利用jOOR简单化Java 反射使用

利用jOOR简化Java 反射使用
原文：http://lukaseder.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/a-neater-way-to-use-reflection-in-java/

Java的反射机制是Java一个非常强大的工具, 但是和大多数脚本语言相比, 使用起来却是有种"懒婆娘的裹脚布——又臭又长"的感觉. 

比如在PHP语言中, 我们可能这样写:

// PHP
$method = 'my_method';
$field  = 'my_field';
 
// Dynamically call a method
$object->$method();
 
// Dynamically access a field
$object->$field;

在JavaScript语言中, 我们会这样写:

// JavaScript
var method   = 'my_method';
var field    = 'my_field';
 
// Dynamically call a function
object[method]();
 
// Dynamically access a field
object[field];

在Java中, 我们会这样写:

String method = "my_method";
String field  = "my_field";
 
// Dynamically call a method
object.getClass().getMethod(method).invoke(object);
 
// Dynamically access a field
object.getClass().getField(field).get(object);

上面的代码还没有考虑到对各种异常的处理, 比如NullPointerExceptions, InvocationTargetExceptions, IllegalAccessExceptions, IllegalArgumentExceptions, SecurityExceptions. 以及对基本类型的处理. 但是大部分情况下, 这些都是不需要关心的.

为了解决这个问题, 于是有了这个工具: jOOR (Java Object Oriented Reflection).

对于这样的Java代码:

// Classic example of reflection usage
try {
  Method m1 = department.getClass().getMethod("getEmployees");
  Employee employees = (Employee[]) m1.invoke(department);
 
  for (Employee employee : employees) {
    Method m2 = employee.getClass().getMethod("getAddress");
    Address address = (Address) m2.invoke(employee);
 
    Method m3 = address.getClass().getMethod("getStreet");
    Street street = (Street) m3.invoke(address);
 
    System.out.println(street);
  }
}
 
// There are many checked exceptions that you are likely to ignore anyway
catch (Exception ignore) {
 
  // ... or maybe just wrap in your preferred runtime exception:
  throw new RuntimeException(e);
}

使用 jOOR的写法:

Employee[] employees = on(department).call("getEmployees").get();
 
for (Employee employee : employees) {
  Street street = on(employee).call("getAddress").call("getStreet").get();
  System.out.println(street);
}

在Stack Overflow上相关的问题讨论:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4385003/java-reflection-open-source/8672186

另一个例子:

String world =
on("java.lang.String")  // Like Class.forName()
 .create("Hello World") // Call the most specific matching constructor
 .call("substring", 6)  // Call the most specific matching method
 .call("toString")      // Call toString()
 .get()                 // Get the wrapped object, in this case a String

jOOR相关的信息, 请猛击:
http://code.google.com/p/joor/