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  25 
  26 package java.lang.reflect;
  27 
  28 import sun.reflect.ConstructorAccessor;
  29 import sun.reflect.Reflection;
  30 import sun.reflect.generics.repository.ConstructorRepository;
  31 import sun.reflect.generics.factory.CoreReflectionFactory;
  32 import sun.reflect.generics.factory.GenericsFactory;
  33 import sun.reflect.generics.scope.ConstructorScope;
  34 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
  35 import java.util.Map;
  36 import sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser;
  37 import java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError;
  38 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
  39 
  40 /**
  41  * {@code Constructor} provides information about, and access to, a single
  42  * constructor for a class.
  43  *
  44  * <p>{@code Constructor} permits widening conversions to occur when matching the
  45  * actual parameters to newInstance() with the underlying
  46  * constructor's formal parameters, but throws an
  47  * {@code IllegalArgumentException} if a narrowing conversion would occur.
  48  *
  49  * @param <T> the class in which the constructor is declared
  50  *
  51  * @see Member
  52  * @see java.lang.Class
  53  * @see java.lang.Class#getConstructors()
  54  * @see java.lang.Class#getConstructor(Class[])
  55  * @see java.lang.Class#getDeclaredConstructors()
  56  *
  57  * @author      Kenneth Russell
  58  * @author      Nakul Saraiya
  59  */
  60 public final
  61     class Constructor<T> extends AccessibleObject implements
  62                                                     GenericDeclaration,
  63                                                     Member {
  64 
  65     private Class<T>            clazz;
  66     private int                 slot;
  67     private Class<?>[]          parameterTypes;
  68     private Class<?>[]          exceptionTypes;
  69     private int                 modifiers;
  70     // Generics and annotations support
  71     private transient String    signature;
  72     // generic info repository; lazily initialized
  73     private transient ConstructorRepository genericInfo;
  74     private byte[]              annotations;
  75     private byte[]              parameterAnnotations;
  76 
  77     // For non-public members or members in package-private classes,
  78     // it is necessary to perform somewhat expensive security checks.
  79     // If the security check succeeds for a given class, it will
  80     // always succeed (it is not affected by the granting or revoking
  81     // of permissions); we speed up the check in the common case by
  82     // remembering the last Class for which the check succeeded.
  83     private volatile Class<?> securityCheckCache;
  84 
  85     // Generics infrastructure
  86     // Accessor for factory
  87     private GenericsFactory getFactory() {
  88         // create scope and factory
  89         return CoreReflectionFactory.make(this, ConstructorScope.make(this));
  90     }
  91 
  92     // Accessor for generic info repository
  93     private ConstructorRepository getGenericInfo() {
  94         // lazily initialize repository if necessary
  95         if (genericInfo == null) {
  96             // create and cache generic info repository
  97             genericInfo =
  98                 ConstructorRepository.make(getSignature(),
  99                                            getFactory());
 100         }
 101         return genericInfo; //return cached repository
 102     }
 103 
 104     private volatile ConstructorAccessor constructorAccessor;
 105     // For sharing of ConstructorAccessors. This branching structure
 106     // is currently only two levels deep (i.e., one root Constructor
 107     // and potentially many Constructor objects pointing to it.)
 108     private Constructor<T>      root;
 109 
 110     /**
 111      * Package-private constructor used by ReflectAccess to enable
 112      * instantiation of these objects in Java code from the java.lang
 113      * package via sun.reflect.LangReflectAccess.
 114      */
 115     Constructor(Class<T> declaringClass,
 116                 Class<?>[] parameterTypes,
 117                 Class<?>[] checkedExceptions,
 118                 int modifiers,
 119                 int slot,
 120                 String signature,
 121                 byte[] annotations,
 122                 byte[] parameterAnnotations)
 123     {
 124         this.clazz = declaringClass;
 125         this.parameterTypes = parameterTypes;
 126         this.exceptionTypes = checkedExceptions;
 127         this.modifiers = modifiers;
 128         this.slot = slot;
 129         this.signature = signature;
 130         this.annotations = annotations;
 131         this.parameterAnnotations = parameterAnnotations;
 132     }
 133 
 134     /**
 135      * Package-private routine (exposed to java.lang.Class via
 136      * ReflectAccess) which returns a copy of this Constructor. The copy's
 137      * "root" field points to this Constructor.
 138      */
 139     Constructor<T> copy() {
 140         // This routine enables sharing of ConstructorAccessor objects
 141         // among Constructor objects which refer to the same underlying
 142         // method in the VM. (All of this contortion is only necessary
 143         // because of the "accessibility" bit in AccessibleObject,
 144         // which implicitly requires that new java.lang.reflect
 145         // objects be fabricated for each reflective call on Class
 146         // objects.)
 147         Constructor<T> res = new Constructor<T>(clazz,
 148                                                 parameterTypes,
 149                                                 exceptionTypes, modifiers, slot,
 150                                                 signature,
 151                                                 annotations,
 152                                                 parameterAnnotations);
 153         res.root = this;
 154         // Might as well eagerly propagate this if already present
 155         res.constructorAccessor = constructorAccessor;
 156         return res;
 157     }
 158 
 159     /**
 160      * Returns the {@code Class} object representing the class that declares
 161      * the constructor represented by this {@code Constructor} object.
 162      */
 163     public Class<T> getDeclaringClass() {
 164         return clazz;
 165     }
 166 
 167     /**
 168      * Returns the name of this constructor, as a string.  This is
 169      * the binary name of the constructor's declaring class.
 170      */
 171     public String getName() {
 172         return getDeclaringClass().getName();
 173     }
 174 
 175     /**
 176      * Returns the Java language modifiers for the constructor
 177      * represented by this {@code Constructor} object, as an integer. The
 178      * {@code Modifier} class should be used to decode the modifiers.
 179      *
 180      * @see Modifier
 181      */
 182     public int getModifiers() {
 183         return modifiers;
 184     }
 185 
 186     /**
 187      * Returns an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that represent the
 188      * type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this
 189      * {@code GenericDeclaration} object, in declaration order.  Returns an
 190      * array of length 0 if the underlying generic declaration declares no type
 191      * variables.
 192      *
 193      * @return an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that represent
 194      *     the type variables declared by this generic declaration
 195      * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic
 196      *     signature of this generic declaration does not conform to
 197      *     the format specified in the Java Virtual Machine Specification,
 198      *     3rd edition
 199      * @since 1.5
 200      */
 201     public TypeVariable<Constructor<T>>[] getTypeParameters() {
 202       if (getSignature() != null) {
 203         return (TypeVariable<Constructor<T>>[])getGenericInfo().getTypeParameters();
 204       } else
 205           return (TypeVariable<Constructor<T>>[])new TypeVariable[0];
 206     }
 207 
 208 
 209     /**
 210      * Returns an array of {@code Class} objects that represent the formal
 211      * parameter types, in declaration order, of the constructor
 212      * represented by this {@code Constructor} object.  Returns an array of
 213      * length 0 if the underlying constructor takes no parameters.
 214      *
 215      * @return the parameter types for the constructor this object
 216      * represents
 217      */
 218     public Class<?>[] getParameterTypes() {
 219         return (Class<?>[]) parameterTypes.clone();
 220     }
 221 
 222 
 223     /**
 224      * Returns an array of {@code Type} objects that represent the formal
 225      * parameter types, in declaration order, of the method represented by
 226      * this {@code Constructor} object. Returns an array of length 0 if the
 227      * underlying method takes no parameters.
 228      *
 229      * <p>If a formal parameter type is a parameterized type,
 230      * the {@code Type} object returned for it must accurately reflect
 231      * the actual type parameters used in the source code.
 232      *
 233      * <p>If a formal parameter type is a type variable or a parameterized
 234      * type, it is created. Otherwise, it is resolved.
 235      *
 236      * @return an array of {@code Type}s that represent the formal
 237      *     parameter types of the underlying method, in declaration order
 238      * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError
 239      *     if the generic method signature does not conform to the format
 240      *     specified in the Java Virtual Machine Specification, 3rd edition
 241      * @throws TypeNotPresentException if any of the parameter
 242      *     types of the underlying method refers to a non-existent type
 243      *     declaration
 244      * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if any of
 245      *     the underlying method's parameter types refer to a parameterized
 246      *     type that cannot be instantiated for any reason
 247      * @since 1.5
 248      */
 249     public Type[] getGenericParameterTypes() {
 250         if (getSignature() != null)
 251             return getGenericInfo().getParameterTypes();
 252         else
 253             return getParameterTypes();
 254     }
 255 
 256 
 257     /**
 258      * Returns an array of {@code Class} objects that represent the types
 259      * of exceptions declared to be thrown by the underlying constructor
 260      * represented by this {@code Constructor} object.  Returns an array of
 261      * length 0 if the constructor declares no exceptions in its {@code throws} clause.
 262      *
 263      * @return the exception types declared as being thrown by the
 264      * constructor this object represents
 265      */
 266     public Class<?>[] getExceptionTypes() {
 267         return (Class<?>[])exceptionTypes.clone();
 268     }
 269 
 270 
 271     /**
 272      * Returns an array of {@code Type} objects that represent the
 273      * exceptions declared to be thrown by this {@code Constructor} object.
 274      * Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying method declares
 275      * no exceptions in its {@code throws} clause.
 276      *
 277      * <p>If an exception type is a type variable or a parameterized
 278      * type, it is created. Otherwise, it is resolved.
 279      *
 280      * @return an array of Types that represent the exception types
 281      *     thrown by the underlying method
 282      * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError
 283      *     if the generic method signature does not conform to the format
 284      *     specified in the Java Virtual Machine Specification, 3rd edition
 285      * @throws TypeNotPresentException if the underlying method's
 286      *     {@code throws} clause refers to a non-existent type declaration
 287      * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if
 288      *     the underlying method's {@code throws} clause refers to a
 289      *     parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason
 290      * @since 1.5
 291      */
 292       public Type[] getGenericExceptionTypes() {
 293           Type[] result;
 294           if (getSignature() != null &&
 295               ( (result = getGenericInfo().getExceptionTypes()).length > 0  ))
 296               return result;
 297           else
 298               return getExceptionTypes();
 299       }
 300 
 301     /**
 302      * Compares this {@code Constructor} against the specified object.
 303      * Returns true if the objects are the same.  Two {@code Constructor} objects are
 304      * the same if they were declared by the same class and have the
 305      * same formal parameter types.
 306      */
 307     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
 308         if (obj != null && obj instanceof Constructor) {
 309             Constructor<?> other = (Constructor<?>)obj;
 310             if (getDeclaringClass() == other.getDeclaringClass()) {
 311                 /* Avoid unnecessary cloning */
 312                 Class<?>[] params1 = parameterTypes;
 313                 Class<?>[] params2 = other.parameterTypes;
 314                 if (params1.length == params2.length) {
 315                     for (int i = 0; i < params1.length; i++) {
 316                         if (params1[i] != params2[i])
 317                             return false;
 318                     }
 319                     return true;
 320                 }
 321             }
 322         }
 323         return false;
 324     }
 325 
 326     /**
 327      * Returns a hashcode for this {@code Constructor}. The hashcode is
 328      * the same as the hashcode for the underlying constructor's
 329      * declaring class name.
 330      */
 331     public int hashCode() {
 332         return getDeclaringClass().getName().hashCode();
 333     }
 334 
 335     /**
 336      * Returns a string describing this {@code Constructor}.  The string is
 337      * formatted as the constructor access modifiers, if any,
 338      * followed by the fully-qualified name of the declaring class,
 339      * followed by a parenthesized, comma-separated list of the
 340      * constructor's formal parameter types.  For example:
 341      * <pre>
 342      *    public java.util.Hashtable(int,float)
 343      * </pre>
 344      *
 345      * <p>The only possible modifiers for constructors are the access
 346      * modifiers {@code public}, {@code protected} or
 347      * {@code private}.  Only one of these may appear, or none if the
 348      * constructor has default (package) access.
 349      */
 350     public String toString() {
 351         try {
 352             StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
 353             int mod = getModifiers() & Modifier.constructorModifiers();
 354             if (mod != 0) {
 355                 sb.append(Modifier.toString(mod) + " ");
 356             }
 357             sb.append(Field.getTypeName(getDeclaringClass()));
 358             sb.append("(");
 359             Class<?>[] params = parameterTypes; // avoid clone
 360             for (int j = 0; j < params.length; j++) {
 361                 sb.append(Field.getTypeName(params[j]));
 362                 if (j < (params.length - 1))
 363                     sb.append(",");
 364             }
 365             sb.append(")");
 366             Class<?>[] exceptions = exceptionTypes; // avoid clone
 367             if (exceptions.length > 0) {
 368                 sb.append(" throws ");
 369                 for (int k = 0; k < exceptions.length; k++) {
 370                     sb.append(exceptions[k].getName());
 371                     if (k < (exceptions.length - 1))
 372                         sb.append(",");
 373                 }
 374             }
 375             return sb.toString();
 376         } catch (Exception e) {
 377             return "<" + e + ">";
 378         }
 379     }
 380 
 381     /**
 382      * Returns a string describing this {@code Constructor},
 383      * including type parameters.  The string is formatted as the
 384      * constructor access modifiers, if any, followed by an
 385      * angle-bracketed comma separated list of the constructor's type
 386      * parameters, if any, followed by the fully-qualified name of the
 387      * declaring class, followed by a parenthesized, comma-separated
 388      * list of the constructor's generic formal parameter types.
 389      *
 390      * If this constructor was declared to take a variable number of
 391      * arguments, instead of denoting the last parameter as
 392      * "<tt><i>Type</i>[]</tt>", it is denoted as
 393      * "<tt><i>Type</i>...</tt>".
 394      *
 395      * A space is used to separate access modifiers from one another
 396      * and from the type parameters or return type.  If there are no
 397      * type parameters, the type parameter list is elided; if the type
 398      * parameter list is present, a space separates the list from the
 399      * class name.  If the constructor is declared to throw
 400      * exceptions, the parameter list is followed by a space, followed
 401      * by the word "{@code throws}" followed by a
 402      * comma-separated list of the thrown exception types.
 403      *
 404      * <p>The only possible modifiers for constructors are the access
 405      * modifiers {@code public}, {@code protected} or
 406      * {@code private}.  Only one of these may appear, or none if the
 407      * constructor has default (package) access.
 408      *
 409      * @return a string describing this {@code Constructor},
 410      * include type parameters
 411      *
 412      * @since 1.5
 413      */
 414     public String toGenericString() {
 415         try {
 416             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 417             int mod = getModifiers() & Modifier.constructorModifiers();
 418             if (mod != 0) {
 419                 sb.append(Modifier.toString(mod) + " ");
 420             }
 421             TypeVariable<?>[] typeparms = getTypeParameters();
 422             if (typeparms.length > 0) {
 423                 boolean first = true;
 424                 sb.append("<");
 425                 for(TypeVariable<?> typeparm: typeparms) {
 426                     if (!first)
 427                         sb.append(",");
 428                     // Class objects can't occur here; no need to test
 429                     // and call Class.getName().
 430                     sb.append(typeparm.toString());
 431                     first = false;
 432                 }
 433                 sb.append("> ");
 434             }
 435             sb.append(Field.getTypeName(getDeclaringClass()));
 436             sb.append("(");
 437             Type[] params = getGenericParameterTypes();
 438             for (int j = 0; j < params.length; j++) {
 439                 String param = (params[j] instanceof Class<?>)?
 440                     Field.getTypeName((Class<?>)params[j]):
 441                     (params[j].toString());
 442                 if (isVarArgs() && (j == params.length - 1)) // replace T[] with T...
 443                     param = param.replaceFirst("\\[\\]$", "...");
 444                 sb.append(param);
 445                 if (j < (params.length - 1))
 446                     sb.append(",");
 447             }
 448             sb.append(")");
 449             Type[] exceptions = getGenericExceptionTypes();
 450             if (exceptions.length > 0) {
 451                 sb.append(" throws ");
 452                 for (int k = 0; k < exceptions.length; k++) {
 453                     sb.append((exceptions[k] instanceof Class)?
 454                               ((Class<?>)exceptions[k]).getName():
 455                               exceptions[k].toString());
 456                     if (k < (exceptions.length - 1))
 457                         sb.append(",");
 458                 }
 459             }
 460             return sb.toString();
 461         } catch (Exception e) {
 462             return "<" + e + ">";
 463         }
 464     }
 465 
 466     /**
 467      * Uses the constructor represented by this {@code Constructor} object to
 468      * create and initialize a new instance of the constructor's
 469      * declaring class, with the specified initialization parameters.
 470      * Individual parameters are automatically unwrapped to match
 471      * primitive formal parameters, and both primitive and reference
 472      * parameters are subject to method invocation conversions as necessary.
 473      *
 474      * <p>If the number of formal parameters required by the underlying constructor
 475      * is 0, the supplied {@code initargs} array may be of length 0 or null.
 476      *
 477      * <p>If the constructor's declaring class is an inner class in a
 478      * non-static context, the first argument to the constructor needs
 479      * to be the enclosing instance; see <i>The Java Language
 480      * Specification</i>, section 15.9.3.
 481      *
 482      * <p>If the required access and argument checks succeed and the
 483      * instantiation will proceed, the constructor's declaring class
 484      * is initialized if it has not already been initialized.
 485      *
 486      * <p>If the constructor completes normally, returns the newly
 487      * created and initialized instance.
 488      *
 489      * @param initargs array of objects to be passed as arguments to
 490      * the constructor call; values of primitive types are wrapped in
 491      * a wrapper object of the appropriate type (e.g. a {@code float}
 492      * in a {@link java.lang.Float Float})
 493      *
 494      * @return a new object created by calling the constructor
 495      * this object represents
 496      *
 497      * @exception IllegalAccessException    if this {@code Constructor} object
 498      *              enforces Java language access control and the underlying
 499      *              constructor is inaccessible.
 500      * @exception IllegalArgumentException  if the number of actual
 501      *              and formal parameters differ; if an unwrapping
 502      *              conversion for primitive arguments fails; or if,
 503      *              after possible unwrapping, a parameter value
 504      *              cannot be converted to the corresponding formal
 505      *              parameter type by a method invocation conversion; if
 506      *              this constructor pertains to an enum type.
 507      * @exception InstantiationException    if the class that declares the
 508      *              underlying constructor represents an abstract class.
 509      * @exception InvocationTargetException if the underlying constructor
 510      *              throws an exception.
 511      * @exception ExceptionInInitializerError if the initialization provoked
 512      *              by this method fails.
 513      */
 514     public T newInstance(Object ... initargs)
 515         throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException,
 516                IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException
 517     {
 518         if (!override) {
 519             if (!Reflection.quickCheckMemberAccess(clazz, modifiers)) {
 520                 Class<?> caller = Reflection.getCallerClass(2);
 521                 if (securityCheckCache != caller) {
 522                     Reflection.ensureMemberAccess(caller, clazz, null, modifiers);
 523                     securityCheckCache = caller;
 524                 }
 525             }
 526         }
 527         if ((clazz.getModifiers() & Modifier.ENUM) != 0)
 528             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot reflectively create enum objects");
 529         if (constructorAccessor == null) acquireConstructorAccessor();
 530         return (T) constructorAccessor.newInstance(initargs);
 531     }
 532 
 533     /**
 534      * Returns {@code true} if this constructor was declared to take
 535      * a variable number of arguments; returns {@code false}
 536      * otherwise.
 537      *
 538      * @return {@code true} if an only if this constructor was declared to
 539      * take a variable number of arguments.
 540      * @since 1.5
 541      */
 542     public boolean isVarArgs() {
 543         return (getModifiers() & Modifier.VARARGS) != 0;
 544     }
 545 
 546     /**
 547      * Returns {@code true} if this constructor is a synthetic
 548      * constructor; returns {@code false} otherwise.
 549      *
 550      * @return true if and only if this constructor is a synthetic
 551      * constructor as defined by the Java Language Specification.
 552      * @since 1.5
 553      */
 554     public boolean isSynthetic() {
 555         return Modifier.isSynthetic(getModifiers());
 556     }
 557 
 558     // NOTE that there is no synchronization used here. It is correct
 559     // (though not efficient) to generate more than one
 560     // ConstructorAccessor for a given Constructor. However, avoiding
 561     // synchronization will probably make the implementation more
 562     // scalable.
 563     private void acquireConstructorAccessor() {
 564         // First check to see if one has been created yet, and take it
 565         // if so.
 566         ConstructorAccessor tmp = null;
 567         if (root != null) tmp = root.getConstructorAccessor();
 568         if (tmp != null) {
 569             constructorAccessor = tmp;
 570             return;
 571         }
 572         // Otherwise fabricate one and propagate it up to the root
 573         tmp = reflectionFactory.newConstructorAccessor(this);
 574         setConstructorAccessor(tmp);
 575     }
 576 
 577     // Returns ConstructorAccessor for this Constructor object, not
 578     // looking up the chain to the root
 579     ConstructorAccessor getConstructorAccessor() {
 580         return constructorAccessor;
 581     }
 582 
 583     // Sets the ConstructorAccessor for this Constructor object and
 584     // (recursively) its root
 585     void setConstructorAccessor(ConstructorAccessor accessor) {
 586         constructorAccessor = accessor;
 587         // Propagate up
 588         if (root != null) {
 589             root.setConstructorAccessor(accessor);
 590         }
 591     }
 592 
 593     int getSlot() {
 594         return slot;
 595     }
 596 
 597    String getSignature() {
 598             return signature;
 599    }
 600 
 601     byte[] getRawAnnotations() {
 602         return annotations;
 603     }
 604 
 605     byte[] getRawParameterAnnotations() {
 606         return parameterAnnotations;
 607     }
 608 
 609     /**
 610      * @throws NullPointerException {@inheritDoc}
 611      * @since 1.5
 612      */
 613     public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass) {
 614         if (annotationClass == null)
 615             throw new NullPointerException();
 616 
 617         return (T) declaredAnnotations().get(annotationClass);
 618     }
 619 
 620     /**
 621      * @since 1.5
 622      */
 623     public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()  {
 624         return AnnotationParser.toArray(declaredAnnotations());
 625     }
 626 
 627     private transient Map<Class<? extends Annotation>, Annotation> declaredAnnotations;
 628 
 629     private synchronized  Map<Class<? extends Annotation>, Annotation> declaredAnnotations() {
 630         if (declaredAnnotations == null) {
 631             declaredAnnotations = AnnotationParser.parseAnnotations(
 632                 annotations, sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaLangAccess().
 633                 getConstantPool(getDeclaringClass()),
 634                 getDeclaringClass());
 635         }
 636         return declaredAnnotations;
 637     }
 638 
 639     /**
 640      * Returns an array of arrays that represent the annotations on the formal
 641      * parameters, in declaration order, of the method represented by
 642      * this {@code Constructor} object. (Returns an array of length zero if the
 643      * underlying method is parameterless.  If the method has one or more
 644      * parameters, a nested array of length zero is returned for each parameter
 645      * with no annotations.) The annotation objects contained in the returned
 646      * arrays are serializable.  The caller of this method is free to modify
 647      * the returned arrays; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to
 648      * other callers.
 649      *
 650      * @return an array of arrays that represent the annotations on the formal
 651      *    parameters, in declaration order, of the method represented by this
 652      *    Constructor object
 653      * @since 1.5
 654      */
 655     public Annotation[][] getParameterAnnotations() {
 656         int numParameters = parameterTypes.length;
 657         if (parameterAnnotations == null)
 658             return new Annotation[numParameters][0];
 659 
 660         Annotation[][] result = AnnotationParser.parseParameterAnnotations(
 661             parameterAnnotations,
 662             sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaLangAccess().
 663                 getConstantPool(getDeclaringClass()),
 664             getDeclaringClass());
 665         if (result.length != numParameters) {
 666             Class<?> declaringClass = getDeclaringClass();
 667             if (declaringClass.isEnum() ||
 668                 declaringClass.isAnonymousClass() ||
 669                 declaringClass.isLocalClass() )
 670                 ; // Can't do reliable parameter counting
 671             else {
 672                 if (!declaringClass.isMemberClass() || // top-level
 673                     // Check for the enclosing instance parameter for
 674                     // non-static member classes
 675                     (declaringClass.isMemberClass() &&
 676                      ((declaringClass.getModifiers() & Modifier.STATIC) == 0)  &&
 677                      result.length + 1 != numParameters) ) {
 678                     throw new AnnotationFormatError(
 679                               "Parameter annotations don't match number of parameters");
 680                 }
 681             }
 682         }
 683         return result;
 684     }
 685 }