Remove unused

org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.invokeStaticMethod(Class,
String, Object) in favor of Apache Commons Lang's MethodUtils

Author: garydgregory

src/changes/changes.xml

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
       <!-- 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>
+      <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 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

@@ -891,40 +891,6 @@ public static Object invokeMethod(final Object object, final String methodName,
         return method.invoke(object, args);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * <p>
-     * Invoke a named static method whose parameter type matches the object type.
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * <p>
-     * The behavior of this method is less deterministic than {@link #invokeExactMethod(Object, String, Object[], Class[])}. It loops through all methods with
-     * names that match and then executes the first it finds with compatible parameters.
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * <p>
-     * This method supports calls to methods taking primitive parameters via passing in wrapping classes. So, for example, a {@code Boolean} class would match a
-     * {@code boolean} primitive.
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * <p>
-     * This is a convenient wrapper for {@link #invokeStaticMethod(Class objectClass,String methodName,Object [] args)}.
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * @param objectClass invoke static method on this class
-     * @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
-     * @since 1.8.0
-     */
-    public static Object invokeStaticMethod(final Class<?> objectClass, final String methodName, final Object arg)
-            throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
-        final Object[] args = toArray(arg);
-        return invokeStaticMethod(objectClass, methodName, args);
-    }
-
     /**
      * <p>
      * Invoke a named static method whose parameter type matches the object type.

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

@@ -216,13 +216,6 @@ void testInvokeMethodUnknown() throws Exception {
         assertThrows(NoSuchMethodException.class, () -> MethodUtils.invokeMethod(parent, "bogus", childOne));
     }
 
-    @Test
-    void testInvokeStaticMethodNull() throws Exception {
-        final int current = TestBean.currentCounter();
-        final Object value = MethodUtils.invokeStaticMethod(TestBean.class, "currentCounter", (Object) null);
-        assertEquals(current, ((Integer) value).intValue(), "currentCounter value");
-    }
-
     @Test
     void testNoCaching() throws Exception {
         // no caching