Remove unused

org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.invokeExactStaticMethod(Class,
String, Object[], Class[]) in favor of Apache Commons Lang's
org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.MethodUtils

Author: garydgregory

src/changes/changes.xml

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
       <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove unused org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.invokeMethod(Object, String, Object[]) in favor of Apache Commons Lang's org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.MethodUtils.</action>
       <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove unused org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.invokeStaticMethod(Class, String, Object[]) in favor of Apache Commons Lang's org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.MethodUtils.</action>
       <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove unused org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.invokeStaticMethod(Class, String, Object[], Class[]) in favor of Apache Commons Lang's org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.MethodUtils.</action>
+      <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove unused org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.invokeExactStaticMethod(Class, String, Object[], Class[]) in favor of Apache Commons Lang's org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.MethodUtils.</action>
       <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove unused org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.toNonPrimitiveClass(Class) in favor of org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtils.primitiveToWrapper(Class).</action>
       <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove unused org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.getPrimitiveType(Class) in favor of org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtils.wrapperToPrimitive(Class).</action>
       <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.getPrimitiveWrapper(Class) in favor of org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtils.primitiveToWrapper(Class).</action>

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

@@ -551,41 +551,6 @@ public static Object invokeExactMethod(final Object object, final String methodN
         return method.invoke(object, args);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Invoke a static method whose parameter types match exactly the parameter types given.
-     *
-     * <p>
-     * This uses reflection to invoke the method obtained from a call to {@link #getAccessibleMethod(Class, String, Class[])}.
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * @param objectClass    invoke static method on this class.
-     * @param methodName     get method with this name.
-     * @param args           use these arguments - treat null as empty array (passing null will result in calling the parameterless method with name
-     *                       {@code methodName}).
-     * @param parameterTypes match these parameters - treat null as empty array.
-     * @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.
-     * @since 1.8.0
-     */
-    public static Object invokeExactStaticMethod(final Class<?> objectClass, final String methodName, Object[] args, Class<?>[] parameterTypes)
-            throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
-        if (args == null) {
-            args = BeanUtils.EMPTY_OBJECT_ARRAY;
-        }
-
-        if (parameterTypes == null) {
-            parameterTypes = BeanUtils.EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY;
-        }
-
-        final Method method = getAccessibleMethod(objectClass, methodName, parameterTypes);
-        if (method == null) {
-            throw new NoSuchMethodException("No such accessible method: " + methodName + "() on class: " + objectClass.getName());
-        }
-        return method.invoke(null, args);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Invoke a named method whose parameter type matches the object type.
      *