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## groovy.lang
[Java] Class MetaClassImpl

    java.lang.Object
      groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:
  MetaClass, MutableMetaClass

    public class MetaClassImpl
    extends Object

Allows methods to be dynamically added to existing classes at runtime

Authors:
  James Strachan
  Guillaume Laforge
  Jochen Theodorou
  Graeme Rocher
  Alex Tkachman

Version:
  \$Revision: 20759 \$

See Also:
  MetaClass

Nested Class Summary
`static class` | `MetaClassImpl.Index`

Field Summary
`protected static String` | `INVOKE_METHOD_METHOD`
`protected static String` | `METHOD_MISSING`
`protected static String` | `PROPERTY_MISSING`
`protected static String` | `STATIC_METHOD_MISSING`
`protected static String` | `STATIC_PROPERTY_MISSING`
`protected MetaMethod` | `getPropertyMethod`
`protected MetaMethod` | `invokeMethodMethod`
`protected boolean` | `isGroovyObject`
`protected boolean` | `isMap`
`protected MetaMethodIndex` | `metaMethodIndex`
`protected MetaClassRegistry` | `registry`
`protected MetaMethod` | `setPropertyMethod`
`protected CachedClass` | `theCachedClass`
`protected Class` | `theClass`

Constructor Summary
`MetaClassImpl(Class theClass, MetaMethod[] add)`
`MetaClassImpl(Class theClass)`
`MetaClassImpl(MetaClassRegistry registry, Class theClass, MetaMethod[] add)`
`MetaClassImpl(MetaClassRegistry registry, Class theClass)`

Method Summary
`void` | `addMetaBeanProperty(MetaBeanProperty mp)` Adds a new MetaBeanProperty to this MetaClass
`void` | `addMetaMethod(MetaMethod method)` adds a MetaMethod to this class.
`protected void` | `addMetaMethodToIndex(MetaMethod method, def header)`
`void` | `addNewInstanceMethod(Method method)`
`void` | `addNewStaticMethod(Method method)`
`protected void` | `applyPropertyDescriptors(PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptors)`
`protected void` | `checkIfGroovyObjectMethod(MetaMethod metaMethod)` Checks if the metaMethod is a method from the GroovyObject interface such as setProperty, getProperty and invokeMethod
`protected void` | `checkInitalised()` checks if the initialisation of the class id complete.
`protected Object` | `chooseMethod(String methodName, Object methodOrList, Class[] arguments)` Chooses the correct method to use from a list of methods which match by name.
`protected void` | `clearInvocationCaches()` remove all method call cache entries.
`CallSite` | `createConstructorSite(CallSite site, Object[] args)`
`CallSite` | `createPogoCallCurrentSite(CallSite site, Class sender, Object[] args)`
`CallSite` | `createPogoCallSite(CallSite site, Object[] args)`
`CallSite` | `createPojoCallSite(CallSite site, Object receiver, Object[] args)`
`CallSite` | `createStaticSite(CallSite site, Object[] args)`
`protected void` | `dropMethodCache(String name)`
`protected void` | `dropStaticMethodCache(String name)`
`protected static MetaMethod` | `findMethodInClassHierarchy(Class instanceKlazz, String methodName, Class[] arguments, MetaClass metaClass)`
`protected MetaMethod` | `findMixinMethod(String methodName, Class[] arguments)`
`protected static MetaMethod` | `findOwnMethod(Class instanceKlazz, String methodName, Class[] arguments, MetaClass metaClass, MetaMethod method)`
`protected MetaBeanProperty` | `findPropertyInClassHierarchy(String propertyName, CachedClass theClass)`
`MetaMethod[]` | `getAdditionalMetaMethods()`
`Object` | `getAttribute(Class sender, Object receiver, String messageName, boolean useSuper)`
`Object` | `getAttribute(Class sender, Object object, String attribute, boolean useSuper, boolean fromInsideClass)` Looks up the given attribute (field) on the given object
`Object` | `getAttribute(Object object, String attribute)`
`ClassInfo` | `getClassInfo()`
`ClassNode` | `getClassNode()`
`MetaProperty` | `getEffectiveGetMetaProperty(Class sender, Object object, String name, boolean useSuper)` todo these special cases should be special MetaClasses maybe
`MetaMethod` | `getMetaMethod(String name, Object[] argTypes)` @see MetaObjectProtocol#getMetaMethod(String, Object[])
`List` | `getMetaMethods()`
`MetaProperty` | `getMetaProperty(String name)` @see MetaObjectProtocol#getMetaProperty(String)
`MetaMethod` | `getMethodWithCaching(Class sender, String methodName, Object[] arguments, boolean isCallToSuper)`
`MetaMethod` | `getMethodWithoutCaching(Class sender, String methodName, Class[] arguments, boolean isCallToSuper)`
`List` | `getMethods()`
`List` | `getProperties()` Get all the properties defined for this type
`Object` | `getProperty(Class sender, Object object, String name, boolean useSuper, boolean fromInsideClass)` @return the given property's value on the object
`Object` | `getProperty(Object object, String property)`
`MetaMethod` | `getStaticMetaMethod(String name, Object[] argTypes)` @see MetaObjectProtocol#getStaticMetaMethod(String, Object[])
`protected Object` | `getSubclassMetaMethods(String methodName)`
`protected LinkedList` | `getSuperClasses()`
`CachedClass` | `getTheCachedClass()`
`Class` | `getTheClass()`
`int` | `getVersion()`
`MetaProperty` | `hasProperty(Object obj, String name)` @see MetaObjectProtocol#hasProperty(Object,String)
`void` | `incVersion()`
`void` | `initialize()`
`Object` | `invokeConstructor(Object[] arguments)`
`Object` | `invokeConstructorAt(Class at, Object[] arguments)` Warning, this method will be removed
`Object` | `invokeMethod(Object object, String methodName, Object arguments)`
`Object` | `invokeMethod(Object object, String methodName, Object[] originalArguments)` Invokes the given method on the object.
`Object` | `invokeMethod(Class sender, Object object, String methodName, Object[] originalArguments, boolean isCallToSuper, boolean fromInsideClass)` Invokes the given method on the object.
`Object` | `invokeMissingMethod(Object instance, String methodName, Object[] arguments)`
`Object` | `invokeMissingProperty(Object instance, String propertyName, Object optionalValue, boolean isGetter)`
`Object` | `invokeStaticMethod(Object object, String methodName, Object[] arguments)`
`protected Object` | `invokeStaticMissingProperty(Object instance, String propertyName, Object optionalValue, boolean isGetter)` Hook to deal with the case of MissingProperty for static properties.
`boolean` | `isGroovyObject()`
`protected boolean` | `isInitialized()`
`boolean` | `isModified()`
`protected void` | `onGetPropertyFoundInHierarchy(MetaMethod method)`
`protected void` | `onInvokeMethodFoundInHierarchy(MetaMethod method)`
`protected void` | `onMixinMethodFound(MetaMethod method)`
`protected void` | `onSetPropertyFoundInHierarchy(MetaMethod method)`
`protected void` | `onSuperMethodFoundInHierarchy(MetaMethod method)`
`protected void` | `onSuperPropertyFoundInHierarchy(MetaBeanProperty property)`
`MetaMethod` | `pickMethod(String methodName, Class[] arguments)`
`List` | `respondsTo(Object obj, String name, Object[] argTypes)` @see MetaObjectProtocol#respondsTo(Object, String, Object[])
`List` | `respondsTo(Object obj, String name)` @see MetaObjectProtocol#respondsTo(Object, String)
`Constructor` | `retrieveConstructor(Class[] arguments)`
`protected MetaMethod` | `retrieveMethod(String methodName, Class[] arguments)` @deprecated use pickMethod instead
`MetaMethod` | `retrieveStaticMethod(String methodName, Object[] arguments)`
`int` | `selectConstructorAndTransformArguments(int numberOfConstructors, Object[] arguments)`
`void` | `setAttribute(Class sender, Object object, String attribute, Object newValue, boolean useSuper, boolean fromInsideClass)` Sets the given attribute (field) on the given object
`void` | `setAttribute(Object object, String attribute, Object newValue)`
`void` | `setProperties(Object bean, Map map)` Sets a number of bean properties from the given Map where the keys are the String names of properties and the values are the values of the properties to set
`void` | `setProperty(Class sender, Object object, String name, Object newValue, boolean useSuper, boolean fromInsideClass)` Sets the property value on an object
`void` | `setProperty(Object object, String property, Object newValue)`
`String` | `toString()` todo there is no CompileUnit in scope so class name checking won't work but that mostly affects the bytecode generation rather than viewing the AST

Methods inherited from class Object
wait, wait, wait, equals, toString, hashCode, getClass, notify, notifyAll

Field Detail

### INVOKE_METHOD_METHOD

    protected static final String INVOKE_METHOD_METHOD

### METHOD_MISSING

    protected static final String METHOD_MISSING

### PROPERTY_MISSING

    protected static final String PROPERTY_MISSING

### STATIC_METHOD_MISSING

    protected static final String STATIC_METHOD_MISSING

### STATIC_PROPERTY_MISSING

    protected static final String STATIC_PROPERTY_MISSING

### getPropertyMethod

    protected MetaMethod getPropertyMethod

### invokeMethodMethod

    protected MetaMethod invokeMethodMethod

### isGroovyObject

    protected final boolean isGroovyObject

### isMap

    protected final boolean isMap

### metaMethodIndex

    protected final MetaMethodIndex metaMethodIndex

### registry

    protected MetaClassRegistry registry

### setPropertyMethod

    protected MetaMethod setPropertyMethod

### theCachedClass

    protected final CachedClass theCachedClass

### theClass

    protected final Class theClass

Constructor Detail

### MetaClassImpl

    public MetaClassImpl(Class theClass, MetaMethod[] add)

### MetaClassImpl

    public MetaClassImpl(Class theClass)

### MetaClassImpl

    public MetaClassImpl(MetaClassRegistry registry, Class theClass, MetaMethod[] add)

### MetaClassImpl

    public MetaClassImpl(MetaClassRegistry registry, Class theClass)

Method Detail

### addMetaBeanProperty

    public void addMetaBeanProperty(MetaBeanProperty mp)

  Adds a new MetaBeanProperty to this MetaClass
  Parameters:
    `mp` - The MetaBeanProperty

### addMetaMethod

    public void addMetaMethod(MetaMethod method)

  adds a MetaMethod to this class. WARNING: this method will not do the neccessary steps for multimethod logic and using this method doesn't mean, that a method added here is replacing another method from a parent class completely. These steps are usually done by initalize, which means if you need these steps, you have to add the method before running initialize the first time.
  Parameters:
    `method` - the MetaMethod
  See Also:
    initialize()

### addMetaMethodToIndex

    protected void addMetaMethodToIndex(MetaMethod method, def header)

### addNewInstanceMethod

    public void addNewInstanceMethod(Method method)

### addNewStaticMethod

    public void addNewStaticMethod(Method method)

### applyPropertyDescriptors

    protected void applyPropertyDescriptors(PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptors)

### checkIfGroovyObjectMethod

    protected final void checkIfGroovyObjectMethod(MetaMethod metaMethod)

  Checks if the metaMethod is a method from the GroovyObject interface such as setProperty, getProperty and invokeMethod
  Parameters:
    `metaMethod` - The metaMethod instance
  See Also:
    GroovyObject

### checkInitalised

    protected void checkInitalised()

  checks if the initialisation of the class id complete. This method should be called as a form of assert, it is no way to test if there is still initialisation work to be done. Such logic must be implemented in a different way.
  throws:
    IllegalStateException if the initialisation is incomplete yet

### chooseMethod

    protected Object chooseMethod(String methodName, Object methodOrList, Class[] arguments)

  Chooses the correct method to use from a list of methods which match by name.
  Parameters:
    `methodOrList` - the possible methods to choose from
    arguments

### clearInvocationCaches

    protected void clearInvocationCaches()

  remove all method call cache entries. This should be done if a method is added during runtime, but not by using a category.

### createConstructorSite

    public CallSite createConstructorSite(CallSite site, Object[] args)

### createPogoCallCurrentSite

    public CallSite createPogoCallCurrentSite(CallSite site, Class sender, Object[] args)

### createPogoCallSite

    public CallSite createPogoCallSite(CallSite site, Object[] args)

### createPojoCallSite

    public CallSite createPojoCallSite(CallSite site, Object receiver, Object[] args)

### createStaticSite

    public CallSite createStaticSite(CallSite site, Object[] args)

### dropMethodCache

    protected void dropMethodCache(String name)

### dropStaticMethodCache

    protected void dropStaticMethodCache(String name)

### findMethodInClassHierarchy

    protected static MetaMethod findMethodInClassHierarchy(Class instanceKlazz, String methodName, Class[] arguments, MetaClass metaClass)

### findMixinMethod

    protected MetaMethod findMixinMethod(String methodName, Class[] arguments)

### findOwnMethod

    protected static MetaMethod findOwnMethod(Class instanceKlazz, String methodName, Class[] arguments, MetaClass metaClass, MetaMethod method)

### findPropertyInClassHierarchy

    protected MetaBeanProperty findPropertyInClassHierarchy(String propertyName, CachedClass theClass)

### getAdditionalMetaMethods

    public MetaMethod[] getAdditionalMetaMethods()

### getAttribute

    public Object getAttribute(Class sender, Object receiver, String messageName, boolean useSuper)

### getAttribute

    public Object getAttribute(Class sender, Object object, String attribute, boolean useSuper, boolean fromInsideClass)

  Looks up the given attribute (field) on the given object

### getAttribute

    public Object getAttribute(Object object, String attribute)

### getClassInfo

    public ClassInfo getClassInfo()

### getClassNode

    public ClassNode getClassNode()

### getEffectiveGetMetaProperty

    public MetaProperty getEffectiveGetMetaProperty(Class sender, Object object, String name, boolean useSuper)

  todo these special cases should be special MetaClasses maybe

### getMetaMethod

    public MetaMethod getMetaMethod(String name, Object[] argTypes)

  See Also:
    MetaObjectProtocol.getMetaMethod

### getMetaMethods

    public List getMetaMethods()

### getMetaProperty

    public MetaProperty getMetaProperty(String name)

  See Also:
    MetaObjectProtocol.getMetaProperty

### getMethodWithCaching

    public MetaMethod getMethodWithCaching(Class sender, String methodName, Object[] arguments, boolean isCallToSuper)

### getMethodWithoutCaching

    public MetaMethod getMethodWithoutCaching(Class sender, String methodName, Class[] arguments, boolean isCallToSuper)

### getMethods

    public List getMethods()

### getProperties

    public List getProperties()

  Get all the properties defined for this type
  Returns:
    a list of MetaProperty objects

### getProperty

    public Object getProperty(Class sender, Object object, String name, boolean useSuper, boolean fromInsideClass)

  Returns:
    the given property's value on the object

### getProperty

    public Object getProperty(Object object, String property)

### getStaticMetaMethod

    public MetaMethod getStaticMetaMethod(String name, Object[] argTypes)

  See Also:
    MetaObjectProtocol.getStaticMetaMethod

### getSubclassMetaMethods

    protected Object getSubclassMetaMethods(String methodName)

### getSuperClasses

    protected LinkedList getSuperClasses()

### getTheCachedClass

    public final CachedClass getTheCachedClass()

### getTheClass

    public Class getTheClass()

### getVersion

    public int getVersion()

### hasProperty

    public MetaProperty hasProperty(Object obj, String name)

  See Also:
    MetaObjectProtocol.hasProperty

### incVersion

    public void incVersion()

### initialize

    public void initialize()

### invokeConstructor

    public Object invokeConstructor(Object[] arguments)

### invokeConstructorAt

    public Object invokeConstructorAt(Class at, Object[] arguments)

  Warning, this method will be removed
  deprecated:
    use invokeConstructor instead

### invokeMethod

    public Object invokeMethod(Object object, String methodName, Object arguments)

### invokeMethod

    public Object invokeMethod(Object object, String methodName, Object[] originalArguments)

  Invokes the given method on the object. TODO: should this be deprecated? If so, we have to propogate to many places.

### invokeMethod

    public Object invokeMethod(Class sender, Object object, String methodName, Object[] originalArguments, boolean isCallToSuper, boolean fromInsideClass)

  Invokes the given method on the object.

### invokeMissingMethod

    public Object invokeMissingMethod(Object instance, String methodName, Object[] arguments)

### invokeMissingProperty

    public Object invokeMissingProperty(Object instance, String propertyName, Object optionalValue, boolean isGetter)

### invokeStaticMethod

    public Object invokeStaticMethod(Object object, String methodName, Object[] arguments)

### invokeStaticMissingProperty

    protected Object invokeStaticMissingProperty(Object instance, String propertyName, Object optionalValue, boolean isGetter)

  Hook to deal with the case of MissingProperty for static properties. The method will look attempt to look up "propertyMissing" handlers and invoke them otherwise thrown a MissingPropertyException
  Parameters:
    `instance` - The instance
    `propertyName` - The name of the property
    `optionalValue` - The value in the case of a setter
    `isGetter` - True if its a getter
  Returns:
    The value in the case of a getter or a MissingPropertyException

### isGroovyObject

    public boolean isGroovyObject()

### isInitialized

    protected boolean isInitialized()

### isModified

    public boolean isModified()

### onGetPropertyFoundInHierarchy

    protected void onGetPropertyFoundInHierarchy(MetaMethod method)

### onInvokeMethodFoundInHierarchy

    protected void onInvokeMethodFoundInHierarchy(MetaMethod method)

### onMixinMethodFound

    protected void onMixinMethodFound(MetaMethod method)

### onSetPropertyFoundInHierarchy

    protected void onSetPropertyFoundInHierarchy(MetaMethod method)

### onSuperMethodFoundInHierarchy

    protected void onSuperMethodFoundInHierarchy(MetaMethod method)

### onSuperPropertyFoundInHierarchy

    protected void onSuperPropertyFoundInHierarchy(MetaBeanProperty property)

### pickMethod

    public MetaMethod pickMethod(String methodName, Class[] arguments)

### respondsTo

    public List respondsTo(Object obj, String name, Object[] argTypes)

  See Also:
    MetaObjectProtocol.respondsTo

### respondsTo

    public List respondsTo(Object obj, String name)

  See Also:
    MetaObjectProtocol.respondsTo

### retrieveConstructor

    public Constructor retrieveConstructor(Class[] arguments)

### retrieveMethod

    protected MetaMethod retrieveMethod(String methodName, Class[] arguments)

  deprecated:
    use pickMethod instead

### retrieveStaticMethod

    public MetaMethod retrieveStaticMethod(String methodName, Object[] arguments)

### selectConstructorAndTransformArguments

    public int selectConstructorAndTransformArguments(int numberOfConstructors, Object[] arguments)

### setAttribute

    public void setAttribute(Class sender, Object object, String attribute, Object newValue, boolean useSuper, boolean fromInsideClass)

  Sets the given attribute (field) on the given object

### setAttribute

    public void setAttribute(Object object, String attribute, Object newValue)

### setProperties

    public void setProperties(Object bean, Map map)

  Sets a number of bean properties from the given Map where the keys are the String names of properties and the values are the values of the properties to set

### setProperty

    public void setProperty(Class sender, Object object, String name, Object newValue, boolean useSuper, boolean fromInsideClass)

  Sets the property value on an object

### setProperty

    public void setProperty(Object object, String property, Object newValue)

### toString

    public String toString()

  todo there is no CompileUnit in scope so class name checking won't work but that mostly affects the bytecode generation rather than viewing the AST

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