## org.codehaus.groovy.ast
Class ClassHelper

This class is a Helper for ClassNode and classes handling ClassNodes. It does contain a set of predefined ClassNodes for the most used types and some code for cached ClassNode creation and basic ClassNode handling

author:
  Jochen Theodorou

Field Summary
`ClassNode` | `BigDecimal_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `BigInteger_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `Boolean_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `Byte_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `CLASS_Type`
`ClassNode` | `CLOSURE_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `Character_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `DYNAMIC_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `Double_TYPE`
`def` | `EMPTY_TYPE_ARRAY`
`ClassNode` | `Enum_Type`
`ClassNode` | `Float_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `GENERATED_CLOSURE_Type`
`ClassNode` | `GSTRING_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `Integer_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `LIST_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `Long_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `MAP_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `METACLASS_TYPE`
`String` | `OBJECT`
`ClassNode` | `OBJECT_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `PATTERN_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `RANGE_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `REFERENCE_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `SCRIPT_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `STRING_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `Short_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `VOID_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `boolean_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `byte_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `char_TYPE`
`def` | `classes`
`ClassNode` | `double_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `float_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `int_TYPE`
`ClassNode` | `long_TYPE`
`def` | `numbers`
`def` | `primitiveClassNames`
`ClassNode` | `short_TYPE`
`def` | `types`
`ClassNode` | `void_WRAPPER_TYPE`

Constructor Summary
`ClassHelper()`

Method Summary
`static ClassNode` | `getWrapper(ClassNode cn)` Creates a ClassNode containing the wrapper of a ClassNode of primitive type.
`static boolean` | `isPrimitiveType(ClassNode cn)` Test to determine if a ClasNode is a primitve type.
`static boolean` | `isUnresolvedEnum(ClassNode node)`
`static def` | `make(def classes)` Creates an array of ClassNodes using an array of classes.
`static ClassNode` | `make(Class c)` Creates a ClassNode using a given class.
`static ClassNode` | `make(Class c, boolean includeGenerics)`
`static ClassNode` | `make(String name)` Creates a ClassNode using a given class.
`static ClassNode` | `makeReference()`
`static ClassNode` | `makeWithoutCaching(Class c)`
`static ClassNode` | `makeWithoutCaching(Class c, boolean includeGenerics)`
`static ClassNode` | `makeWithoutCaching(String name)` Creates a ClassNode using a given class.

Constructor Detail

### ClassHelper

    ClassHelper()

Method Detail

### getWrapper

    public static ClassNode getWrapper(ClassNode cn)

  Creates a ClassNode containing the wrapper of a ClassNode of primitive type. Any ClassNode representing a primitive type should be created using the predefined types used in class. The method will check the parameter for known references of ClassNode representing a primitive type. If Reference is found, then a ClassNode will be contained that represents the wrapper class. For exmaple for boolean, the wrapper class is java.lang.Boolean. If the parameter is no primitve type, the redirected ClassNode will be returned
  see:
    #make(Class)
  see:
    #make(String)
  param:
    cn the ClassNode containing a possible primitive type

### isPrimitiveType

    public static boolean isPrimitiveType(ClassNode cn)

  Test to determine if a ClasNode is a primitve type. Note: this only works for ClassNodes created using a predefined ClassNode
  see:
    #make(Class)
  see:
    #make(String)
  param:
    cn the ClassNode containing a possible primitive type
  return:
    true if the ClassNode is a primitve type

### isUnresolvedEnum

    public static boolean isUnresolvedEnum(ClassNode node)

### make

    public static def make(def classes)

  Creates an array of ClassNodes using an array of classes. For each of the given classes a new ClassNode will be created
  see:
    #make(Class)
  param:
    classes an array of classes used to create the ClassNodes
  return:
    an array of ClassNodes

### make

    public static ClassNode make(Class c)

  Creates a ClassNode using a given class. A new ClassNode object is only created if the class is not one of the predefined ones
  param:
    c class used to created the ClassNode
  return:
    ClassNode instance created from the given class

### make

    public static ClassNode make(Class c, boolean includeGenerics)

### make

    public static ClassNode make(String name)

  Creates a ClassNode using a given class. If the name is one of the predefined ClassNodes then the corresponding ClassNode instance will be returned. If the is null of of length 0 the dynamic type is returned
  param:
    name of the class the ClassNode is representing

### makeReference

    public static ClassNode makeReference()

### makeWithoutCaching

    public static ClassNode makeWithoutCaching(Class c)

### makeWithoutCaching

    public static ClassNode makeWithoutCaching(Class c, boolean includeGenerics)

### makeWithoutCaching

    public static ClassNode makeWithoutCaching(String name)

  Creates a ClassNode using a given class. Unlike make(String) this method will not use the cache to create the ClassNode. This means the ClassNode created from this method using the same name will have a different references
  see:
    #make(String)
  param:
    name of the class the ClassNode is representing