TEnumHelper.java

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package org.apache.thrift;

import java.lang.InstantiationException;
import java.lang.NoSuchMethodException;
import java.lang.IllegalAccessException;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * Utility class with static methods for interacting with TEnum
 */
public class TEnumHelper {

  /**
   * Given a TEnum class and integer value, this method will return
   * the associated constant from the given TEnum class.
   * This method MUST be modified should the name of the 'findByValue' method
   * change.
   *
   * @param enumClass TEnum from which to return a matching constant.
   * @param value Value for which to return the constant.
   *
   * @return The constant in 'enumClass' whose value is 'value' or null if
   *         something went wrong.
   */
  public static TEnum getByValue(Class<? extends TEnum> enumClass, int value) {
    try {
      Method method = enumClass.getMethod("findByValue", int.class);
      return (TEnum) method.invoke(null, value);
    } catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) {
      return null;
    } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
      return null;
    } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
      return null;
    }
  }
}