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package java.lang.reflect;

import sun.reflect.MethodAccessor;
import sun.reflect.Reflection;
import sun.reflect.generics.repository.MethodRepository;
import sun.reflect.generics.factory.CoreReflectionFactory;
import sun.reflect.generics.factory.GenericsFactory;
import sun.reflect.generics.scope.MethodScope;
import sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationType;
import sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * A {@code Method} provides information about, and access to, a single method
 * on a class or interface.  The reflected method may be a class method
 * or an instance method (including an abstract method).
 *
 * <p>A {@code Method} permits widening conversions to occur when matching the
 * actual parameters to invoke with the underlying method's formal
 * parameters, but it throws an {@code IllegalArgumentException} if a
 * narrowing conversion would occur.
 *
 * @see Member
 * @see java.lang.Class
 * @see java.lang.Class#getMethods()
 * @see java.lang.Class#getMethod(String, Class[])
 * @see java.lang.Class#getDeclaredMethods()
 * @see java.lang.Class#getDeclaredMethod(String, Class[])
 *
 * @author Kenneth Russell
 * @author Nakul Saraiya
 */
public final
    class Method extends AccessibleObject implements GenericDeclaration,
                                                     Member {
    private Class               clazz;
    private int                 slot;
    // This is guaranteed to be interned by the VM in the 1.4
    // reflection implementation
    private String              name;
    private Class               returnType;
    private Class[]             parameterTypes;
    private Class[]             exceptionTypes;
    private int                 modifiers;
    // Generics and annotations support
    private transient String              signature;
    // generic info repository; lazily initialized
    private transient MethodRepository genericInfo;
    private byte[]              annotations;
    private byte[]              parameterAnnotations;
    private byte[]              annotationDefault;
    private volatile MethodAccessor methodAccessor;
    // For sharing of MethodAccessors. This branching structure is
    // currently only two levels deep (i.e., one root Method and
    // potentially many Method objects pointing to it.)
    private Method              root;

    // More complicated security check cache needed here than for
    // Class.newInstance() and Constructor.newInstance()
    private Class securityCheckCache;
    private Class securityCheckTargetClassCache;

    // Modifiers that can be applied to a method in source code
    private static final int LANGUAGE_MODIFIERS =
        Modifier.PUBLIC         | Modifier.PROTECTED    | Modifier.PRIVATE |
        Modifier.ABSTRACT       | Modifier.STATIC       | Modifier.FINAL   |
        Modifier.SYNCHRONIZED   | Modifier.NATIVE;

   // Generics infrastructure

    private String getGenericSignature() {return signature;}

    // Accessor for factory
    private GenericsFactory getFactory() {
        // create scope and factory
        return CoreReflectionFactory.make(this, MethodScope.make(this));
    }

    // Accessor for generic info repository
    private MethodRepository getGenericInfo() {
        // lazily initialize repository if necessary
        if (genericInfo == null) {
            // create and cache generic info repository
            genericInfo = MethodRepository.make(getGenericSignature(),
                                                getFactory());
        }
        return genericInfo; //return cached repository
    }

    /**
     * Package-private constructor used by ReflectAccess to enable
     * instantiation of these objects in Java code from the java.lang
     * package via sun.reflect.LangReflectAccess.
     */
    Method(Class declaringClass,
           String name,
           Class[] parameterTypes,
           Class returnType,
           Class[] checkedExceptions,
           int modifiers,
           int slot,
           String signature,
           byte[] annotations,
           byte[] parameterAnnotations,
           byte[] annotationDefault)
    {
        this.clazz = declaringClass;
        this.name = name;
        this.parameterTypes = parameterTypes;
        this.returnType = returnType;
        this.exceptionTypes = checkedExceptions;
        this.modifiers = modifiers;
        this.slot = slot;
        this.signature = signature;
        this.annotations = annotations;
        this.parameterAnnotations = parameterAnnotations;
        this.annotationDefault = annotationDefault;
    }

    /**
     * Package-private routine (exposed to java.lang.Class via
     * ReflectAccess) which returns a copy of this Method. The copy's
     * "root" field points to this Method.
     */
    Method copy() {
        // This routine enables sharing of MethodAccessor objects
        // among Method objects which refer to the same underlying
        // method in the VM. (All of this contortion is only necessary
        // because of the "accessibility" bit in AccessibleObject,
        // which implicitly requires that new java.lang.reflect
        // objects be fabricated for each reflective call on Class
        // objects.)
        Method res = new Method(clazz, name, parameterTypes, returnType,
                                exceptionTypes, modifiers, slot, signature,
                                annotations, parameterAnnotations, annotationDefault);
        res.root = this;
        // Might as well eagerly propagate this if already present
        res.methodAccessor = methodAccessor;
        return res;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the {@code Class} object representing the class or interface
     * that declares the method represented by this {@code Method} object.
     */
    public Class<?> getDeclaringClass() {
        return clazz;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of the method represented by this {@code Method}
     * object, as a {@code String}.
     */
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the Java language modifiers for the method represented
     * by this {@code Method} object, as an integer. The {@code Modifier} class should
     * be used to decode the modifiers.
     *
     * @see Modifier
     */
    public int getModifiers() {
        return modifiers;
    }

    /**
     * Returns an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that represent the
     * type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this
     * {@code GenericDeclaration} object, in declaration order.  Returns an
     * array of length 0 if the underlying generic declaration declares no type
     * variables.
     *
     * @return an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that represent
     *     the type variables declared by this generic declaration
     * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic
     *     signature of this generic declaration does not conform to
     *     the format specified in the Java Virtual Machine Specification,
     *     3rd edition
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public TypeVariable<Method>[] getTypeParameters() {
        if (getGenericSignature() != null)
            return (TypeVariable<Method>[])getGenericInfo().getTypeParameters();
        else
            return (TypeVariable<Method>[])new TypeVariable[0];
    }

    /**
     * Returns a {@code Class} object that represents the formal return type
     * of the method represented by this {@code Method} object.
     *
     * @return the return type for the method this object represents
     */
    public Class<?> getReturnType() {
        return returnType;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a {@code Type} object that represents the formal return
     * type of the method represented by this {@code Method} object.
     *
     * <p>If the return type is a parameterized type,
     * the {@code Type} object returned must accurately reflect
     * the actual type parameters used in the source code.
     *
     * <p>If the return type is a type variable or a parameterized type, it
     * is created. Otherwise, it is resolved.
     *
     * @return  a {@code Type} object that represents the formal return
     *     type of the underlying  method
     * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError
     *     if the generic method signature does not conform to the format
     *     specified in the Java Virtual Machine Specification, 3rd edition
     * @throws TypeNotPresentException if the underlying method's
     *     return type refers to a non-existent type declaration
     * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if the
     *     underlying method's return typed refers to a parameterized
     *     type that cannot be instantiated for any reason
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public Type getGenericReturnType() {
      if (getGenericSignature() != null) {
        return getGenericInfo().getReturnType();
      } else { return getReturnType();}
    }


    /**
     * Returns an array of {@code Class} objects that represent the formal
     * parameter types, in declaration order, of the method
     * represented by this {@code Method} object.  Returns an array of length
     * 0 if the underlying method takes no parameters.
     *
     * @return the parameter types for the method this object
     * represents
     */
    public Class<?>[] getParameterTypes() {
        return (Class<?>[]) parameterTypes.clone();
    }

    /**
     * Returns an array of {@code Type} objects that represent the formal
     * parameter types, in declaration order, of the method represented by
     * this {@code Method} object. Returns an array of length 0 if the
     * underlying method takes no parameters.
     *
     * <p>If a formal parameter type is a parameterized type,
     * the {@code Type} object returned for it must accurately reflect
     * the actual type parameters used in the source code.
     *
     * <p>If a formal parameter type is a type variable or a parameterized
     * type, it is created. Otherwise, it is resolved.
     *
     * @return an array of Types that represent the formal
     *     parameter types of the underlying method, in declaration order
     * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError
     *     if the generic method signature does not conform to the format
     *     specified in the Java Virtual Machine Specification, 3rd edition
     * @throws TypeNotPresentException if any of the parameter
     *     types of the underlying method refers to a non-existent type
     *     declaration
     * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if any of
     *     the underlying method's parameter types refer to a parameterized
     *     type that cannot be instantiated for any reason
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public Type[] getGenericParameterTypes() {
        if (getGenericSignature() != null)
            return getGenericInfo().getParameterTypes();
        else
            return getParameterTypes();
    }


    /**
     * Returns an array of {@code Class} objects that represent
     * the types of the exceptions declared to be thrown
     * by the underlying method
     * represented by this {@code Method} object.  Returns an array of length
     * 0 if the method declares no exceptions in its {@code throws} clause.
     *
     * @return the exception types declared as being thrown by the
     * method this object represents
     */
    public Class<?>[] getExceptionTypes() {
        return (Class<?>[]) exceptionTypes.clone();
    }

    /**
     * Returns an array of {@code Type} objects that represent the
     * exceptions declared to be thrown by this {@code Method} object.
     * Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying method declares
     * no exceptions in its {@code throws} clause.
     *
     * <p>If an exception type is a parameterized type, the {@code Type}
     * object returned for it must accurately reflect the actual type
     * parameters used in the source code.
     *
     * <p>If an exception type is a type variable or a parameterized
     * type, it is created. Otherwise, it is resolved.
     *
     * @return an array of Types that represent the exception types
     *     thrown by the underlying method
     * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError
     *     if the generic method signature does not conform to the format
     *     specified in the Java Virtual Machine Specification, 3rd edition
     * @throws TypeNotPresentException if the underlying method's
     *     {@code throws} clause refers to a non-existent type declaration
     * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if
     *     the underlying method's {@code throws} clause refers to a
     *     parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason
     * @since 1.5
     */
      public Type[] getGenericExceptionTypes() {
          Type[] result;
          if (getGenericSignature() != null &&
              ((result = getGenericInfo().getExceptionTypes()).length > 0))
              return result;
          else
              return getExceptionTypes();
      }

    /**
     * Compares this {@code Method} against the specified object.  Returns
     * true if the objects are the same.  Two {@code Methods} are the same if
     * they were declared by the same class and have the same name
     * and formal parameter types and return type.
     */
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (obj != null && obj instanceof Method) {
            Method other = (Method)obj;
            if ((getDeclaringClass() == other.getDeclaringClass())
                && (getName() == other.getName())) {
                if (!returnType.equals(other.getReturnType()))
                    return false;
                /* Avoid unnecessary cloning */
                Class[] params1 = parameterTypes;
                Class[] params2 = other.parameterTypes;
                if (params1.length == params2.length) {
                    for (int i = 0; i < params1.length; i++) {
                        if (params1[i] != params2[i])
                            return false;
                    }
                    return true;
                }
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a hashcode for this {@code Method}.  The hashcode is computed
     * as the exclusive-or of the hashcodes for the underlying
     * method's declaring class name and the method's name.
     */
    public int hashCode() {
        return getDeclaringClass().getName().hashCode() ^ getName().hashCode();
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string describing this {@code Method}.  The string is
     * formatted as the method access modifiers, if any, followed by
     * the method return type, followed by a space, followed by the
     * class declaring the method, followed by a period, followed by
     * the method name, followed by a parenthesized, comma-separated
     * list of the method's formal parameter types. If the method
     * throws checked exceptions, the parameter list is followed by a
     * space, followed by the word throws followed by a
     * comma-separated list of the thrown exception types.
     * For example:
     * <pre>
     *    public boolean java.lang.Object.equals(java.lang.Object)
     * </pre>
     *
     * <p>The access modifiers are placed in canonical order as
     * specified by "The Java Language Specification".  This is
     * {@code public}, {@code protected} or {@code private} first,
     * and then other modifiers in the following order:
     * {@code abstract}, {@code static}, {@code final},
     * {@code synchronized}, {@code native}.
     */
    public String toString() {
        try {
            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
            int mod = getModifiers() & LANGUAGE_MODIFIERS;
            if (mod != 0) {
                sb.append(Modifier.toString(mod) + " ");
            }
            sb.append(Field.getTypeName(getReturnType()) + " ");
            sb.append(Field.getTypeName(getDeclaringClass()) + ".");
            sb.append(getName() + "(");
            Class[] params = parameterTypes; // avoid clone
            for (int j = 0; j < params.length; j++) {
                sb.append(Field.getTypeName(params[j]));
                if (j < (params.length - 1))
                    sb.append(",");
            }
            sb.append(")");
            Class[] exceptions = exceptionTypes; // avoid clone
            if (exceptions.length > 0) {
                sb.append(" throws ");
                for (int k = 0; k < exceptions.length; k++) {
                    sb.append(exceptions[k].getName());
                    if (k < (exceptions.length - 1))
                        sb.append(",");
                }
            }
            return sb.toString();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return "<" + e + ">";
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string describing this {@code Method}, including
     * type parameters.  The string is formatted as the method access
     * modifiers, if any, followed by an angle-bracketed
     * comma-separated list of the method's type parameters, if any,
     * followed by the method's generic return type, followed by a
     * space, followed by the class declaring the method, followed by
     * a period, followed by the method name, followed by a
     * parenthesized, comma-separated list of the method's generic
     * formal parameter types.
     *
     * If this method was declared to take a variable number of
     * arguments, instead of denoting the last parameter as
     * "<tt><i>Type</i>[]</tt>", it is denoted as
     * "<tt><i>Type</i>...</tt>".
     *
     * A space is used to separate access modifiers from one another
     * and from the type parameters or return type.  If there are no
     * type parameters, the type parameter list is elided; if the type
     * parameter list is present, a space separates the list from the
     * class name.  If the method is declared to throw exceptions, the
     * parameter list is followed by a space, followed by the word
     * throws followed by a comma-separated list of the generic thrown
     * exception types.  If there are no type parameters, the type
     * parameter list is elided.
     *
     * <p>The access modifiers are placed in canonical order as
     * specified by "The Java Language Specification".  This is
     * {@code public}, {@code protected} or {@code private} first,
     * and then other modifiers in the following order:
     * {@code abstract}, {@code static}, {@code final},
     * {@code synchronized} {@code native}.
     *
     * @return a string describing this {@code Method},
     * include type parameters
     *
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public String toGenericString() {
        try {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            int mod = getModifiers() & LANGUAGE_MODIFIERS;
            if (mod != 0) {
                sb.append(Modifier.toString(mod) + " ");
            }
            TypeVariable<?>[] typeparms = getTypeParameters();
            if (typeparms.length > 0) {
                boolean first = true;
                sb.append("<");
                for(TypeVariable<?> typeparm: typeparms) {
                    if (!first)
                        sb.append(",");
                    // Class objects can't occur here; no need to test
                    // and call Class.getName().
                    sb.append(typeparm.toString());
                    first = false;
                }
                sb.append("> ");
            }

            Type genRetType = getGenericReturnType();
            sb.append( ((genRetType instanceof Class<?>)?
                        Field.getTypeName((Class<?>)genRetType):genRetType.toString())  + " ");

            sb.append(Field.getTypeName(getDeclaringClass()) + ".");
            sb.append(getName() + "(");
            Type[] params = getGenericParameterTypes();
            for (int j = 0; j < params.length; j++) {
                String param = (params[j] instanceof Class)?
                    Field.getTypeName((Class)params[j]):
                    (params[j].toString());
                if (isVarArgs() && (j == params.length - 1)) // replace T[] with T...
                    param = param.replaceFirst("\\[\\]$", "...");
                sb.append(param);
                if (j < (params.length - 1))
                    sb.append(",");
            }
            sb.append(")");
            Type[] exceptions = getGenericExceptionTypes();
            if (exceptions.length > 0) {
                sb.append(" throws ");
                for (int k = 0; k < exceptions.length; k++) {
                    sb.append((exceptions[k] instanceof Class)?
                              ((Class)exceptions[k]).getName():
                              exceptions[k].toString());
                    if (k < (exceptions.length - 1))
                        sb.append(",");
                }
            }
            return sb.toString();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return "<" + e + ">";
        }
    }

    /**
     * Invokes the underlying method represented by this {@code Method}
     * object, on the specified object with the specified parameters.
     * Individual parameters are automatically unwrapped to match
     * primitive formal parameters, and both primitive and reference
     * parameters are subject to method invocation conversions as
     * necessary.
     *
     * <p>If the underlying method is static, then the specified {@code obj}
     * argument is ignored. It may be null.
     *
     * <p>If the number of formal parameters required by the underlying method is
     * 0, the supplied {@code args} array may be of length 0 or null.
     *
     * <p>If the underlying method is an instance method, it is invoked
     * using dynamic method lookup as documented in The Java Language
     * Specification, Second Edition, section 15.12.4.4; in particular,
     * overriding based on the runtime type of the target object will occur.
     *
     * <p>If the underlying method is static, the class that declared
     * the method is initialized if it has not already been initialized.
     *
     * <p>If the method completes normally, the value it returns is
     * returned to the caller of invoke; if the value has a primitive
     * type, it is first appropriately wrapped in an object. However,
     * if the value has the type of an array of a primitive type, the
     * elements of the array are <i>not</i> wrapped in objects; in
     * other words, an array of primitive type is returned.  If the
     * underlying method return type is void, the invocation returns
     * null.
     *
     * @param obj  the object the underlying method is invoked from
     * @param args the arguments used for the method call
     * @return the result of dispatching the method represented by
     * this object on {@code obj} with parameters
     * {@code args}
     *
     * @exception IllegalAccessException    if this {@code Method} object
     *              enforces Java language access control and the underlying
     *              method is inaccessible.
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException  if the method is an
     *              instance method and the specified object argument
     *              is not an instance of the class or interface
     *              declaring the underlying method (or of a subclass
     *              or implementor thereof); if the number of actual
     *              and formal parameters differ; if an unwrapping
     *              conversion for primitive arguments fails; or if,
     *              after possible unwrapping, a parameter value
     *              cannot be converted to the corresponding formal
     *              parameter type by a method invocation conversion.
     * @exception InvocationTargetException if the underlying method
     *              throws an exception.
     * @exception NullPointerException      if the specified object is null
     *              and the method is an instance method.
     * @exception ExceptionInInitializerError if the initialization
     * provoked by this method fails.
     */
    public Object invoke(Object obj, Object... args)
        throws IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException,
           InvocationTargetException
    {
        if (!override) {
            if (!Reflection.quickCheckMemberAccess(clazz, modifiers)) {
                Class caller = Reflection.getCallerClass(1);
                Class targetClass = ((obj == null || !Modifier.isProtected(modifiers))
                                     ? clazz
                                     : obj.getClass());

                boolean cached;
                synchronized (this) {
                    cached = (securityCheckCache == caller)
                            && (securityCheckTargetClassCache == targetClass);
                }
                if (!cached) {
                    Reflection.ensureMemberAccess(caller, clazz, obj, modifiers);
                    synchronized (this) {
                        securityCheckCache = caller;
                        securityCheckTargetClassCache = targetClass;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        if (methodAccessor == null) acquireMethodAccessor();
        return methodAccessor.invoke(obj, args);
    }

    /**
     * Returns {@code true} if this method is a bridge
     * method; returns {@code false} otherwise.
     *
     * @return true if and only if this method is a bridge
     * method as defined by the Java Language Specification.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public boolean isBridge() {
        return (getModifiers() & Modifier.BRIDGE) != 0;
    }

    /**
     * Returns {@code true} if this method was declared to take
     * a variable number of arguments; returns {@code false}
     * otherwise.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if an only if this method was declared to
     * take a variable number of arguments.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public boolean isVarArgs() {
        return (getModifiers() & Modifier.VARARGS) != 0;
    }

    /**
     * Returns {@code true} if this method is a synthetic
     * method; returns {@code false} otherwise.
     *
     * @return true if and only if this method is a synthetic
     * method as defined by the Java Language Specification.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public boolean isSynthetic() {
        return Modifier.isSynthetic(getModifiers());
    }

    // NOTE that there is no synchronization used here. It is correct
    // (though not efficient) to generate more than one MethodAccessor
    // for a given Method. However, avoiding synchronization will
    // probably make the implementation more scalable.
    private void acquireMethodAccessor() {
        // First check to see if one has been created yet, and take it
        // if so
        MethodAccessor tmp = null;
        if (root != null) tmp = root.getMethodAccessor();
        if (tmp != null) {
            methodAccessor = tmp;
            return;
        }
        // Otherwise fabricate one and propagate it up to the root
        tmp = reflectionFactory.newMethodAccessor(this);
        setMethodAccessor(tmp);
    }

    // Returns MethodAccessor for this Method object, not looking up
    // the chain to the root
    MethodAccessor getMethodAccessor() {
        return methodAccessor;
    }

    // Sets the MethodAccessor for this Method object and
    // (recursively) its root
    void setMethodAccessor(MethodAccessor accessor) {
        methodAccessor = accessor;
        // Propagate up
        if (root != null) {
            root.setMethodAccessor(accessor);
        }
    }

    /**
     * @throws NullPointerException {@inheritDoc}
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass) {
        if (annotationClass == null)
            throw new NullPointerException();

        return (T) declaredAnnotations().get(annotationClass);
    }

    private static final Annotation[] EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY=new Annotation[0];

    /**
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()  {
        return declaredAnnotations().values().toArray(EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY);
    }

    private transient Map<Class, Annotation> declaredAnnotations;

    private synchronized  Map<Class, Annotation> declaredAnnotations() {
        if (declaredAnnotations == null) {
            declaredAnnotations = AnnotationParser.parseAnnotations(
                annotations, sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaLangAccess().
                getConstantPool(getDeclaringClass()),
                getDeclaringClass());
        }
        return declaredAnnotations;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the default value for the annotation member represented by
     * this {@code Method} instance.  If the member is of a primitive type,
     * an instance of the corresponding wrapper type is returned. Returns
     * null if no default is associated with the member, or if the method
     * instance does not represent a declared member of an annotation type.
     *
     * @return the default value for the annotation member represented
     *     by this {@code Method} instance.
     * @throws TypeNotPresentException if the annotation is of type
     *     {@link Class} and no definition can be found for the
     *     default class value.
     * @since  1.5
     */
    public Object getDefaultValue() {
        if  (annotationDefault == null)
            return null;
        Class memberType = AnnotationType.invocationHandlerReturnType(
            getReturnType());
        Object result = AnnotationParser.parseMemberValue(
            memberType, ByteBuffer.wrap(annotationDefault),
            sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaLangAccess().
                getConstantPool(getDeclaringClass()),
            getDeclaringClass());
        if (result instanceof sun.reflect.annotation.ExceptionProxy)
            throw new AnnotationFormatError("Invalid default: " + this);
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Returns an array of arrays that represent the annotations on the formal
     * parameters, in declaration order, of the method represented by
     * this {@code Method} object. (Returns an array of length zero if the
     * underlying method is parameterless.  If the method has one or more
     * parameters, a nested array of length zero is returned for each parameter
     * with no annotations.) The annotation objects contained in the returned
     * arrays are serializable.  The caller of this method is free to modify
     * the returned arrays; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to
     * other callers.
     *
     * @return an array of arrays that represent the annotations on the formal
     *    parameters, in declaration order, of the method represented by this
     *    Method object
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public Annotation[][] getParameterAnnotations() {
        int numParameters = parameterTypes.length;
        if (parameterAnnotations == null)
            return new Annotation[numParameters][0];

        Annotation[][] result = AnnotationParser.parseParameterAnnotations(
            parameterAnnotations,
            sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaLangAccess().
                getConstantPool(getDeclaringClass()),
            getDeclaringClass());
        if (result.length != numParameters)
            throw new java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError(
                "Parameter annotations don't match number of parameters");
        return result;
    }
}