Remove unused

org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.invokeExactMethod(Object,
String, Object)

Author: garydgregory

src/changes/changes.xml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory, Dependabot">Bump org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.17.0 to 3.18.0 #357.</action>
       <!-- REMOVE -->
       <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove unused ConstructorUtils in favor of Apache Commons Lang's ConstructorUtils. ConstructorUtils is unused in this component.</action>
-      
+      <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove unused org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.invokeExactMethod(Object, String, Object) in favor of Apache Commons Lang's MethodUtils.</action>
     </release>
     <release version="2.0.0-M2" date="2025-05-25" description="This is a major release and requires Java 8.">
       <!-- FIX -->

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/MethodUtils.java

@@ -614,29 +614,6 @@ private static float getTotalTransformationCost(final Class<?>[] srcArgs, final
         return totalCost;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * <p>
-     * Invoke a method whose parameter type matches exactly the object type.
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * <p>
-     * This is a convenient wrapper for {@link #invokeExactMethod(Object object,String methodName,Object [] args)}.
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * @param object     invoke method on this object
-     * @param methodName get method with this name
-     * @param arg        use this argument. May be null (this will result in calling the parameterless method with name {@code methodName}).
-     * @return The value returned by the invoked method
-     * @throws NoSuchMethodException     if there is no such accessible method
-     * @throws InvocationTargetException wraps an exception thrown by the method invoked
-     * @throws IllegalAccessException    if the requested method is not accessible via reflection
-     */
-    public static Object invokeExactMethod(final Object object, final String methodName, final Object arg)
-            throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
-        final Object[] args = toArray(arg);
-        return invokeExactMethod(object, methodName, args);
-    }
-
     /**
      * <p>
      * Invoke a method whose parameter types match exactly the object types.

src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/MethodUtilsTest.java

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertInstanceOf;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
@@ -101,40 +100,6 @@ void testGetAccessibleMethodIndirectInterface() {
         assertMethod(method, "methodBaz");
     }
 
-    /**
-     * <p>
-     * Test {@code invokeExactMethod}.
-     */
-    @Test
-    void testInvokeExactMethod() throws Exception {
-        final TestBean bean = new TestBean();
-        final Object ret = MethodUtils.invokeExactMethod(bean, "setStringProperty", "TEST");
-
-        assertNull(ret);
-        assertEquals("TEST", bean.getStringProperty(), "Method ONE was invoked");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testInvokeExactMethodFromInterface() throws Exception {
-        final Object ret = MethodUtils.invokeExactMethod(PrivateBeanFactory.create(), "methodBar", "ANOTHER TEST");
-
-        assertEquals("ANOTHER TEST", ret, "Method TWO wasn't invoked correctly");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testInvokeExactMethodIndirectInterface() throws Exception {
-        final Object ret = MethodUtils.invokeExactMethod(PrivateBeanFactory.createSubclass(), "methodBaz", "YET ANOTHER TEST");
-
-        assertEquals("YET ANOTHER TEST", ret, "Method TWO was invoked correctly");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void testInvokeExactMethodNull() throws Exception {
-        final Object object = new Object();
-        final Object result = MethodUtils.invokeExactMethod(object, "toString", (Object) null);
-        assertEquals(object.toString(), result);
-    }
-
     @Test
     void testInvokeExactMethodNullArray() throws Exception {
         final Object result = MethodUtils.invokeExactMethod(new AlphaBean("parent"), "getName", null);