electric.util.reflect
Class Reflect

java.lang.Object
  electric.util.reflect.Reflect

public final class Reflect

extends java.lang.Object

Reflect defines a set of static methods for locating Java methods and manipulating Java classes.

Author:

webMethods

Constructor Summary

Reflect()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	asString(java.lang.Class type)
static boolean	dominates(java.lang.Class[] argClasses1, java.lang.Class[] argClasses2)
static java.lang.Class[]	filter(java.lang.Class[] types, java.lang.Class[] interfaces) Return all types that implement any of the specified interfaces.
static java.lang.Class	getClass(java.lang.String className)
static java.lang.Class[]	getClasses(java.lang.Object[] args)
static java.lang.reflect.Field	getDeclaredField(java.lang.Class type, java.lang.String name)
static java.lang.reflect.Method	getInterfaceMethod(java.lang.reflect.Method method)
static java.lang.reflect.Method[]	getInterfaceMethods(java.lang.Class interfaceClass)
static java.lang.Class[]	getInterfaces(java.lang.Class type)
static java.lang.reflect.Method[]	getMethodsImplementedBy(java.lang.reflect.Method[] methods, java.lang.Class[] types)
static java.lang.reflect.Method[]	getMethodsNotImplementedBy(java.lang.reflect.Method[] methods, java.lang.Class[] types)
static java.lang.Object	invoke(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.String[] methodArgs)
static boolean	isAssignableFrom(java.lang.String className, java.lang.Class assigneeClass)
static boolean	isImplementedBy(java.lang.reflect.Method method, java.lang.Class[] types)
static boolean	matches(java.lang.Class[] formals, java.lang.Class[] actuals, boolean exact)
static boolean	matches(java.lang.reflect.Method x, java.lang.reflect.Method y)
static boolean	matchesExactly(java.lang.Class formal, java.lang.Class actual)
static boolean	matchesLoosely(java.lang.Class formal, java.lang.Class actual)
static java.lang.Object	valueOf(java.lang.String string, java.lang.Class type)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Reflect

public Reflect()

Method Detail

asString

public static java.lang.String asString(java.lang.Class type)

Parameters:

type -

getClass

public static java.lang.Class getClass(java.lang.String className)
                                throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Parameters:

className -

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

valueOf

public static java.lang.Object valueOf(java.lang.String string,
                                       java.lang.Class type)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Parameters:

string -

type -

Throws:

java.io.IOException

invoke

public static java.lang.Object invoke(java.lang.Object object,
                                      java.lang.String methodName,
                                      java.lang.String[] methodArgs)
                               throws java.lang.Throwable

Parameters:

object -

methodName -

methodArgs -

Throws:

java.lang.Throwable

matches

public static boolean matches(java.lang.reflect.Method x,
                              java.lang.reflect.Method y)

Parameters:

x -

y -

matches

public static boolean matches(java.lang.Class[] formals,
                              java.lang.Class[] actuals,
                              boolean exact)

Parameters:

formals -

actuals -

exact -

matchesExactly

public static boolean matchesExactly(java.lang.Class formal,
                                     java.lang.Class actual)

Parameters:

formal -

actual -

matchesLoosely

public static boolean matchesLoosely(java.lang.Class formal,
                                     java.lang.Class actual)

Parameters:

formal -

actual -

dominates

public static boolean dominates(java.lang.Class[] argClasses1,
                                java.lang.Class[] argClasses2)

Parameters:

argClasses1 -

argClasses2 -

getClasses

public static java.lang.Class[] getClasses(java.lang.Object[] args)

Parameters:

args -

getInterfaces

public static java.lang.Class[] getInterfaces(java.lang.Class type)

Parameters:

type -

filter

public static java.lang.Class[] filter(java.lang.Class[] types,
                                       java.lang.Class[] interfaces)

Return all types that implement any of the specified interfaces.

Parameters:

types -

interfaces -

isImplementedBy

public static boolean isImplementedBy(java.lang.reflect.Method method,
                                      java.lang.Class[] types)

Parameters:

method -

types -

getMethodsImplementedBy

public static java.lang.reflect.Method[] getMethodsImplementedBy(java.lang.reflect.Method[] methods,
                                                                 java.lang.Class[] types)

Parameters:

methods -

types -

getMethodsNotImplementedBy

public static java.lang.reflect.Method[] getMethodsNotImplementedBy(java.lang.reflect.Method[] methods,
                                                                    java.lang.Class[] types)

Parameters:

methods -

types -

getInterfaceMethods

public static java.lang.reflect.Method[] getInterfaceMethods(java.lang.Class interfaceClass)

Parameters:

interfaceClass -

getInterfaceMethod

public static java.lang.reflect.Method getInterfaceMethod(java.lang.reflect.Method method)

Parameters:

method -

getDeclaredField

public static java.lang.reflect.Field getDeclaredField(java.lang.Class type,
                                                       java.lang.String name)
                                                throws java.lang.NoSuchFieldException

Parameters:

type -

name -

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchFieldException

isAssignableFrom

public static boolean isAssignableFrom(java.lang.String className,
                                       java.lang.Class assigneeClass)

Parameters:

className -

assigneeClass -