org.apache.velocity.util.introspection
Class IntrospectorBase

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

Introspector

public class IntrospectorBase
extends Object

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: IntrospectorBase.java 191743 2005-06-21 23:22:20Z dlr $

Author:

Jason van Zyl, Bob McWhirter, Attila Szegedi, Paulo Gaspar

Field Summary

protected Set	cachedClassNames Holds the qualified class names for the classes we hold in the classMethodMaps hash
protected Map	classMethodMaps Holds the method maps for the classes we know about, keyed by Class object.

Constructor Summary

IntrospectorBase()

Method Summary

protected void	clearCache() Clears the classmap and classname caches
protected ClassMap	createClassMap(Class c) Creates a class map for specific class and registers it in the cache.
Method	getMethod(Class c, String name, Object[] params) Gets the method defined by name and params for the Class c.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

classMethodMaps

protected Map classMethodMaps

Holds the method maps for the classes we know about, keyed by Class object.

cachedClassNames

protected Set cachedClassNames

Holds the qualified class names for the classes we hold in the classMethodMaps hash

Constructor Detail

IntrospectorBase

public IntrospectorBase()

Method Detail

getMethod

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

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

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:

Exception

createClassMap

protected ClassMap createClassMap(Class c)

Creates a class map for specific class and registers it in the cache. Also adds the qualified name to the name->class map for later Classloader change detection.

clearCache

protected void clearCache()

Clears the classmap and classname caches