Java Reflection calling constructor with primitive types

Question

I have a method in my test framework that creates an instance of a class, depending on the parameters passed in:

public void test(Object... constructorArgs)          


        

Answer 1

Since the primitive types are autoboxed, the getConstructor(java.lang.Class... parameterTypes) call will fail. You will need to manually loop through the available constructors. If all types match then you're fine. If some types do not match, but the required type is a primitive AND the available type is the corresponding wrapper class, then you can use that constructor. See bellow:

static  Constructor getAppropriateConstructor(Class c, Object[] initArgs){
    if(initArgs == null)
        initArgs = new Object[0];
    for(Constructor con : c.getDeclaredConstructors()){
        Class[] types = con.getParameterTypes();
        if(types.length!=initArgs.length)
            continue;
        boolean match = true;
        for(int i = 0; i < types.length; i++){
            Class need = types[i], got = initArgs[i].getClass();
            if(!need.isAssignableFrom(got)){
                if(need.isPrimitive()){
                    match = (int.class.equals(need) && Integer.class.equals(got))
                    || (long.class.equals(need) && Long.class.equals(got))
                    || (char.class.equals(need) && Character.class.equals(got))
                    || (short.class.equals(need) && Short.class.equals(got))
                    || (boolean.class.equals(need) && Boolean.class.equals(got))
                    || (byte.class.equals(need) && Byte.class.equals(got));
                }else{
                    match = false;
                }
            }
            if(!match)
                break;
        }
        if(match)
            return con;
    }
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot find an appropriate constructor for class " + c + " and arguments " + Arrays.toString(initArgs));
}