Package org.codehaus.groovy.runtime

Class MethodRankHelper

java.lang.Object
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.MethodRankHelper
public class MethodRankHelper extends Object
Utility class for MissingMethodException, MissingPropertyException etc. This class contains methods assisting in ranking and listing probable intended methods/fields when a exception is thrown.
Author:
Hjalmar Ekengren

  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • MethodRankHelper

      public MethodRankHelper()

  • Method Details

    • getMethodSuggestionString

      public static String getMethodSuggestionString(String methodName, Class type, Object[] arguments)
      Returns a string detailing possible solutions to a missing method if no good solutions can be found a empty string is returned.
      Parameters:
      methodName - the name of the method that doesn't exist
      type - the class on which the method is invoked
      arguments - the arguments passed to the method
      Returns:
      a string with probable solutions to the exception

    • getConstructorSuggestionString

      public static String getConstructorSuggestionString(Class type, Object[] arguments)
      Returns a string detailing possible solutions to a missing constructor if no good solutions can be found a empty string is returned.
      Parameters:
      arguments - the arguments passed to the constructor
      type - the class on which the constructor is invoked
      Returns:
      a string with probable solutions to the exception

    • getPropertySuggestionString

      public static String getPropertySuggestionString(String fieldName, Class type)
      Returns a string detailing possible solutions to a missing field or property if no good solutions can be found a empty string is returned.
      Parameters:
      fieldName - the missing field
      type - the class on which the field is sought
      Returns:
      a string with probable solutions to the exception

    • boxVar

      protected static Class boxVar(Class c)
      If c is a primitive class this method returns a boxed version otherwise c is returned. In java 1.5 this can be simplified thanks to the Type class.
      Parameters:
      c -
      Returns:
      a boxed version of c if c can be boxed, else c

    • delDistance

      public static int delDistance(CharSequence s, CharSequence t)
      This is a slightly modified version of the Damerau Levenshtein distance algorithm. It has a additional test to see if a character has switched case, in the original algorithm this counts as a substitution. The "cost" for a substitution is given as 10 instead of 1 in this version, this enables transpositions and case modifications to have a lower cost than substitutions. Currently the lowercase versions of t_j and s_i isn't cached, its probable that some speed could be gained from this. This version is based on Chas Emerick's implementation of Levenshtein Distance for jakarta commons.
      Parameters:
      s - a CharSequence
      t - the CharSequence to be compared to s
      Returns:
      a value representing the edit distance between s and t

    • damerauLevenshteinDistance

      public static int damerauLevenshteinDistance(Object[] s, Object[] t)
      This is a implementation of DL distance between two Object arrays instead of character streams. The objects are compared using their equals method. No objects may be null. This implementation is based on Chas Emerick's implementation of Levenshtein Distance for jakarta commons.
      Parameters:
      s - a Object array
      t - this array is compared to s
      Returns:
      the edit distance between the two arrays