groovy.lang
Class Reference<T>

java.lang.Object
  groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport
      groovy.lang.Reference<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

GroovyObject, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ScriptReference

public class Reference<T>
extends GroovyObjectSupport
implements Serializable

Represents a reference to a value

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

James Strachan

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Reference()

Reference(T value)

Method Summary

T	get()
Object	getProperty(String property) Retrieves a property value.
Object	invokeMethod(String name, Object args) Invokes the given method.
void	set(T value)
void	setProperty(String property, Object newValue) Sets the given property to the new value.

Methods inherited from class groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport

getMetaClass, setMetaClass

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Reference

public Reference()

Reference

public Reference(T value)

Method Detail

getProperty

public Object getProperty(String property)

Description copied from interface: GroovyObject

Retrieves a property value.

Specified by:

getProperty in interface GroovyObject

Overrides:

getProperty in class GroovyObjectSupport

Parameters:

property - the name of the property of interest

Returns:

the given property

setProperty

public void setProperty(String property,
                        Object newValue)

Description copied from interface: GroovyObject

Sets the given property to the new value.

Specified by:

setProperty in interface GroovyObject

Overrides:

setProperty in class GroovyObjectSupport

Parameters:

property - the name of the property of interest

newValue - the new value for the property

invokeMethod

public Object invokeMethod(String name,
                           Object args)

Description copied from interface: GroovyObject

Invokes the given method.

Specified by:

invokeMethod in interface GroovyObject

Overrides:

invokeMethod in class GroovyObjectSupport

Parameters:

name - the name of the method to call

args - the arguments to use for the method call

Returns:

the result of invoking the method

get

public T get()

set

public void set(T value)