ewe.reflect
Class Method

java.lang.Object
  ewe.reflect.MethodConstructor
      ewe.reflect.Method

All Implemented Interfaces:

IMethod, Member

public class Method

extends MethodConstructor

This is used to invoke methods on objects. It works on static and instance methods.

Field Summary

Throwable

invocationError

Fields inherited from class ewe.reflect.MethodConstructor

_method_, _vclass_, declaringClass, methodName, methodSpecs, modifiers, reflect, wrapperType

Fields inherited from interface ewe.reflect.Member

DECLARED, PUBLIC

Method Summary

Wrapper	invoke(Object target, Wrapper[] parameters, Wrapper result) Invoke the method on the specified target object.
boolean	returnsValue() Returns true if the method is not of type void.
Method	toJavaMethod()
String	toString() Return a String representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class ewe.reflect.MethodConstructor

getDeclaringClass, getExceptionTypes, getModifiers, getName, getParameters, getParameterTypes, getReturnType, getSpecs, getType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode

Field Detail

invocationError

public Throwable invocationError

Method Detail

invoke

public Wrapper invoke(Object target,
                      Wrapper[] parameters,
                      Wrapper result)

Invoke the method on the specified target object.

Parameters:

target - The object to invoke the method on, or null in the case of static methods.

parameters - an array of parameters which must be of the correct length.

Returns:

A wrapper containing the returned value. If the method type is void then the value stored in the wrapper should be ignored. If the returned value is null then an error occured and the invocationError variable will hold the exception that caused it.

returnsValue

public boolean returnsValue()

Returns true if the method is not of type void.

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from class: Object

Return a String representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class MethodConstructor

toJavaMethod

public Method toJavaMethod()