## org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons
Class GrailsClassUtils

    java.lang.Object
      org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.GrailsClassUtils

    public class GrailsClassUtils

extends Object

Since:
  08-Jul-2005 Class containing utility methods for dealing with Grails class artifacts
Author:
  Graeme Rocher

Field Summary
`static Map` `PRIMITIVE_TYPE_COMPATIBLE_CLASSES`

Constructor Summary
`GrailsClassUtils()`

Method Summary
`static Object[]` `collectionToObjectArray(Collection c)` Convenience method for converting a collection to an Object[]
`static Collection` `createConcreteCollection(Class interfaceType)` Creates a concrete collection for the suppied interface
`static String` `findPropertyNameForValue(Object target, Object obj)` Locates the name of a property for the given value on the target object using Groovy's meta APIs.
`static boolean` `getBooleanFromMap(String key, Map map)` Retrieves a boolean value from a Map for the given key
`static String` `getClassName(String logicalName, String trailingName)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getClassName(String, String)` instead.
`static String` `getClassNameRepresentation(String name)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getClassNameRepresentation(String)` instead.
`static groovy.lang.MetaClass` `getExpandoMetaClass(Class clazz)`
`static Object` `getFieldValue(Object obj, String name)` Get the value of a declared field on an object
`static String` `getGetterName(String propertyName)` Calculate the name for a getter method to retrieve the specified property
`static String` `getLogicalName(Class clazz, String trailingName)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getLogicalName(Class, String)` instead.
`static String` `getLogicalName(String name, String trailingName)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getLogicalName(String, String)` instead.
`static String` `getLogicalPropertyName(String className, String trailingName)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getLogicalPropertyName(String, String)` instead.
`static String` `getNameFromScript(String scriptName)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getNameFromScript(String)` instead.
`static String` `getNaturalName(String name)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getNaturalName(String)` instead.
`static PropertyDescriptor[]` `getPropertiesAssignableToType(Class clazz, Class propertySuperType)` Retrieves all the properties of the given class which are assignable to the given type
`static PropertyDescriptor[]` `getPropertiesOfType(Class clazz, Class propertyType)` Retrieves all the properties of the given class for the given type
`static PropertyDescriptor` `getProperty(Class clazz, String propertyName, Class propertyType)` Retrieves a property of the given class of the specified name and type
`static PropertyDescriptor` `getPropertyDescriptorForValue(Object instance, Object propertyValue)` Retrieves a PropertyDescriptor for the specified instance and property value
`static String` `getPropertyForGetter(String getterName)` Returns a property name equivalent for the given getter name or null if it is not a getter
`static String` `getPropertyForSetter(String setterName)` Returns a property name equivalent for the given setter name or null if it is not a getter
`static String` `getPropertyName(Class clazz)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getPropertyName(Class)` instead.
`static String` `getPropertyName(String name)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getPropertyName(String)` instead.
`static String` `getPropertyNameForLowerCaseHyphenSeparatedName(String name)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getPropertyNameForLowerCaseHyphenSeparatedName(String)` instead.
`static String` `getPropertyNameRepresentation(Class targetClass)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getPropertyNameRepresentation(Class)` instead.
`static String` `getPropertyNameRepresentation(String name)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getPropertyNameRepresentation(String)` instead.
`static Object` `getPropertyOrStaticPropertyOrFieldValue(Object obj, String name)` Looks for a property of the reference instance with a given name.
`static Class` `getPropertyType(Class clazz, String propertyName)` Returns the type of the given property contained within the specified class
`static Object` `getPropertyValueOfNewInstance(Class clazz, String propertyName)` Returns the value of the specified property and type from an instance of the specified Grails class
`static Object` `getPropertyValueOfNewInstance(Class clazz, String propertyName, Class propertyType)` Returns the value of the specified property and type from an instance of the specified Grails class
`static String` `getScriptName(Class clazz)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getScriptName(Class)` instead.
`static String` `getScriptName(String name)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getScriptName(String)` instead.
`static String` `getSetterName(String propertyName)` Retrieves the name of a setter for the specified property name
`static String` `getShortName(Class targetClass)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getShortName(Class)` instead.
`static String` `getShortName(String className)` Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getShortName(String)` instead.
`static Object` `getStaticPropertyValue(Class clazz, String name)` Get a static property value, which has a public static getter or is just a public static field.
`static boolean` `isAssignableOrConvertibleFrom(Class clazz, Class type)` Returns true if the specified clazz parameter is either the same as, or is a superclass or superinterface of, the specified type parameter.
`static boolean` `isGetter(String name, Class[] args)` Returns true if the name of the method specified and the number of arguments make it a javabean property
`static boolean` `isGroovyAssignableFrom(Class leftType, Class rightType)` Tests whether or not the left hand type is compatible with the right hand type in Groovy terms, i.e. can the left type be assigned a value of the right hand type in Groovy.
`static boolean` `isJdk5Enum(Class type)` Checks whether the given class is a JDK 1.5 enum or not
`static boolean` `isMatchBetweenPrimativeAndWrapperTypes(Class leftType, Class rightType)` Detect if left and right types are matching types.
`static boolean` `isPropertyInherited(Class clz, String propertyName)` Checks whether the specified property is inherited from a super class
`static boolean` `isPropertyOfType(Class clazz, String propertyName, Class type)` Returns true if the specified property in the specified class is of the specified type
`static boolean` `isPublicField(Object obj, String name)` Work out if the specified object has a public field with the name supplied.
`static boolean` `isPublicStatic(Field f)` Determine whether the field is declared public static
`static boolean` `isPublicStatic(Method m)` Determine whether the method is declared public static
`static boolean` `isSetter(String name, Class[] args)`
`static boolean` `isStaticProperty(Class clazz, String propertyName)` Work out if the specified property is readable and static.

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

Field Detail

### PRIMITIVE_TYPE_COMPATIBLE_CLASSES

    public static final Map PRIMITIVE_TYPE_COMPATIBLE_CLASSES

Constructor Detail

### GrailsClassUtils

    public GrailsClassUtils()

Method Detail

### isPropertyOfType

    public static boolean isPropertyOfType(Class clazz,
                                           String propertyName,
                                           Class type)

  Returns true if the specified property in the specified class is of the specified type

  Parameters:
    `clazz` - The class which contains the property
    `propertyName` - The property name
    `type` - The type to check
  Returns:
    A boolean value

### getPropertyValueOfNewInstance

    public static Object getPropertyValueOfNewInstance(Class clazz,
                                                       String propertyName,
                                                       Class propertyType)

  Returns the value of the specified property and type from an instance of the specified Grails class

  Parameters:
    `clazz` - The name of the class which contains the property
    `propertyName` - The property name
    `propertyType` - The property type
  Returns:
    The value of the property or null if none exists

### getPropertyValueOfNewInstance

    public static Object getPropertyValueOfNewInstance(Class clazz,
                                                       String propertyName)

  Returns the value of the specified property and type from an instance of the specified Grails class

  Parameters:
    `clazz` - The name of the class which contains the property
    `propertyName` - The property name
  Returns:
    The value of the property or null if none exists

### getPropertyDescriptorForValue

    public static PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptorForValue(Object instance,
                                                                   Object propertyValue)

  Retrieves a PropertyDescriptor for the specified instance and property value

  Parameters:
    `instance` - The instance
    `propertyValue` - The value of the property
  Returns:
    The PropertyDescriptor

### getPropertyType

    public static Class getPropertyType(Class clazz,
                                        String propertyName)

  Returns the type of the given property contained within the specified class

  Parameters:
    `clazz` - The class which contains the property
    `propertyName` - The name of the property
  Returns:
    The property type or null if none exists

### getPropertiesOfType

    public static PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertiesOfType(Class clazz,
                                                           Class propertyType)

  Retrieves all the properties of the given class for the given type

  Parameters:
    `clazz` - The class to retrieve the properties from
    `propertyType` - The type of the properties you wish to retrieve
  Returns:
    An array of PropertyDescriptor instances

### getPropertiesAssignableToType

    public static PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertiesAssignableToType(Class clazz,
                                                                     Class propertySuperType)

  Retrieves all the properties of the given class which are assignable to the given type

  Parameters:
    `clazz` - The class to retrieve the properties from
    `propertySuperType` - The type of the properties you wish to retrieve
  Returns:
    An array of PropertyDescriptor instances

### getProperty

    public static PropertyDescriptor getProperty(Class clazz,
                                                 String propertyName,
                                                 Class propertyType)

  Retrieves a property of the given class of the specified name and type

  Parameters:
    `clazz` - The class to retrieve the property from
    `propertyName` - The name of the property
    `propertyType` - The type of the property
  Returns:
    A PropertyDescriptor instance or null if none exists

### getShortName

    public static String getShortName(Class targetClass)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getShortName(Class)` instead.

  Returns the class name without the package prefix

  Parameters:
    `targetClass` - The class to get a short name for
  Returns:
    The short name of the class

### getShortName

    public static String getShortName(String className)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getShortName(String)` instead.

  Returns the class name without the package prefix

  Parameters:
    `className` - The class name to get a short name for
  Returns:
    The short name of the class

### getPropertyNameRepresentation

    public static String getPropertyNameRepresentation(Class targetClass)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getPropertyNameRepresentation(Class)` instead.

  Returns the property name equivalent for the specified class

  Parameters:
    `targetClass` - The class to get the property name for
  Returns:
    A property name reperesentation of the class name (eg. MyClass becomes myClass)

### getPropertyNameRepresentation

    public static String getPropertyNameRepresentation(String name)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getPropertyNameRepresentation(String)` instead.

  Returns the property name representation of the given name

  Parameters:
    `name` - The name to convert
  Returns:
    The property name representation

### getClassNameRepresentation

    public static String getClassNameRepresentation(String name)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getClassNameRepresentation(String)` instead.

  Returns the class name representation of the given name

  Parameters:
    `name` - The name to convert
  Returns:
    The property name representation

### getPropertyName

    public static String getPropertyName(String name)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getPropertyName(String)` instead.

  Shorter version of getPropertyNameRepresentation

  Parameters:
    `name` - The name to convert
  Returns:
    The property name version

### getPropertyName

    public static String getPropertyName(Class clazz)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getPropertyName(Class)` instead.

  Shorter version of getPropertyNameRepresentation

  Parameters:
    `clazz` - The clazz to convert
  Returns:
    The property name version

### getScriptName

    public static String getScriptName(Class clazz)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getScriptName(Class)` instead.

  Retrieves the script name representation of the supplied class. For example MyFunkyGrailsScript would be my-funky-grails-script

  Parameters:
    `clazz` - The class to convert
  Returns:
    The script name representation

### getScriptName

    public static String getScriptName(String name)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getScriptName(String)` instead.

### getNameFromScript

    public static String getNameFromScript(String scriptName)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getNameFromScript(String)` instead.

  Calculates the class name from a script name in the form my-funk-grails-script

  Parameters:
    `scriptName` - The script name
  Returns:
    A class name

### getPropertyNameForLowerCaseHyphenSeparatedName

    public static String getPropertyNameForLowerCaseHyphenSeparatedName(String name)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getPropertyNameForLowerCaseHyphenSeparatedName(String)` instead.

  Converts foo-bar into fooBar

  Parameters:
    `name` - The lower case hyphen separated name
  Returns:
    The property name equivalent

### getNaturalName

    public static String getNaturalName(String name)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getNaturalName(String)` instead.

  Converts a property name into its natural language equivalent eg ('firstName' becomes 'First Name')

  Parameters:
    `name` - The property name to convert
  Returns:
    The converted property name

### collectionToObjectArray

    public static Object[] collectionToObjectArray(Collection c)

  Convenience method for converting a collection to an Object[]

  Parameters:
    `c` - The collection
  Returns:
    An object array

### isMatchBetweenPrimativeAndWrapperTypes

    public static boolean isMatchBetweenPrimativeAndWrapperTypes(Class leftType,
                                                                 Class rightType)

  Detect if left and right types are matching types. In particular, test if one is a primitive type and the other is the corresponding Java wrapper type. Primitive and wrapper classes may be passed to either arguments.

  Parameters:
    `leftType` -
    `rightType` -
  Returns:
    true if one of the classes is a native type and the other the object representation of the same native type

### isGroovyAssignableFrom

    public static boolean isGroovyAssignableFrom(Class leftType,
                                                 Class rightType)

  Tests whether or not the left hand type is compatible with the right hand type in Groovy terms, i.e. can the left type be assigned a value of the right hand type in Groovy.

  This handles Java primitive type equivalence and uses isAssignableFrom for all other types, with a bit of magic for native types and polymorphism i.e. Number assigned an int. If either parameter is null an exception is thrown

  Parameters:
    `leftType` - The type of the left hand part of a notional assignment
    `rightType` - The type of the right hand part of a notional assignment
  Returns:
    True if values of the right hand type can be assigned in Groovy to variables of the left hand type.

### isStaticProperty

    public static boolean isStaticProperty(Class clazz,
                                           String propertyName)

  Work out if the specified property is readable and static. Java introspection does not recognize this concept of static properties but Groovy does. We also consider public static fields as static properties with no getters/setters

  Parameters:
    `clazz` - The class to check for static property
    `propertyName` - The property name
  Returns:
    true if the property with name propertyName has a static getter method

### isPublicStatic

    public static boolean isPublicStatic(Method m)

  Determine whether the method is declared public static

  Parameters:
    `m` -
  Returns:
    True if the method is declared public static

### isPublicStatic

    public static boolean isPublicStatic(Field f)

  Determine whether the field is declared public static

  Parameters:
    `f` -
  Returns:
    True if the field is declared public static

### getGetterName

    public static String getGetterName(String propertyName)

  Calculate the name for a getter method to retrieve the specified property

  Parameters:
    `propertyName` -
  Returns:
    The name for the getter method for this property, if it were to exist, i.e. getConstraints

### getStaticPropertyValue

    public static Object getStaticPropertyValue(Class clazz,
                                                String name)

  Get a static property value, which has a public static getter or is just a public static field.

  Parameters:
    `clazz` - The class to check for static property
    `name` - The property name
  Returns:
    The value if there is one, or null if unset OR there is no such property

### getPropertyOrStaticPropertyOrFieldValue

    public static Object getPropertyOrStaticPropertyOrFieldValue(Object obj,
                                                                 String name)
                                                          throws BeansException

  Looks for a property of the reference instance with a given name.

  If found its value is returned. We follow the Java bean conventions with augmentation for groovy support and static fields/properties. We will therefore match, in this order:

  1. Standard public bean property (with getter or just public field, using normal introspection)
  2. Public static property with getter method
  3. Public static field

  Returns:
    property value or null if no property found
  Throws:
    `BeansException`

### getFieldValue

    public static Object getFieldValue(Object obj,
                                       String name)

  Get the value of a declared field on an object

  Parameters:
    `obj` -
    `name` -
  Returns:
    The object value or null if there is no such field or access problems

### isPublicField

    public static boolean isPublicField(Object obj,
                                        String name)

  Work out if the specified object has a public field with the name supplied.

  Parameters:
    `obj` -
    `name` -
  Returns:
    True if a public field with the name exists

### isPropertyInherited

    public static boolean isPropertyInherited(Class clz,
                                              String propertyName)

  Checks whether the specified property is inherited from a super class

  Parameters:
    `clz` - The class to check
    `propertyName` - The property name
  Returns:
    True if the property is inherited

### createConcreteCollection

    public static Collection createConcreteCollection(Class interfaceType)

  Creates a concrete collection for the suppied interface

  Parameters:
    `interfaceType` - The interface
  Returns:
    ArrayList for List, TreeSet for SortedSet, HashSet for Set etc.

### getLogicalName

    public static String getLogicalName(Class clazz,
                                        String trailingName)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getLogicalName(Class, String)` instead.

  Retrieves the logical class name of a Grails artifact given the Grails class and a specified trailing name

  Parameters:
    `clazz` - The class
    `trailingName` - The trailing name such as "Controller" or "TagLib"
  Returns:
    The logical class name

### getLogicalName

    public static String getLogicalName(String name,
                                        String trailingName)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getLogicalName(String, String)` instead.

  Retrieves the logical name of the classs without the trailing name

  Parameters:
    `name` - The name of the class
    `trailingName` - The trailing name
  Returns:
    The logical name

### getLogicalPropertyName

    public static String getLogicalPropertyName(String className,
                                                String trailingName)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getLogicalPropertyName(String, String)` instead.

### getSetterName

    public static String getSetterName(String propertyName)

  Retrieves the name of a setter for the specified property name

  Parameters:
    `propertyName` - The property name
  Returns:
    The setter equivalent

### isGetter

    public static boolean isGetter(String name,
                                   Class[] args)

  Returns true if the name of the method specified and the number of arguments make it a javabean property

  Parameters:
    `name` - True if its a Javabean property
    `args` - The arguments
  Returns:
    True if it is a javabean property method

### getPropertyForGetter

    public static String getPropertyForGetter(String getterName)

  Returns a property name equivalent for the given getter name or null if it is not a getter

  Parameters:
    `getterName` - The getter name
  Returns:
    The property name equivalent

### getPropertyForSetter

    public static String getPropertyForSetter(String setterName)

  Returns a property name equivalent for the given setter name or null if it is not a getter

  Parameters:
    `setterName` - The setter name
  Returns:
    The property name equivalent

### isSetter

    public static boolean isSetter(String name,
                                   Class[] args)

### getExpandoMetaClass

    public static groovy.lang.MetaClass getExpandoMetaClass(Class clazz)

### isAssignableOrConvertibleFrom

    public static boolean isAssignableOrConvertibleFrom(Class clazz,
                                                        Class type)

  Returns true if the specified clazz parameter is either the same as, or is a superclass or superinterface of, the specified type parameter. Converts primitive types to compatible class automatically.

  Parameters:
    `clazz` -
    `type` -
  Returns:
    True if the class is a taglib
  See Also:
    `Class.isAssignableFrom(Class)`

### getBooleanFromMap

    public static boolean getBooleanFromMap(String key,
                                            Map map)

  Retrieves a boolean value from a Map for the given key

  Parameters:
    `key` - The key that references the boolean value
    `map` - The map to look in
  Returns:
    A boolean value which will be false if the map is null, the map doesn't contain the key or the value is false

### getClassName

    public static String getClassName(String logicalName,
                                      String trailingName)

  Deprecated. Use `GrailsNameUtils.getClassName(String, String)` instead.

  Returns the class name for the given logical name and trailing name. For example "person" and "Controller" would evaluate to "PersonController"

  Parameters:
    `logicalName` - The logical name
    `trailingName` - The trailing name
  Returns:
    The class name

### isJdk5Enum

    public static boolean isJdk5Enum(Class type)

  Checks whether the given class is a JDK 1.5 enum or not

  Parameters:
    `type` - The class to check
  Returns:
    True if it is an enum

### findPropertyNameForValue

    public static String findPropertyNameForValue(Object target,
                                                  Object obj)

  Locates the name of a property for the given value on the target object using Groovy's meta APIs. Note that this method uses the reference so the incorrect result could be returned for two properties that refer to the same reference. Use with caution.

  Parameters:
    `target` - The target
    `obj` - The property value
  Returns:
    The property name or null

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