Some reflection utils + SneakyThrow

ReflectionUtils.java

package com.github.leifoolsen.reflection;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;

public class ReflectionUtils {

    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ReflectionUtils.class);

    private ReflectionUtils() {
    }


    public static <T> T invokeConstructor(Class<T> clazz, Object... args) {
        if(clazz == null) {
            return null;
        }
        try {
            if(args.length < 1) {
                return (T) clazz.newInstance();
            }

            Constructor[] constructors = clazz.getConstructors();
            ArrayList<Constructor> filteredConstructors = new ArrayList();

            for(int i = 0; i < constructors.length; i++) {
                Constructor constructor = constructors[i];
                if(constructor.getParameterTypes().length == args.length)
                    filteredConstructors.add(constructor);
            }

            if(filteredConstructors.isEmpty()) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    String.format("No matching constructor found for %s%s", clazz, argsToString(args)));
            }

            if(filteredConstructors.size() == 1) {
                Constructor constructor = filteredConstructors.get(0);
                return (T) constructor.newInstance(boxArgs(constructor.getParameterTypes(), args));
            }
            else {
                //overloaded w/same arity
                for(Iterator iterator = filteredConstructors.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
                    Constructor constructor = (Constructor) iterator.next();
                    Class[] params = constructor.getParameterTypes();
                    if(isCongruent(params, args)) {
                        Object[] boxedArgs = boxArgs(params, args);
                        return (T) constructor.newInstance(boxedArgs);
                    }
                }
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    String.format("No matching constructor found for %s%s", clazz, argsToString(args)));
            }
        }
        catch (Throwable t) {
            throw sneakyThrow(getCauseOrThrowable(t));

            // Alernatively use Guava Throwables
            // ... but the problem with Throwables is that the real exception is wrapped inside a RuntimeException
            //throw Throwables.propagate(getCauseOrThrowable(t));
        }
    }


    private static String argsToString(Object[] args) {
        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("(");
        for(int i = 0, n = args.length; i < n; i++) {
            sb.append(args[i].getClass().getSimpleName());
            if(i < n-1) {
                sb.append(", ");
            }
        }
        return sb.append(")").toString();
    }

    static Object[] boxArgs(Class[] params, Object[] args){
        if(params.length == 0)
            return null;

        Object[] ret = new Object[params.length];
        for(int i = 0; i < params.length; i++)
        {
            Object arg = args[i];
            Class paramType = params[i];
            ret[i] = boxArg(paramType, arg);
        }
        return ret;
    }

    static Object boxArg(Class paramType, Object arg){
        if(!paramType.isPrimitive())
            return paramType.cast(arg);
        else if(paramType == boolean.class)
            return Boolean.class.cast(arg);
        else if(paramType == char.class)
            return Character.class.cast(arg);
        else if(arg instanceof Number)
        {
            Number n = (Number) arg;
            if(paramType == int.class)
                return n.intValue();
            else if(paramType == float.class)
                return n.floatValue();
            else if(paramType == double.class)
                return n.doubleValue();
            else if(paramType == long.class)
                return n.longValue();
            else if(paramType == short.class)
                return n.shortValue();
            else if(paramType == byte.class)
                return n.byteValue();
        }
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
            String.format("Unexpected param type, expected: %s, given: %s", paramType, arg.getClass().getName()));
    }


    static boolean isCongruent(Class[] params, Object[] args){
        boolean ret = false;
        if(args == null)
            return params.length == 0;
        if(params.length == args.length)
        {
            ret = true;
            for(int i = 0; ret && i < params.length; i++)
            {
                Object arg = args[i];
                Class argType = (arg == null) ? null : arg.getClass();
                Class paramType = params[i];
                ret = paramArgTypeMatch(paramType, argType);
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }

    public static boolean paramArgTypeMatch(Class paramType, Class argType){
        if(argType == null)
            return !paramType.isPrimitive();
        if(paramType == argType || paramType.isAssignableFrom(argType))
            return true;
        if(paramType == int.class)
            return argType == Integer.class
                    || argType == long.class
                    || argType == Long.class
                    || argType == short.class
                    || argType == byte.class;// || argType == FixNum.class;
        else if(paramType == float.class)
            return argType == Float.class
                    || argType == double.class;
        else if(paramType == double.class)
            return argType == Double.class
                    || argType == float.class;// || argType == DoubleNum.class;
        else if(paramType == long.class)
            return argType == Long.class
                    || argType == int.class
                    || argType == short.class
                    || argType == byte.class;// || argType == BigNum.class;
        else if(paramType == char.class)
            return argType == Character.class;
        else if(paramType == short.class)
            return argType == Short.class;
        else if(paramType == byte.class)
            return argType == Byte.class;
        else if(paramType == boolean.class)
            return argType == Boolean.class;
        return false;
    }


    public static Throwable getCauseOrThrowable(Throwable t) {
        return t.getCause() != null ? t.getCause() : t;
    }

    /**
     * Throw even checked exceptions without being required
     * to declare them or catch them. Suggested idiom:
     * <p>
     * <code>throw sneakyThrow( some exception );</code>
     * </p>
     */
    public static RuntimeException sneakyThrow(Throwable t) {
        // http://www.mail-archive.com/javaposse@googlegroups.com/msg05984.html
        if (t == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        ReflectionUtils.<RuntimeException>_sneakyThrow(t);
        return null;
    }

    private static <T extends Throwable> void _sneakyThrow(Throwable t) throws T {
        throw (T) t;
    }
}