## com.sun.el
Class MethodExpressionLiteral

    java.lang.Object
      javax.el.Expression
          javax.el.MethodExpression
              com.sun.el.MethodExpressionLiteral

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Externalizable, Serializable

    public class MethodExpressionLiteral

extends MethodExpression
implements Externalizable

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`MethodExpressionLiteral()`
`MethodExpressionLiteral(String expr, Class expectedType, Class[] paramTypes)`

Method Summary
`boolean` `equals(Object obj)` Determines whether the specified object is equal to this `Expression`.
`String` `getExpressionString()` Returns the original String used to create this `Expression`, unmodified.
`MethodInfo` `getMethodInfo(ELContext context)` Evaluates the expression relative to the provided context, and returns information about the actual referenced method.
`int` `hashCode()` Returns the hash code for this `Expression`.
`Object` `invoke(ELContext context, Object[] params)` If a String literal is specified as the expression, returns the String literal coerced to the expected return type of the method signature.
`boolean` `isLiteralText()` Returns whether this expression was created from only literal text.
`void` `readExternal(ObjectInput in)`
`void` `writeExternal(ObjectOutput out)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### MethodExpressionLiteral

    public MethodExpressionLiteral()

### MethodExpressionLiteral

    public MethodExpressionLiteral(String expr,
                                   Class expectedType,
                                   Class[] paramTypes)

Method Detail

### getMethodInfo

    public MethodInfo getMethodInfo(ELContext context)
                             throws ELException

  Description copied from class: `MethodExpression`
  Evaluates the expression relative to the provided context, and returns information about the actual referenced method.

  Specified by:
    `getMethodInfo` in class `MethodExpression`
  Parameters:
    `context` - The context of this evaluation
  Returns:
    an instance of `MethodInfo` containing information about the method the expression evaluated to.
  Throws:
    `PropertyNotFoundException` - if one of the property resolutions failed because a specified variable or property does not exist or is not readable.
    `MethodNotFoundException` - if no suitable method can be found.
    `ELException` - if an exception was thrown while performing property or variable resolution. The thrown exception must be included as the cause property of this exception, if available.

### invoke

    public Object invoke(ELContext context,
                         Object[] params)
                  throws ELException

  Description copied from class: `MethodExpression`
  If a String literal is specified as the expression, returns the String literal coerced to the expected return type of the method signature. An `ELException` is thrown if `expectedReturnType` is void or if the coercion of the String literal to the `expectedReturnType` yields an error (see Section "1.18 Type Conversion" of the EL specification). If not a String literal, evaluates the expression relative to the provided context, invokes the method that was found using the supplied parameters, and returns the result of the method invocation. Any parameters passed to this method is ignored if isLiteralText() is true.

  Specified by:
    `invoke` in class `MethodExpression`
  Parameters:
    `context` - The context of this evaluation.
    `params` - The parameters to pass to the method, or `null` if no parameters.
  Returns:
    the result of the method invocation (`null` if the method has a `void` return type).
  Throws:
    `PropertyNotFoundException` - if one of the property resolutions failed because a specified variable or property does not exist or is not readable.
    `MethodNotFoundException` - if no suitable method can be found.
    `ELException` - if a String literal is specified and expectedReturnType of the MethodExpression is void or if the coercion of the String literal to the expectedReturnType yields an error (see Section "1.18 Type Conversion").

### getExpressionString

    public String getExpressionString()

  Description copied from class: `Expression`
  Returns the original String used to create this `Expression`, unmodified.

  This is used for debugging purposes but also for the purposes of comparison (e.g. to ensure the expression in a configuration file has not changed).

  This method does not provide sufficient information to re-create an expression. Two different expressions can have exactly the same expression string but different function mappings. Serialization should be used to save and restore the state of an `Expression`.

  Specified by:
    `getExpressionString` in class `Expression`
  Returns:
    The original expression String.

### equals

    public boolean equals(Object obj)

  Description copied from class: `Expression`
  Determines whether the specified object is equal to this `Expression`.

  The result is `true` if and only if the argument is not `null`, is an `Expression` object that is the of the same type (`ValueExpression` or `MethodExpression`), and has an identical parsed representation.

  Note that two expressions can be equal if their expression Strings are different. For example, `${fn1:foo()}` and `${fn2:foo()}` are equal if their corresponding `FunctionMapper`s mapped `fn1:foo` and `fn2:foo` to the same method.

  Specified by:
    `equals` in class `Expression`
  Parameters:
    `obj` - the `Object` to test for equality.
  Returns:
    `true` if `obj` equals this `Expression`; `false` otherwise.
  See Also:
    `Hashtable`, `Object.equals(java.lang.Object)`

### hashCode

    public int hashCode()

  Description copied from class: `Expression`
  Returns the hash code for this `Expression`.

  See the note in the `Expression.equals(java.lang.Object)` method on how two expressions can be equal if their expression Strings are different. Recall that if two objects are equal according to the `equals(Object)` method, then calling the `hashCode` method on each of the two objects must produce the same integer result. Implementations must take special note and implement `hashCode` correctly.

  Specified by:
    `hashCode` in class `Expression`
  Returns:
    The hash code for this `Expression`.
  See Also:
    `Expression.equals(java.lang.Object)`, `Hashtable`, `Object.hashCode()`

### isLiteralText

    public boolean isLiteralText()

  Description copied from class: `Expression`
  Returns whether this expression was created from only literal text.

  This method must return `true` if and only if the expression string this expression was created from contained no unescaped EL delimeters (`${...}` or `#{...}`).

  Specified by:
    `isLiteralText` in class `Expression`
  Returns:
    `true` if this expression was created from only literal text; `false` otherwise.

### readExternal

    public void readExternal(ObjectInput in)
                      throws IOException,
                             ClassNotFoundException

  Specified by:
    `readExternal` in interface `Externalizable`
  Throws:
    `IOException`
    `ClassNotFoundException`

### writeExternal

    public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out)
                       throws IOException

  Specified by:
    `writeExternal` in interface `Externalizable`
  Throws:
    `IOException`

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