Using reflection in Java

Question

I need help with reflection, since I cannot get my code to work the way I want.

I have the following:

nrThreads = Utilities.getNumberOfThreads(filePath, propertiesFile);
testName = Utilities.getTestName(filePath, propertiesFile);  
System.out.println(Utilities.nowDate());
System.out.println("Inserting...");

switch (testName)
{
case "InsertAndCommit":
      final InsertAndCommit[] threads = new InsertAndCommit[nrThreads];
      for (int i = 0; i < nrThreads; i++) {
        threads[i] = new InsertAndCommit();
        threads[i].start();
      }                         
      break;            
case "CommitAfterAllInserts":
      final CommitAfterAllInserts[] threads1 = new CommitAfterAllInserts[nrThreads];
      for (int i = 0; i < nrThreads; i++) {
        threads1[i] = new CommitAfterAllInserts();
        threads1[i].start();
      }
      break;
      default: break;
}

As you can see, I repeat the code inside this switch / case. I know that I can make this piece of code using reflection, but I cannot understand that this is correct.

I have done the following:

 Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(testName);
 Constructor<?> ctor = clazz.getConstructor(String.class);
 final Object[] obj = (Object[]) ctor.newInstance(); //this line isn't right, I need to declare the "threads" array (equivalent to: final InsertAndCommit[] threads = new InsertAndCommit[nrThreads];)

            for (int i = 0; i < nrThreads; i++) {
                //In this line I need to declare a new "generic constructor" with reflection (equivalent to threads[i] = new InsertAndCommit();) 
                threads[i].start();
            }

I read a lot about reflection, and I can’t get it right, could you help me?

Answer 1

I think you should rely on the fact that both of your classes are actually subclasses Thread(I assume this, as you use start()in both cases).

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, :

Class<? extends Thread> clazz = (Class<? extends Thread>) Class.forName(testName);
Thread[] threads = new Thread[nrThreads];
for ( int i = 0; i < nrThreads; i++ ) {
    threads[i] = clazz.newInstance();
    threads[i].start();
}

Answer 2

" " ( threads[i] = new InsertAndCommit();)

, , ( Class.newInstance() Array.newInstance() Java API ).

Class<T>, , clazz.newInstance() , :

public <T extends Thread> T[] makeArray(Class<T> clazz, int n) throws Exception {
    T[] res = (T[]) Array.newInstance(clazz, n);
    for (int i = 0 ; i < n ; i++) {
        res[i] = clazz.newInstance();
        res[i].start();
    }
    return res;
}

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