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package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.springframework.expression.PropertyAccessor;
import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
/**
* Utilities methods for use in the Ast classes.
*
* @author Andy Clement
* @since 3.0.2
*/
public class AstUtils {
/**
* Determines the set of property resolvers that should be used to try and access a property on the specified target
* type. The resolvers are considered to be in an ordered list, however in the returned list any that are exact
* matches for the input target type (as opposed to 'general' resolvers that could work for any type) are placed at
* the start of the list. In addition, there are specific resolvers that exactly name the class in question and
* resolvers that name a specific class but it is a supertype of the class we have. These are put at the end of the
* specific resolvers set and will be tried after exactly matching accessors but before generic accessors.
*
* @param targetType the type upon which property access is being attempted
* @return a list of resolvers that should be tried in order to access the property
*/
public static List<PropertyAccessor> getPropertyAccessorsToTry(Class<?> targetType, ExpressionState state) {
List<PropertyAccessor> specificAccessors = new ArrayList<PropertyAccessor>();
List<PropertyAccessor> generalAccessors = new ArrayList<PropertyAccessor>();
for (PropertyAccessor resolver : state.getPropertyAccessors()) {
Class<?>[] targets = resolver.getSpecificTargetClasses();
if (targets == null) { // generic resolver that says it can be used for any type
generalAccessors.add(resolver);
}
else {
if (targetType != null) {
int pos = 0;
for (Class<?> clazz : targets) {
if (clazz == targetType) { // put exact matches on the front to be tried first?
specificAccessors.add(pos++, resolver);
}
else if (clazz.isAssignableFrom(targetType)) { // put supertype matches at the end of the
// specificAccessor list
generalAccessors.add(resolver);
}
}
}
}
}
List<PropertyAccessor> resolvers = new ArrayList<PropertyAccessor>();
resolvers.addAll(specificAccessors);
resolvers.addAll(generalAccessors);
return resolvers;
}
}
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