groovy.lang

Interface GroovyObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

GroovyInterceptable, GroovyResultSet

All Known Implementing Classes:

AntBuilder, Attribute, BaseMarkupBuilder, BatchingPreparedStatementWrapper, BatchingStatementWrapper, Binding, BindingProxy, BooleanWrapper, Builder, Builder.Built, BuilderSupport, ByteWrapper, CharWrapper, Closure, ComposedClosure, CurriedClosure, DelegatingMetaClass, DOMBuilder, DoubleWrapper, Expando, ExpandoMetaClass, ExpandoMetaClass.ExpandoMetaConstructor, ExpandoMetaClass.ExpandoMetaProperty, FactoryBuilderSupport, FilteredAttributes, FilteredNodeChildren, FloatWrapper, GPathResult, 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.

Method Summary

Methods

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

Method Detail

invokeMethod

java.lang.Object invokeMethod(java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.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

java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)

Retrieves a property value.

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property of interest

Returns:

the given property

setProperty

void setProperty(java.lang.String propertyName,
               java.lang.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