Bug#573812: ITP: objenesis -- Java library to instantiate a new object of a particular class
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Gabriele Giacone <1o5g4r8o@gmail.com>
* Package name : objenesis
Version : 1.2
Upstream Author : Objenesis Team and all contributors
http://groups.google.com/group/objenesis-dev
* URL : http://www.objenesis.org/
* License : Apache 2.0
Programming Lang: java
Description : Java library to instantiate a new object of a particular class
Objenesis is a small Java library that serves one purpose: to instantiate a
new object of a particular class.
Java already supports this dynamic instantiation of classes using
Class.newInstance(). However, this only works if the class has an appropriate
constructor. There are many times when a class cannot be instantiated this
way, such as when the class contains:
* Constructors that require arguments.
* Constructors that have side effects.
* Constructors that throw exceptions.
As a result, it is common to see restrictions in libraries stating that
classes must require a default constructor.
Objenesis aims to overcomes these restrictions by bypassing the constructor
on object instantiation.
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