Constructor Detail

• public MetaMethod()

  Constructor for a metamethod with an empy parameter list

• public MetaMethod(Class[] pt)

  Constructor wit a list of parameter classes

  Parameters:

  pt - A list of parameters types

Method Detail

• public void checkParameters(Class[] arguments)

  Checks that the given parameters are valid to call this method

  throws:

  IllegalArgumentException if the parameters are not valid

  Parameters:

  arguments - the arguments to check

• public Object clone()

• public Object doMethodInvoke(Object object, Object[] argumentArray)

  Invokes the method this object represents. This method is not final but it should be overloaded very carefully and only by generated methods there is no guarantee that it will be called

  Parameters:

  object - The object the method is to be called at.

  argumentArray - Arguments for the mehtod invokation.

  Returns:

  The return value of the invoked method.

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

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

• public CachedClass getDeclaringClass()

  Gets the class where this method is declared

  Returns:

  class of this mehtod

• public String getDescriptor()

  Return a descriptior of this method based on the returntype and parameters of this method.

• public int getModifiers()

  Returns the modifiers for this method

  Returns:

  modifiers as an int.

• public String getMopName()

• public String getName()

  Returns the name of the method represented by this class

  Returns:

  name of this method

• public Class getReturnType()

  Access the return type for this method

  Returns:

  the return type of this method

• public String getSignature()

  Returns the signature of this method

  Returns:

  The signature of this method

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

  Invoke this method

  Parameters:

  object - The object this method should be involded on

  arguments - The arguments for the menthod if applicable

  Returns:

  The return value of the invocation

• public boolean isAbstract()

  Returns wether or not this method is abstract.

  Returns:

  true if this method is abstract

• public boolean isCacheable()

  Returns wether this object is cachable

• public boolean isMethod(MetaMethod method)

  Returns true if this this metamethod represents the same method as the argument.

  Parameters:

  method - A metaMethod instance

  Returns:

  true if method is for the same method as this method, false otherwise.

• public final boolean isPrivate()

  Returns wether or not this method is private.

  Returns:

  true if this method is private

• public final boolean isProtected()

  Returns wether or not this method is protected.

  Returns:

  true if this method is protected

• public final boolean isPublic()

  Returns wether or not this method is public.

  Returns:

  true if this method is public

• 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

• public boolean isStatic()

  Returns wether or not this method is static.

  Returns:

  true if this method is static

• public final RuntimeException processDoMethodInvokeException(Exception e, Object object, Object[] argumentArray)

  This method is called when an exception occurs while invoking this method.

• public String toString()

  Returns a string representation of this mehthod