groovy.lang

Interface GroovyObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

GroovyInterceptable, GroovyResultSet

All Known Implementing Classes:

AntBuilder, Attribute, BaseMarkupBuilder, BatchingStatementWrapper, Binding, BindingProxy, BooleanWrapper, Builder, Builder.Built, BuilderSupport, ByteWrapper, CharWrapper, Closure, CurriedClosure, DelegatingMetaClass, DOMBuilder, DoubleWrapper, Expando, ExpandoMetaClass, ExpandoMetaClass.ExpandoMetaConstructor, ExpandoMetaClass.ExpandoMetaProperty, FactoryBuilderSupport, FilteredAttributes, FilteredNodeChildren, FloatWrapper, GPathResult, GroovyLog, GroovyMBean, GroovyObjectSupport, GroovyObjectWrapper, GroovyResultSetExtension, GroovyRowResult, GroovyShell, GString, GStringImpl, HandleMetaClass, IntWrapper, IteratorClosureAdapter, LongWrapper, MarkupBuilder, MessageSource, MethodClosure, MixedInMetaClass, NamespaceBuilderSupport, NoChildren, NodeBuilder, NodeChild, NonEmptySequence, NullObject, ObjectGraphBuilder, OwnedMetaClass, PojoWrapper, Proxy, Reference, ResultSetMetaDataWrapper, SAXBuilder, Script, ScriptReference, Sequence, ServletBinding, ShortWrapper, Wrapper

public interface GroovyObject

The interface implemented by all Groovy objects.

Especially handy for using Groovy objects when in the Java world.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

James Strachan

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MetaClass	getMetaClass() Returns the metaclass for a given class.
Object	getProperty(String propertyName) Retrieves a property value.
Object	invokeMethod(String name, Object args) Invokes the given method.
void	setMetaClass(MetaClass metaClass) Allows the MetaClass to be replaced with a derived implementation.
void	setProperty(String propertyName, Object newValue) Sets the given property to the new value.

Method Detail

invokeMethod

Object invokeMethod(String name,
                  Object args)

Invokes the given method.

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

getProperty

Object getProperty(String propertyName)

Retrieves a property value.

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property of interest

Returns:

the given property

setProperty

void setProperty(String propertyName,
               Object newValue)

Sets the given property to the new value.

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property of interest

newValue - the new value for the property

getMetaClass

MetaClass getMetaClass()

Returns the metaclass for a given class.

Returns:

the metaClass of this instance

setMetaClass

void setMetaClass(MetaClass metaClass)

Allows the MetaClass to be replaced with a derived implementation.

Parameters:

metaClass - the new metaclass