Package org.biojava.utils.bytecode

Interface CodeClass

All Known Implementing Classes:

GeneratedCodeClass, IntrospectedCodeClass

public interface CodeClass

Interface for Java classes within the bytecode generation framework. Any class (or interface) can be viewed as a CodeClass, whether it is pre-existing or being generated.

Author:

Thomas Down, Matthew Pocock

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
CodeMethod	getConstructor(CodeClass[] args)	Get a constructor by argument list.
String	getDescriptor()
CodeField	getFieldByName(String name)	Get a field by its name.
Set	getFields()	Get all fields accessible through this class.
List	getInterfaces()
String	getJName()
CodeMethod	getMethod(String name, CodeClass[] args)	Get a method by name and argument list.
Set	getMethods()	Get all methods declared by this class and its super classes, removing all super class methods that are over ridden.
Set	getMethodsByName(String name)	Get the name of all methods that could be invoked through this class with a given name.
int	getModifiers()	Get the modifiers associated with the class.
String	getName()
CodeClass	getSuperClass()
boolean	isArray()	Discover if the class is an array type.
boolean	isPrimitive()	Discover if the class represents a primitive type.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

getJName

String getJName()

getDescriptor

String getDescriptor()

getSuperClass

CodeClass getSuperClass()

getInterfaces

List getInterfaces()

getMethods

Set getMethods()

Get all methods declared by this class and its super classes, removing all super class methods that are over ridden.

This should return methods, regardless of their accessability.

Returns:

a Set containing all methods

getMethodsByName

Set getMethodsByName(String name)

Get the name of all methods that could be invoked through this class with a given name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the method

Returns:

a Set of CodeMethod instances with that name

getMethod

CodeMethod getMethod(String name,
                     CodeClass[] args)
              throws NoSuchMethodException

Get a method by name and argument list.

Parameters:

name - the name of the method

args - the arguments it takes

Returns:

a matching method

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - if there is no maching method

getConstructor

CodeMethod getConstructor(CodeClass[] args)
                   throws NoSuchMethodException

Get a constructor by argument list.

Parameters:

args - the arguments it takes

Returns:

a matching constructor

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - if there is no matching constructor

getFieldByName

CodeField getFieldByName(String name)
                  throws NoSuchFieldException

Get a field by its name.

Parameters:

name - the field name

Returns:

a CodeField representing the field

Throws:

NoSuchFieldException - if there is no field by that name accessible through this class

getFields

Set getFields()

Get all fields accessible through this class.

Returns:

a Set of all accessible fields

getModifiers

int getModifiers()

Get the modifiers associated with the class.

Returns:

the modifier integer

isPrimitive

boolean isPrimitive()

Discover if the class represents a primitive type.

Returns:

true if the class represents a primative type

isArray

boolean isArray()

Discover if the class is an array type.

Returns:

true if the class is an array type