minwin-gcc-5-2/libjava/gnu/java/lang/VMCPStringBuilder.java

/* VMCPStringBuilder.java -- Growable strings without locking or copying
   Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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package gnu.java.lang;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;

/**
 * This class provides VM support for CPStringBuilder
 * by allowing the package-private constructor
 * of java.lang.String to be invoked.  The default
 * implementation uses reflection.  VMs may replace
 * this class with a more efficient version.
 */
final class VMCPStringBuilder
{

  /**
   * The package-private constructor for String objects without copying.
   */
  private static final Constructor cons;

  static
  {
    try
      {
	cons = String.class.getDeclaredConstructor(new Class[] { char[].class,
								 Integer.TYPE,
								 Integer.TYPE,
								 Boolean.TYPE });
	cons.setAccessible(true);
      }
    catch (NoSuchMethodException e)
      {
	throw (Error) 
	  new InternalError("Could not get no-copy String constructor").initCause(e);
      }
  }

  /**
   * Convert this <code>StringBuilder</code> to a <code>String</code>. The
   * String is composed of the characters currently in this StringBuilder. Note
   * that the result is not a copy, so the builder will allocate a new array
   * if a further write operation is attempted.
   *
   * @param value the buffered characters.
   * @param startIndex the index at which to start taking characters from the buffer.
   * @param count the number of characters used in the buffer.
   * @return the characters in this StringBuilder
   */
  public static String toString(char[] value, int startIndex, int count)
  {
    try
      {
	return (String)
	  cons.newInstance(new Object[] { value, Integer.valueOf(startIndex),
					  Integer.valueOf(count),
					  Boolean.valueOf(true) });
      }
    catch (InstantiationException e)
      {
	throw (Error) 
	  new InternalError("Could not instantiate no-copy String constructor").initCause(e);
      }
    catch (IllegalAccessException e)
      {
	throw (Error) 
	  new InternalError("Could not access no-copy String constructor").initCause(e);
      }
    catch (InvocationTargetException e)
      {
	throw (Error) 
	  new InternalError("Error calling no-copy String constructor").initCause(e);
      }
  }

}