org.apache.velocity.util.introspection
Class Introspector

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.IntrospectorBase
      org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.Introspector

Direct Known Subclasses:

SecureIntrospectorImpl

public class Introspector
extends IntrospectorBase

This basic function of this class is to return a Method object for a particular class given the name of a method and the parameters to the method in the form of an Object[] 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 Hastable 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, StringBuffer 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

Version:

$Id: Introspector.java 687177 2008-08-19 22:00:32Z nbubna $

Author:

Jason van Zyl, Bob McWhirter, Attila Szegedi, Paulo Gaspar, Henning P. Schmiedehausen

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.IntrospectorBase

log

Constructor Summary

Introspector(Log log)

Introspector(RuntimeLogger logger)
Deprecated. RuntimeLogger is deprecated. Use Introspector(Log log).

Method Summary

Method

getMethod(Class c, String name, Object[] params) Gets the method defined by name and params for the Class c.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.IntrospectorBase

getIntrospectorCache

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Introspector

public Introspector(Log log)

Parameters:

log - A Log object to use for the introspector.

Since:

1.5

Introspector

public Introspector(RuntimeLogger logger)

Deprecated. RuntimeLogger is deprecated. Use Introspector(Log log).

Parameters:

logger - A runtime logger object.

Method Detail

getMethod

public Method getMethod(Class c,
                        String name,
                        Object[] params)
                 throws IllegalArgumentException

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

Overrides:

getMethod in class IntrospectorBase

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:

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