Check if class can be instantiated based on class modifiers. If not t…

…hrow an unsupported operation exception.

gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/UnsafeAllocator.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.io.ObjectStreamClass;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 
 /**
  * Do sneaky things to allocate objects without invoking their constructors.
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ public static UnsafeAllocator create() {
         @Override
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) throws Exception {
+          assertInstantiable(c);
           return (T) allocateInstance.invoke(unsafe, c);
         }
       };
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) throws Exception {
         @Override
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) throws Exception {
+          assertInstantiable(c);
           return (T) newInstance.invoke(null, c, constructorId);
         }
       };
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) throws Exception {
         @Override
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) throws Exception {
+          assertInstantiable(c);
           return (T) newInstance.invoke(null, c, Object.class);
         }
       };
@@ -101,4 +105,19 @@ public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) {
       }
     };
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if the class can be instantiated by unsafe allocator. If the instance has interface or abstract modifiers
+   * throw an {@link java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException}
+   * @param c instance of the class to be checked
+   */
+  private static void assertInstantiable(Class<?> c) {
+    int modifiers = c.getModifiers();
+    if (Modifier.isInterface(modifiers)) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Interface can't be instantiated! Interface name: " + c.getName());
+    }
+    if (Modifier.isAbstract(modifiers)) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Abstract class can't be instantiated! Class name: " + c.getName());
+    }
+  }
 }

gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/UnsafeAllocatorInstantiationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.google.gson.internal;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Test unsafe allocator instantiation
+ * @author Ugljesa Jovanovic
+ */
+public final class UnsafeAllocatorInstantiationTest extends TestCase {
+
+  public interface Interface {
+  }
+
+  public static abstract class AbstractClass {
+  }
+
+  public static class ConcreteClass {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Ensure that the {@link java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException} is thrown when  trying
+   * to instantiate an interface
+   */
+  public void testInterfaceInstantiation() {
+    UnsafeAllocator unsafeAllocator = UnsafeAllocator.create();
+    try {
+      unsafeAllocator.newInstance(Interface.class);
+      fail();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      assertEquals(e.getClass(), UnsupportedOperationException.class);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Ensure that the {@link java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException} is thrown when  trying
+   * to instantiate an abstract class
+   */
+  public void testAbstractClassInstantiation() {
+    UnsafeAllocator unsafeAllocator = UnsafeAllocator.create();
+    try {
+      unsafeAllocator.newInstance(AbstractClass.class);
+      fail();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      assertEquals(e.getClass(), UnsupportedOperationException.class);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Ensure that no exception is thrown when trying to instantiate a concrete class
+   */
+  public void testConcreteClassInstantiation() {
+    UnsafeAllocator unsafeAllocator = UnsafeAllocator.create();
+    try {
+      unsafeAllocator.newInstance(ConcreteClass.class);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      fail();
+    }
+  }
+}