Remove unused

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

Author: garydgregory

src/changes/changes.xml

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
       <action dev="ggregory" type="remove" due-to="Gary Gregory">Remove unused org.apache.commons.beanutils2.MethodUtils.invokeExactStaticMethod(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.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.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>
     </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

@@ -761,48 +761,6 @@ 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 object,String methodName,Object [] args)}. 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, Class[] parameterTypes)}.
-     * </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}).
-     * @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, Object[] args)
-            throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
-        if (args == null) {
-            args = BeanUtils.EMPTY_OBJECT_ARRAY;
-        }
-        final int arguments = args.length;
-        final Class<?>[] parameterTypes = new Class[arguments];
-        for (int i = 0; i < arguments; i++) {
-            parameterTypes[i] = args[i].getClass();
-        }
-        return invokeStaticMethod(objectClass, methodName, args, parameterTypes);
-    }
-
     /**
      * <p>
      * Invoke a named static method whose parameter type matches the object type.

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

@@ -299,32 +299,4 @@ void testSimpleStatic3() throws Exception {
         assertInstanceOf(Integer.class, value, "currentCounter type");
         assertEquals(current, ((Integer) value).intValue(), "currentCounter value");
     }
-
-    @Test
-    void testStaticInvokeMethod() throws Exception {
-
-        Object value;
-        int current = TestBean.currentCounter();
-
-        value = MethodUtils.invokeStaticMethod(TestBean.class, "currentCounter", new Object[0]);
-        assertEquals(current, ((Integer) value).intValue(), "currentCounter value");
-
-        MethodUtils.invokeStaticMethod(TestBean.class, "incrementCounter", new Object[0]);
-        current++;
-
-        value = MethodUtils.invokeStaticMethod(TestBean.class, "currentCounter", new Object[0]);
-        assertEquals(current, ((Integer) value).intValue(), "currentCounter value");
-
-        MethodUtils.invokeStaticMethod(TestBean.class, "incrementCounter", new Object[] { Integer.valueOf(8) });
-        current += 8;
-
-        value = MethodUtils.invokeStaticMethod(TestBean.class, "currentCounter", new Object[0]);
-        assertEquals(current, ((Integer) value).intValue(), "currentCounter value");
-
-        MethodUtils.invokeExactStaticMethod(TestBean.class, "incrementCounter", new Object[] { Integer.valueOf(8) }, new Class[] { Number.class });
-        current += 16;
-
-        value = MethodUtils.invokeStaticMethod(TestBean.class, "currentCounter", new Object[0]);
-        assertEquals(current, ((Integer) value).intValue(), "currentCounter value");
-    }
 }