Package groovy.lang

Interface GroovyObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

GroovyInterceptable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Binding, BooleanWrapper, BuilderSupport, ByteWrapper, CharWrapper, Closure, ComposedClosure, ConfigObject, CurriedClosure, DelegatingMetaClass, DelegatingScript, DoubleWrapper, Expando, ExpandoMetaClass, ExpandoMetaClass.ExpandoMetaConstructor, ExpandoMetaClass.ExpandoMetaProperty, FactoryBuilderSupport, FloatWrapper, GroovyObjectSupport, GroovyObjectWrapper, GroovyShell, GroovyTypeCheckingExtensionSupport.TypeCheckingDSL, GString, GStringImpl, HandleMetaClass, IntWrapper, IteratorClosureAdapter, LongWrapper, MessageSource, MethodClosure, MixedInMetaClass, NodeBuilder, NonEmptySequence, NullObject, ObjectGraphBuilder, OwnedMetaClass, PojoWrapper, Proxy, Reference, Script, ScriptReference, Sequence, ShortWrapper, Wrapper

public interface GroovyObject

The interface implemented by all Groovy objects.

Especially handy for using Groovy objects when in the Java world.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
MetaClass	getMetaClass()	Returns the metaclass for a given class.
default java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)	Retrieves a property value.
default java.lang.Object	invokeMethod(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object args)	Invokes the given method.
void	setMetaClass(MetaClass metaClass)	Allows the MetaClass to be replaced with a derived implementation.
default void	setProperty(java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.Object newValue)	Sets the given property to the new value.

Method Details

invokeMethod

default java.lang.Object invokeMethod(java.lang.String name,
java.lang.Object args)

Invokes the given method.

Parameters:

name - the name of the method to call

args - the arguments to use for the method call

Returns:

the result of invoking the method

getProperty

default java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)

Retrieves a property value.

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property of interest

Returns:

the given property

setProperty

default void setProperty(java.lang.String propertyName,
java.lang.Object newValue)

Sets the given property to the new value.

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property of interest

newValue - the new value for the property

getMetaClass

MetaClass getMetaClass()

Returns the metaclass for a given class.

Returns:

the metaClass of this instance

setMetaClass

void setMetaClass(MetaClass metaClass)

Allows the MetaClass to be replaced with a derived implementation.

Parameters:

metaClass - the new metaclass