corelib.runtime.reflexion
Class ClassUtility

java.lang.Object
  corelib.runtime.reflexion.ClassUtility

public class ClassUtility
extends java.lang.Object

Adds capabilities to the standard reflexion engine.

Since:

0.1.0

Author:

Dominique Liard

Constructor Summary

ClassUtility()

Method Summary

static java.lang.reflect.Field	getField(java.lang.Class<?> initialMetaClass, java.lang.String attributeName) Search an attribute in the specified class or in its parent class.
static java.lang.reflect.Method	getMethod(java.lang.Class<?> initialMetaClass, java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.Class<?>[] parameterTypes) Search a method in the specified class or in its parent class.
static java.util.List<Property>	getProperties(java.lang.Class<?> typeDescriptor) Find all existing public properties for the specified type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassUtility

public ClassUtility()

Method Detail

getField

public static java.lang.reflect.Field getField(java.lang.Class<?> initialMetaClass,
                                               java.lang.String attributeName)
                                        throws java.lang.NoSuchFieldException

Search an attribute in the specified class or in its parent class.

Parameters:

initialMetaClass - The type descriptor of the base class to use for the search.

attributeName - The name of the attribute to find.

Returns:

Metadata fot the seached attribute.

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchFieldException - Thrown if the attribute does not exists.

getMethod

public static java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod(java.lang.Class<?> initialMetaClass,
                                                 java.lang.String methodName,
                                                 java.lang.Class<?>[] parameterTypes)
                                          throws java.lang.NoSuchMethodException

Search a method in the specified class or in its parent class.

Parameters:

initialMetaClass - The type descriptor of the base class to use for the search.

methodName - The name of the method to find.

parameterTypes - The type descriptors of the method parameters.

Returns:

Metadata fot the seached method.

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException - Thrown if the method does not exists.

getProperties

public static java.util.List<Property> getProperties(java.lang.Class<?> typeDescriptor)

Find all existing public properties for the specified type.

Parameters:

typeDescriptor - The type to use for property search.

Returns:

A list of Property instance.

Since:

0.4.1