/**
   * Create a default object of the given type. Prefers constructors with as few arguments as
   * possible. Creates an empty proxy for interfaces.
   *
   * @param type type to instantiate
   * @return default instance
   * @throws Exception if the default instance could not be created
   */
  private static Object instantiateType(Class<?> type) throws Exception {
    if (type.isPrimitive()) return Defaults.defaultValue(type);
    else if (type == Void.class) return null;
    else if (type.isArray()) return Array.newInstance(type, 0);
    else if (type.isInterface())
      return Proxy.newProxyInstance(
          type.getClassLoader(),
          new Class[] {type},
          new InvocationHandler() {
            @Override
            public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable {
              return null;
            }
          });

    // Take a constructor with as few params as possible
    Constructor constructor = type.getDeclaredConstructors()[0];
    for (Constructor<?> c : type.getDeclaredConstructors()) {
      if (c.getParameterTypes().length < constructor.getParameterTypes().length) constructor = c;
    }

    Object[] params = new Object[constructor.getParameterTypes().length];
    for (int i = 0; i < constructor.getParameterTypes().length; i++) {
      params[i] = instantiateType(constructor.getParameterTypes()[i]);
    }
    return constructor.newInstance(params);
  }
  /**
   * Create {@link us.ihmc.simulationconstructionset.gui.actions.ActionsTest.MethodCallTester} with
   * a proxy object for the given interface that logs all method calls.
   *
   * @param interfaceClass interface to proxy
   * @param forwardInstance interface implementation that will be called when a call is logged (can
   *     be null)
   * @param <T> interface type
   * @return method tester instance
   */
  private static <T> MethodCallTester<T> createMethodTesterForInterface(
      Class<T> interfaceClass, final T forwardInstance) {
    final List<MethodInvocation> invocations = new ArrayList<>();

    //noinspection unchecked
    T mock =
        (T)
            Proxy.newProxyInstance(
                interfaceClass.getClassLoader(),
                new Class[] {interfaceClass},
                new InvocationHandler() {
                  @Override
                  public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args)
                      throws Throwable {
                    invocations.add(new MethodInvocation(method.getName(), args));
                    if (forwardInstance != null) return method.invoke(forwardInstance, args);
                    return null;
                  }
                });

    return new MethodCallTester<>(mock, interfaceClass, invocations);
  }