groovy.lang
[Java] Interface MetaClass

groovy.lang.MetaClass
  groovy.lang.MetaObjectProtocol

All Superinterfaces:

MetaObjectProtocol

public interface MetaClass
extends MetaObjectProtocol

A MetaClass within Groovy defines the behaviour of any given Groovy or Java class. The MetaClass interface defines two parts. The client API, which is defined via the extend MetaObjectProtocol interface and the contract with the Groovy runtime system. In general the compiler and Groovy runtime engine interact with methods on this class whilst MetaClass clients interact with the method defined by the MetaObjectProtocol interface

Authors:

John Wilson

Graeme Rocher

See Also:

MetaClassImpl

MetaObjectProtocol

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