com.artemis.gwtref.client

Class Type

java.lang.Object

com.artemis.gwtref.client.Type

public class Type
extends Object

Describes a type (equivalent to Class), providing methods to retrieve fields, constructors, methods and super interfaces of the type. Only types that are visible (public) can be described by this class.

Author:

mzechner

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Type()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	getArrayElement(Object obj, int i)
int	getArrayLength(Object obj)
Class	getClassOfType()
Class	getComponentType()
Constructor	getConstructor(Class... parameterTypes)
Constructor[]	getConstructors()
Annotation[]	getDeclaredAnnotations()
Constructor	getDeclaredConstructor(Class... parameterTypes)
Field[]	getDeclaredFields()
Method[]	getDeclaredMethods()
Object[]	getEnumConstants()
Field	getField(String name)
Field[]	getFields()
Method	getMethod(String name, Class... parameterTypes)
Method[]	getMethods() s * @return an array containing all public methods of this class and its super classes.
String	getName()
Type	getSuperclass()
boolean	isAbstract()
boolean	isAnnotation()
boolean	isArray()
boolean	isAssignableFrom(Type otherType)
boolean	isEnum()
boolean	isInterface()
boolean	isMemberClass()
boolean	isPrimitive()
boolean	isStatic()
Object	newInstance()
void	setArrayElement(Object obj, int i, Object value) Sets the element i in the array object to value.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Type

public Type()

Method Detail

newInstance

public Object newInstance()
                   throws NoSuchMethodException

Returns:

a new instance of this type created via the default constructor which must be public.

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException

getName

public String getName()

Returns:

the fully qualified name of this type.

getClassOfType

public Class getClassOfType()

Returns:

the Class of this type.

getSuperclass

public Type getSuperclass()

Returns:

the super class of this type or null

isAssignableFrom

public boolean isAssignableFrom(Type otherType)

Parameters:

otherType - the other type

Returns:

whether this type is assignable to the other type.

getField

public Field getField(String name)

Parameters:

name - the name of the field

Returns:

the public field of this type or one of its super interfaces with the given name or null. See Class.getField(String).

getFields

public Field[] getFields()

Returns:

an array containing all the public fields of this class and its super classes. See Class.getFields().

getDeclaredFields

public Field[] getDeclaredFields()

Returns:

an array containing all the fields of this class, including private and protected fields. See Class.getDeclaredFields().

getMethod

public Method getMethod(String name,
                        Class... parameterTypes)
                 throws NoSuchMethodException

Parameters:

name - the name of the method

parameterTypes - the types of the parameters of the method

Returns:

the public method that matches the name and parameter types of this type or one of its super interfaces.

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException

getMethods

public Method[] getMethods()

s * @return an array containing all public methods of this class and its super classes. See Class.getMethods().

getDeclaredMethods

public Method[] getDeclaredMethods()

Returns:

an array containing all methods of this class, including abstract, private and protected methods. See Class.getDeclaredMethods().

getConstructors

public Constructor[] getConstructors()

getDeclaredConstructor

public Constructor getDeclaredConstructor(Class... parameterTypes)
                                   throws NoSuchMethodException

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException

getConstructor

public Constructor getConstructor(Class... parameterTypes)
                           throws NoSuchMethodException

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException

isAbstract

public boolean isAbstract()

isInterface

public boolean isInterface()

isPrimitive

public boolean isPrimitive()

isEnum

public boolean isEnum()

isArray

public boolean isArray()

isMemberClass

public boolean isMemberClass()

isStatic

public boolean isStatic()

isAnnotation

public boolean isAnnotation()

getComponentType

public Class getComponentType()

Returns:

the class of the components if this is an array type or null.

getArrayLength

public int getArrayLength(Object obj)

Parameters:

obj - an array object of this type.

Returns:

the length of the given array object.

getArrayElement

public Object getArrayElement(Object obj,
                              int i)

Parameters:

obj - an array object of this type.

i - the index of the element to retrieve.

Returns:

the element at position i in the array.

setArrayElement

public void setArrayElement(Object obj,
                            int i,
                            Object value)

Sets the element i in the array object to value.

Parameters:

obj - an array object of this type.

i - the index of the element to set.

value - the element value.

getEnumConstants

public Object[] getEnumConstants()

Returns:

the enumeration constants if this type is an enumeration or null.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getDeclaredAnnotations

public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()