bboss.org.apache.velocity.util.introspection

Class IntrospectorBase

java.lang.Object

bboss.org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.IntrospectorBase

Direct Known Subclasses:

Introspector

public abstract class IntrospectorBase
extends java.lang.Object

Lookup a a Method object for a particular class given the name of a method and its parameters. The first time the Introspector sees a class it creates a class method map for the class in question. Basically the class method map is a Hashtable where Method objects are keyed by a concatenation of the method name and the names of classes that make up the parameters. For example, a method with the following signature: public void method(String a, StringBuilder b) would be mapped by the key: "method" + "java.lang.String" + "java.lang.StringBuffer" This mapping is performed for all the methods in a class and stored for.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Log	log Class logger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	IntrospectorBase(Log log) C'tor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected IntrospectorCache	getIntrospectorCache() Return the internal IntrospectorCache object.
java.lang.reflect.Method	getMethod(java.lang.Class c, java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object[] params) Gets the method defined by name and params for the Class c.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

log

protected final Log log

Class logger

Constructor Detail

IntrospectorBase

protected IntrospectorBase(Log log)

C'tor.

Method Detail

getMethod

public java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod(java.lang.Class c,
                                          java.lang.String name,
                                          java.lang.Object[] params)
                                   throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                                          MethodMap.AmbiguousException

Gets the method defined by name and params for the Class c.

Parameters:

c - Class in which the method search is taking place

name - Name of the method being searched for

params - An array of Objects (not Classes) that describe the the parameters

Returns:

The desired Method object.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - When the parameters passed in can not be used for introspection.

MethodMap.AmbiguousException - When the method map contains more than one match for the requested signature.

getIntrospectorCache

protected IntrospectorCache getIntrospectorCache()

Return the internal IntrospectorCache object.

Returns:

The internal IntrospectorCache object.

Since:

1.5