Package org.codehaus.plexus.util.introspection

Class ClassMap

java.lang.Object

org.codehaus.plexus.util.introspection.ClassMap

public class ClassMap
extends Object

A cache of introspection information for a specific class instance. Keys Method objects by a concatenation of the method name and the names of classes that make up the parameters.

Author:

Jason van Zyl, Bob McWhirter, Attila Szegedi, Geir Magnusson Jr.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ClassMap(Class clazz)	Standard constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Method	findMethod(String name, Object[] params)	Find a Method using the methodKey provided.
static Method	getPublicMethod(Method method)	For a given method, retrieves its publicly accessible counterpart.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ClassMap

public ClassMap(Class clazz)

Standard constructor

Parameters:

clazz - the Class

Method Details

findMethod

public Method findMethod(String name,
 Object[] params)
                  throws MethodMap.AmbiguousException

Find a Method using the methodKey provided.

Look in the methodMap for an entry. If found, it'll either be a CACHE_MISS, in which case we simply give up, or it'll be a Method, in which case, we return it.

If nothing is found, then we must actually go and introspect the method from the MethodMap.

Parameters:

name - method name

params - method params

Returns:

the find Method or null

Throws:

MethodMap.AmbiguousException - if ambiguous name

getPublicMethod

public static Method getPublicMethod(Method method)

For a given method, retrieves its publicly accessible counterpart. This method will look for a method with same name and signature declared in a public superclass or implemented interface of this method's declaring class. This counterpart method is publicly callable.

Parameters:

method - a method whose publicly callable counterpart is requested.

Returns:

the publicly callable counterpart method. Note that if the parameter method is itself declared by a public class, this method is an identity function.