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Get a compatible constructor for the given value type
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import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.net.URL;
import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.CodeSource;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
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public class Main {
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Coercion Methods //
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/**
* Get a compatible constructor for the given value type
*
* @param type Class to look for constructor in
* @param valueType Argument type for constructor
* @return Constructor or null
*/
public static Constructor getCompatibleConstructor(final Class type,
final Class valueType)
{
// first try and find a constructor with the exact argument type
try {
return type.getConstructor(new Class[] { valueType });
}
catch (Exception ignore) {
// if the above failed, then try and find a constructor with
// an compatible argument type
// get an array of compatible types
Class[] types = type.getClasses();
for (int i=0; i<types.length; i++) {
try {
return type.getConstructor(new Class[] { types[i] });
}
catch (Exception ignore2) {}
}
}
// if we get this far, then we can't find a compatible constructor
return null;
}
}
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