Package groovy.lang
Interface GroovyObject
- All Known Subinterfaces:
GroovyInterceptable,GroovyResultSet
- All Known Implementing Classes:
AntBuilder,Attribute,Attributes,BaseMarkupBuilder,BatchingPreparedStatementWrapper,BatchingStatementWrapper,Binding,BindingProxy,BooleanWrapper,Builder,Builder.Built,BuilderSupport,ByteWrapper,CharWrapper,Closure,ComposedClosure,ConfigObject,CurriedClosure,DelegatingMetaClass,DelegatingScript,DOMBuilder,DoubleWrapper,Expando,ExpandoMetaClass,ExpandoMetaClass.ExpandoMetaConstructor,ExpandoMetaClass.ExpandoMetaProperty,FactoryBuilderSupport,FilteredAttributes,FilteredNodeChildren,FloatWrapper,GPathResult,GroovyMBean,GroovyObjectSupport,GroovyObjectWrapper,GroovyResultSetExtension,GroovyRowResult,GroovyShell,GroovyTypeCheckingExtensionSupport.TypeCheckingDSL,GString,GStringImpl,HandleMetaClass,IntWrapper,IteratorClosureAdapter,JsonBuilder,JsonDelegate,LongWrapper,MarkupBuilder,MessageSource,MethodClosure,MixedInMetaClass,NamespaceBuilderSupport,NoChildren,NodeBuilder,NodeChild,NodeChildren,NodeParents,NonEmptySequence,NullObject,ObjectGraphBuilder,OwnedMetaClass,PojoWrapper,Proxy,Reference,ResultSetMetaDataWrapper,SAXBuilder,Script,ScriptReference,Sequence,ServletBinding,ShortWrapper,StreamingJsonBuilder,StreamingJsonBuilder.StreamingJsonDelegate,TomlBuilder,Wrapper,YamlBuilder
public interface GroovyObject
The interface implemented by all Groovy objects.
Especially handy for using Groovy objects when in the Java world.
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionReturns the metaclass for a given class.default ObjectgetProperty(String propertyName) Retrieves a property value.default ObjectinvokeMethod(String name, Object args) Invokes the given method.voidsetMetaClass(MetaClass metaClass) Allows the MetaClass to be replaced with a derived implementation.default voidsetProperty(String propertyName, Object newValue) Sets the given property to the new value.
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Method Details
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invokeMethod
Invokes the given method.- Parameters:
name- the name of the method to callargs- the arguments to use for the method call- Returns:
- the result of invoking the method
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getProperty
Retrieves a property value.- Parameters:
propertyName- the name of the property of interest- Returns:
- the given property
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setProperty
Sets the given property to the new value.- Parameters:
propertyName- the name of the property of interestnewValue- the new value for the property
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getMetaClass
MetaClass getMetaClass()Returns the metaclass for a given class.- Returns:
- the metaClass of this instance
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setMetaClass
Allows the MetaClass to be replaced with a derived implementation.- Parameters:
metaClass- the new metaclass
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