jmplib.reflect

Class Introspector

java.lang.Object

jmplib.reflect.Introspector

public class Introspector
extends java.lang.Object

The introspector is a class that implement decorators of the java reflection system to enable users to see added members through introspection primitives together with those that were added at compile time.

Author:

redon

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Introspector()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.Object	cast(java.lang.Class castTarget, java.lang.Object obj) Cast obj to castTarget
static Class<?>	decorateClass(java.lang.Class clazz) Puts a decorator to a java.lang.Class instance
static Field	decorateField(java.lang.reflect.Field field) Puts a decorator to a java.lang.reflect.Field instance
static Field[]	decorateFields(java.lang.reflect.Field[] fields) Puts a decorator to a java.lang.reflect.Field array
static Method	decorateMethod(java.lang.reflect.Method method) Puts a decorator to a java.lang.reflect.Method instance
static Method[]	decorateMethods(java.lang.reflect.Method[] methods) Puts a decorator to a java.lang.reflect.Method array
static Class<?>	getClass(java.lang.Object obj) Obtain a class decorator of the class of the passed object.
static boolean	instanceOf(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.Class clazz) Method equivalent to perform an instanceof

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Introspector

public Introspector()

Method Detail

getClass

public static Class<?> getClass(java.lang.Object obj)

Obtain a class decorator of the class of the passed object.

Parameters:

obj -

Returns:

decorateClass

public static Class<?> decorateClass(java.lang.Class clazz)

Puts a decorator to a java.lang.Class instance

Parameters:

clazz - A java.lang.Class object

Returns:

The decorated java.lang.reflect.Class

decorateMethod

public static Method decorateMethod(java.lang.reflect.Method method)
                             throws java.lang.NoSuchMethodException,
                                    java.lang.SecurityException

Puts a decorator to a java.lang.reflect.Method instance

Parameters:

method - A java.lang.Method object

Returns:

The decorated java.lang.reflect.Method

Throws:

java.lang.SecurityException

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException

decorateMethods

public static Method[] decorateMethods(java.lang.reflect.Method[] methods)

Puts a decorator to a java.lang.reflect.Method array

Parameters:

methods - A java.lang.Method array

Returns:

The decorated java.lang.reflect.Method array

decorateField

public static Field decorateField(java.lang.reflect.Field field)
                           throws java.lang.NoSuchFieldException

Puts a decorator to a java.lang.reflect.Field instance

Parameters:

field - A java.lang.reflect.Field object

Returns:

The decorated java.lang.reflect.Field

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchFieldException

decorateFields

public static Field[] decorateFields(java.lang.reflect.Field[] fields)
                              throws java.lang.NoSuchFieldException

Puts a decorator to a java.lang.reflect.Field array

Parameters:

fields - A java.lang.reflect.Field array

Returns:

The decorated java.lang.reflect.Field array

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchFieldException

instanceOf

public static boolean instanceOf(java.lang.Object obj,
                                 java.lang.Class clazz)

Method equivalent to perform an instanceof

Parameters:

obj - object to check

clazz - Class to compare the object with

Returns:

If the object is an instance of the class or not

cast

public static java.lang.Object cast(java.lang.Class castTarget,
                                    java.lang.Object obj)

Cast obj to castTarget

Parameters:

castTarget - Class to cast to

obj - Object to cast

Returns:

Casted object