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package java.lang.reflect;

import gnu.java.lang.ClassHelper;

import gnu.java.lang.reflect.FieldSignatureParser;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

/**
 * The Field class represents a member variable of a class. It also allows
 * dynamic access to a member, via reflection. This works for both
 * static and instance fields. Operations on Field objects know how to
 * do widening conversions, but throw {@link IllegalArgumentException} if
 * a narrowing conversion would be necessary. You can query for information
 * on this Field regardless of location, but get and set access may be limited
 * by Java language access controls. If you can't do it in the compiler, you
 * can't normally do it here either.<p>
 *
 * <B>Note:</B> This class returns and accepts types as Classes, even
 * primitive types; there are Class types defined that represent each
 * different primitive type.  They are <code>java.lang.Boolean.TYPE,
 * java.lang.Byte.TYPE,</code>, also available as <code>boolean.class,
 * byte.class</code>, etc.  These are not to be confused with the
 * classes <code>java.lang.Boolean, java.lang.Byte</code>, etc., which are
 * real classes.<p>
 *
 * Also note that this is not a serializable class.  It is entirely feasible
 * to make it serializable using the Externalizable interface, but this is
 * on Sun, not me.
 *
 * @author John Keiser
 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
 * @author Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>
 * @see Member
 * @see Class
 * @see Class#getField(String)
 * @see Class#getDeclaredField(String)
 * @see Class#getFields()
 * @see Class#getDeclaredFields()
 * @since 1.1
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public final class Field
  extends AccessibleObject implements Member
{
  private Class declaringClass;
  private String name;

  // Offset in bytes from the start of declaringClass's fields array.
  private int offset;

  // The Class (or primitive TYPE) of this field.
  private Class type;

  static final int FIELD_MODIFIERS
    = Modifier.FINAL | Modifier.PRIVATE | Modifier.PROTECTED
      | Modifier.PUBLIC | Modifier.STATIC | Modifier.TRANSIENT
      | Modifier.VOLATILE;

  // This is instantiated by Class sometimes, but it uses C++ and
  // avoids the Java protection check.
  Field ()
  {
  }

  /**
   * Gets the class that declared this field, or the class where this field
   * is a non-inherited member.
   * @return the class that declared this member
   */
  public Class<?> getDeclaringClass()
  {
    return declaringClass;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the name of this field.
   * @return the name of this field
   */
  public native String getName();

  /**
   * Return the raw modifiers for this field.
   * @return the field's modifiers
   */
  private native int getModifiersInternal();

  /**
   * Gets the modifiers this field uses.  Use the <code>Modifier</code>
   * class to interpret the values.  A field can only have a subset of the
   * following modifiers: public, private, protected, static, final,
   * transient, and volatile.
   *
   * @return an integer representing the modifiers to this Member
   * @see Modifier
   */
  public int getModifiers()
  {
    return getModifiersInternal() & FIELD_MODIFIERS;
  }

  /**
   * Return true if this field is synthetic, false otherwise.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public boolean isSynthetic()
  {
    return (getModifiersInternal() & Modifier.SYNTHETIC) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Return true if this field represents an enum constant,
   * false otherwise.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public boolean isEnumConstant()
  {
    return (getModifiersInternal() & Modifier.ENUM) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the type of this field.
   * @return the type of this field
   */
  public native Class<?> getType();

  /**
   * Compare two objects to see if they are semantically equivalent.
   * Two Fields are semantically equivalent if they have the same declaring
   * class, name, and type. Since you can't creat a Field except through
   * the VM, this is just the == relation.
   *
   * @param o the object to compare to
   * @return <code>true</code> if they are equal; <code>false</code> if not
   */
  public boolean equals (Object fld)
  {
    if (! (fld instanceof Field))
      return false;
    Field f = (Field) fld;
    return declaringClass == f.declaringClass && offset == f.offset;
  }

  /**
   * Get the hash code for the Field. The Field hash code is the hash code
   * of its name XOR'd with the hash code of its class name.
   *
   * @return the hash code for the object.
   */
  public int hashCode()
  {
    return getDeclaringClass().getName().hashCode() ^ getName().hashCode();
  }

  /**
   * Get a String representation of the Field. A Field's String
   * representation is "&lt;modifiers&gt; &lt;type&gt;
   * &lt;class&gt;.&lt;fieldname&gt;".<br> Example:
   * <code>public transient boolean gnu.parse.Parser.parseComplete</code>
   *
   * @return the String representation of the Field
   */
  public String toString ()
  {
    StringBuffer sbuf = new StringBuffer ();
    int mods = getModifiers();
    if (mods != 0)
      {
	Modifier.toString(mods, sbuf);
	sbuf.append(' ');
      }
    Method.appendClassName (sbuf, getType ());
    sbuf.append(' ');
    Method.appendClassName (sbuf, getDeclaringClass());
    sbuf.append('.');
    sbuf.append(getName());
    return sbuf.toString();
  }

  public String toGenericString()
  {
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(64);
    Modifier.toString(getModifiers(), sb).append(' ');
    sb.append(getGenericType()).append(' ');
    sb.append(getDeclaringClass().getName()).append('.');
    sb.append(getName());
    return sb.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Get the value of this Field.  If it is primitive, it will be wrapped
   * in the appropriate wrapper type (boolean = java.lang.Boolean).<p>
   *
   * If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be ignored. Otherwise, if
   * <code>o</code> is null, you get a <code>NullPointerException</code>,
   * and if it is incompatible with the declaring class of the field, you
   * get an <code>IllegalArgumentException</code>.<p>
   *
   * Next, if this Field enforces access control, your runtime context is
   * evaluated, and you may have an <code>IllegalAccessException</code> if
   * you could not access this field in similar compiled code. If the field
   * is static, and its class is uninitialized, you trigger class
   * initialization, which may end in a
   * <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code>.<p>
   *
   * Finally, the field is accessed, and primitives are wrapped (but not
   * necessarily in new objects). This method accesses the field of the
   * declaring class, even if the instance passed in belongs to a subclass
   * which declares another field to hide this one.
   *
   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
   * @return the value of the Field
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>o</code> is not an instance of
   *         the class or interface declaring this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #getBoolean(Object)
   * @see #getByte(Object)
   * @see #getChar(Object)
   * @see #getShort(Object)
   * @see #getInt(Object)
   * @see #getLong(Object)
   * @see #getFloat(Object)
   * @see #getDouble(Object)
   */
  public Object get(Object obj)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    return get(null, obj);
  }

  /**
   * Get the value of this boolean Field. If the field is static,
   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
   * @return the value of the Field
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a boolean field of
   *         <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance of the
   *         declaring class of this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #get(Object)
   */
  public boolean getBoolean(Object obj)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    return getBoolean(null, obj);
  }

  /**
   * Get the value of this byte Field. If the field is static,
   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
   * @return the value of the Field
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte field of
   *         <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance of the
   *         declaring class of this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #get(Object)
   */
  public byte getByte(Object obj)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    return getByte(null, obj);
  }

  /**
   * Get the value of this Field as a char. If the field is static,
   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
   *
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a char field of
   *         <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance
   *         of the declaring class of this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #get(Object)
   */
  public char getChar(Object obj)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    return getChar(null, obj);
  }

  /**
   * Get the value of this Field as a short. If the field is static,
   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
   * @return the value of the Field
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte or short
   *         field of <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance
   *         of the declaring class of this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #get(Object)
   */
  public short getShort(Object obj)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    return getShort(null, obj);
  }

  /**
   * Get the value of this Field as an int. If the field is static,
   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
   * @return the value of the Field
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte, short, char, or
   *         int field of <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is not an
   *         instance of the declaring class of this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #get(Object)
   */
  public int getInt(Object obj)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    return getInt(null, obj);
  }

  /**
   * Get the value of this Field as a long. If the field is static,
   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
   * @return the value of the Field
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte, short, char, int,
   *         or long field of <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is not an
   *         instance of the declaring class of this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #get(Object)
   */
  public long getLong(Object obj)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    return getLong(null, obj);
  }

  /**
   * Get the value of this Field as a float. If the field is static,
   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
   * @return the value of the Field
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte, short, char, int,
   *         long, or float field of <code>o</code>, or if <code>o</code> is
   *         not an instance of the declaring class of this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #get(Object)
   */
  public float getFloat(Object obj)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    return getFloat(null, obj);
  }

  /**
   * Get the value of this Field as a double. If the field is static,
   * <code>o</code> will be ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to get the value of this Field from
   * @return the value of the Field
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte, short, char, int,
   *         long, float, or double field of <code>o</code>, or if
   *         <code>o</code> is not an instance of the declaring class of this
   *         field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #get(Object)
   */
  public double getDouble(Object obj)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    return getDouble(null, obj);
  }

  private native boolean getBoolean (Class caller, Object obj)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  private native char getChar (Class caller, Object obj)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  private native byte getByte (Class caller, Object obj)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  private native short getShort (Class caller, Object obj)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  private native int getInt (Class caller, Object obj)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  private native long getLong (Class caller, Object obj)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  private native float getFloat (Class caller, Object obj)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  private native double getDouble (Class caller, Object obj)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  private native Object get (Class caller, Object obj)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  /**
   * Set the value of this Field.  If it is a primitive field, the value
   * will be unwrapped from the passed object (boolean = java.lang.Boolean).<p>
   *
   * If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be ignored. Otherwise, if
   * <code>o</code> is null, you get a <code>NullPointerException</code>,
   * and if it is incompatible with the declaring class of the field, you
   * get an <code>IllegalArgumentException</code>.<p>
   *
   * Next, if this Field enforces access control, your runtime context is
   * evaluated, and you may have an <code>IllegalAccessException</code> if
   * you could not access this field in similar compiled code. This also
   * occurs whether or not there is access control if the field is final.
   * If the field is primitive, and unwrapping your argument fails, you will
   * get an <code>IllegalArgumentException</code>; likewise, this error
   * happens if <code>value</code> cannot be cast to the correct object type.
   * If the field is static, and its class is uninitialized, you trigger class
   * initialization, which may end in a
   * <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code>.<p>
   *
   * Finally, the field is set with the widened value. This method accesses
   * the field of the declaring class, even if the instance passed in belongs
   * to a subclass which declares another field to hide this one.
   *
   * @param o the object to set this Field on
   * @param value the value to set this Field to
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>value</code> cannot be
   *         converted by a widening conversion to the underlying type of
   *         the Field, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance of the class
   *         declaring this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #setBoolean(Object, boolean)
   * @see #setByte(Object, byte)
   * @see #setChar(Object, char)
   * @see #setShort(Object, short)
   * @see #setInt(Object, int)
   * @see #setLong(Object, long)
   * @see #setFloat(Object, float)
   * @see #setDouble(Object, double)
   */
  public void set(Object object, Object value)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    set(null, object, value);
  }

  /**
   * Set this boolean Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
   * ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to set this Field on
   * @param value the value to set this Field to
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a boolean field, or if
   *         <code>o</code> is not an instance of the class declaring this
   *         field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #set(Object, Object)
   */
  public void setBoolean(Object obj, boolean b)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    setBoolean(null, obj, b, true);
  }

  /**
   * Set this byte Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
   * ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to set this Field on
   * @param value the value to set this Field to
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a byte, short, int, long,
   *         float, or double field, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance
   *         of the class declaring this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #set(Object, Object)
   */
  public void setByte(Object obj, byte b)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    setByte(null, obj, b, true);
  }

  /**
   * Set this char Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
   * ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to set this Field on
   * @param value the value to set this Field to
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a char, int, long,
   *         float, or double field, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance
   *         of the class declaring this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #set(Object, Object)
   */
  public void setChar(Object obj, char c)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    setChar(null, obj, c, true);
  }

  /**
   * Set this short Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
   * ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to set this Field on
   * @param value the value to set this Field to
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a short, int, long,
   *         float, or double field, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance
   *         of the class declaring this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #set(Object, Object)
   */
  public void setShort(Object obj,  short s)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    setShort(null, obj, s, true);
  }

  /**
   * Set this int Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
   * ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to set this Field on
   * @param value the value to set this Field to
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not an int, long, float, or
   *         double field, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance of the
   *         class declaring this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #set(Object, Object)
   */
  public void setInt(Object obj, int i)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    setInt(null, obj, i, true);
  }

  /**
   * Set this long Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
   * ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to set this Field on
   * @param value the value to set this Field to
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a long, float, or double
   *         field, or if <code>o</code> is not an instance of the class
   *         declaring this field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #set(Object, Object)
   */
  public void setLong(Object obj, long l)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException
  {
    setLong(null, obj, l, true);
  }

  /**
   * Set this float Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
   * ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to set this Field on
   * @param value the value to set this Field to
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a float or long field, or
   *         if <code>o</code> is not an instance of the class declaring this
   *         field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #set(Object, Object)
   */
  public void setFloat(Object obj, float f)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    setFloat(null, obj, f, true);
  }

  /**
   * Set this double Field. If the field is static, <code>o</code> will be
   * ignored.
   *
   * @param o the object to set this Field on
   * @param value the value to set this Field to
   * @throws IllegalAccessException if you could not normally access this field
   *         (i.e. it is not public)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this is not a double field, or if
   *         <code>o</code> is not an instance of the class declaring this
   *         field
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>o</code> is null and this field
   *         requires an instance
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if accessing a static field triggered
   *         class initialization, which then failed
   * @see #set(Object, Object)
   */
  public void setDouble(Object obj, double d)
    throws IllegalAccessException
  {
    setDouble(null, obj, d, true);
  }

  /**
   * Return the generic type of the field. If the field type is not a generic
   * type, the method returns the same as <code>getType()</code>.
   *
   * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic signature does
   *         not conform to the format specified in the Virtual Machine
   *         specification, version 3.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public Type getGenericType()
  {
    String signature = getSignature();
    if (signature == null)
      return getType();
    FieldSignatureParser p = new FieldSignatureParser(getDeclaringClass(),
                                                      signature);
    return p.getFieldType();
  }

  public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annoClass)
  {
    Annotation[] annos = getDeclaredAnnotations();
    for (int i = 0; i < annos.length; ++i)
      if (annos[i].annotationType() == annoClass)
	return (T) annos[i];
    return null;
  }

  public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()
  {
    Annotation[] result = getDeclaredAnnotationsInternal();
    if (result == null)
      result = new Annotation[0];
    return result;
  }

  private native Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotationsInternal();

  /**
   * Return the String in the Signature attribute for this field. If there
   * is no Signature attribute, return null.
   */
  private native String getSignature();

  native void setByte (Class caller, Object obj, byte b, boolean checkFinal)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  native void setShort (Class caller, Object obj, short s, boolean checkFinal)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  native void setInt (Class caller, Object obj, int i, boolean checkFinal)  
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  native void setLong (Class caller, Object obj, long l, boolean checkFinal)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  native void setFloat (Class caller, Object obj, float f, boolean checkFinal)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  native void setDouble (Class caller, Object obj, double d,
			 boolean checkFinal)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  native void setChar (Class caller, Object obj, char c, boolean checkFinal)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  native void setBoolean (Class caller, Object obj, boolean b,
			  boolean checkFinal)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  native void set (Class caller, Object obj, Object val, Class type, 
		   boolean checkFinal)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException;

  private void set (Class caller, Object object, Object value)
    throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException
  {
    Class type = getType();
    if (! type.isPrimitive())
      set(caller, object, value, type, true);
    else if (value instanceof Byte)
      setByte(caller, object, ((Byte) value).byteValue(), true);
    else if (value instanceof Short)
      setShort (caller, object, ((Short) value).shortValue(), true);
    else if (value instanceof Integer)
      setInt(caller, object, ((Integer) value).intValue(), true);
    else if (value instanceof Long)
      setLong(caller, object, ((Long) value).longValue(), true);
    else if (value instanceof Float)
      setFloat(caller, object, ((Float) value).floatValue(), true);
    else if (value instanceof Double)
      setDouble(caller, object, ((Double) value).doubleValue(), true);
    else if (value instanceof Character)
      setChar(caller, object, ((Character) value).charValue(), true);
    else if (value instanceof Boolean)
      setBoolean(caller, object, ((Boolean) value).booleanValue(), true);
    else
      throw new IllegalArgumentException();
  }
}