377154: [Nested UML Compare] Comparison between 2 elements which don't have the same parent is not done properly

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=377154

1 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/infra/org.eclipse.papyrus.infra.tools/src/org/eclipse/papyrus/infra/tools/util/ReflectHelper.java b/plugins/infra/org.eclipse.papyrus.infra.tools/src/org/eclipse/papyrus/infra/tools/util/ReflectHelper.java
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+package org.eclipse.papyrus.infra.tools.util;

+

+import java.lang.reflect.Method;

+

+/**

+ * 

+ * This helper provides methods to get methods reflectively

+ * It is not the better way to access to method, but sometimes it can be interested to avoid to duplicate

+ * lot of code

+ * 

+ */

+public class ReflectHelper {

+

+	/**

+	 * 

+	 * Should not be instantiated

+	 * 

+	 */

+	private ReflectHelper() {

+		// prevents instantiation

+	}

+

+	/**

+	 * Warning : each call of this method should be tested with a JUnit test, in order to know

+	 * when the API has changed

+	 * 

+	 * @param aClass

+	 *        a class

+	 * @param methodName

+	 *        the name of the method to find

+	 * @param parameterTypes

+	 *        an array owning the type of the parameters of the called method

+	 * @return

+	 *         the wanted method

+	 * @throws NoSuchMethodException

+	 * @throws SecurityException

+	 */

+	public static Method getMethod(final Class<?> aClass, final String methodName, Class<?>[] parameterTypes) throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {

+		Method m = null;

+		m = aClass.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, parameterTypes);

+		m.setAccessible(true);

+		return m;

+	}

+}