groovy.lang
Class MetaMethod

java.lang.Object
  extended by groovy.lang.MetaMethod
All Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable
Direct Known Subclasses:
ClosureMetaMethod, ClosureStaticMetaMethod, ReflectionMetaMethod, TransformMetaMethod

public abstract class MetaMethod
extends Object
implements Cloneable

Represents a Method on a Java object a little like Method except without using reflection to invoke the method

Version:
$Revision: 8875 $
Author:
James Strachan

Constructor Summary
MetaMethod()
           
 
Method Summary
 void checkParameters(Class[] arguments)
          Checks that the given parameters are valid to call this method
 Object clone()
           
protected static boolean equal(CachedClass[] a, CachedClass[] b)
           
protected static boolean equal(CachedClass[] a, Class[] b)
           
abstract  CachedClass getDeclaringClass()
           
 String getDescriptor()
           
abstract  int getModifiers()
           
 String getMopName()
           
abstract  String getName()
           
 Class[] getNativeParameterTypes()
           
 CachedClass[] getParameterTypes()
           
abstract  ParameterTypes getParamTypes()
           
abstract  Class getReturnType()
           
 String getSignature()
           
abstract  Object invoke(Object object, Object[] arguments)
           
 boolean isCacheable()
           
 boolean isMethod(Method method)
           
 boolean isPrivate()
           
 boolean isProtected()
           
 boolean isPublic()
           
 boolean isSame(MetaMethod method)
           
 boolean isStatic()
           
 String toString()
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

MetaMethod

public MetaMethod()
Method Detail

getModifiers

public abstract int getModifiers()

getName

public abstract String getName()

getReturnType

public abstract Class getReturnType()

getDeclaringClass

public abstract CachedClass getDeclaringClass()

getParamTypes

public abstract ParameterTypes getParamTypes()

invoke

public abstract Object invoke(Object object,
                              Object[] arguments)

getParameterTypes

public final CachedClass[] getParameterTypes()

checkParameters

public void checkParameters(Class[] arguments)
Checks that the given parameters are valid to call this method

Parameters:
arguments - the arguments to check
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the parameters are not valid

isMethod

public boolean isMethod(Method method)

equal

protected static boolean equal(CachedClass[] a,
                               Class[] b)

equal

protected static boolean equal(CachedClass[] a,
                               CachedClass[] b)

toString

public String toString()
Overrides:
toString in class Object

clone

public Object clone()
Overrides:
clone in class Object

isStatic

public boolean isStatic()

isPrivate

public final boolean isPrivate()

isProtected

public final boolean isProtected()

isPublic

public final boolean isPublic()

isSame

public final boolean isSame(MetaMethod method)
Parameters:
method - the method to compare against
Returns:
true if the given method has the same name, parameters, return type and modifiers but may be defined on another type

isCacheable

public boolean isCacheable()

getNativeParameterTypes

public final Class[] getNativeParameterTypes()

getDescriptor

public String getDescriptor()

getSignature

public String getSignature()

getMopName

public String getMopName()

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