (c.isArray())
	{
	c = c.getComponentType();
	sb.append(c.getName()).append("[]");
	}
	else
	{
	sb.append(c.getName());
	}
	}
	else
	{
	sb.append("null");
	}
	}

	return sb.toString();
	}

	final String methodName;
	String matchedMethodName;

	boolean matchedByNumberOfParams;
	int matchedParamCount;
	int exactMatchedParamCount;
	Class[] methodParamTypes;
	Class[] convertedSuppliedTypes;
	Exception paramTypeConversionFailure;
	}
	}