groovy.lang

Class Reference

java.lang.Object

groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport

groovy.lang.Reference

All Implemented Interfaces:

GroovyObject

Direct Known Subclasses:

ScriptReference

public class Reference
extends GroovyObjectSupport

Represents a reference to a value

Version:

$Revision: 6778 $

Author:

James Strachan

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Reference()
Reference(java.lang.Object value)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	get()
java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.String property) Retrieves a property value.
java.lang.Object	invokeMethod(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object args) Invokes the given method.
void	set(java.lang.Object value)
void	setProperty(java.lang.String property, java.lang.Object newValue) Sets the given property to the new value.

Methods inherited from class groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport

getMetaClass, setMetaClass

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Reference

public Reference()

Reference

public Reference(java.lang.Object value)

Method Detail

getProperty

public java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String property)

Description copied from interface: GroovyObject

Retrieves a property value.

Specified by:

getProperty in interface GroovyObject

Overrides:

getProperty in class GroovyObjectSupport

Parameters:

property - the name of the property of interest

Returns:

the given property

setProperty

public void setProperty(java.lang.String property,
               java.lang.Object newValue)

Description copied from interface: GroovyObject

Sets the given property to the new value.

Specified by:

setProperty in interface GroovyObject

Overrides:

setProperty in class GroovyObjectSupport

Parameters:

property - the name of the property of interest

newValue - the new value for the property

invokeMethod

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

Description copied from interface: GroovyObject

Invokes the given method.

Specified by:

invokeMethod in interface GroovyObject

Overrides:

invokeMethod in class GroovyObjectSupport

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

get

public java.lang.Object get()

set

public void set(java.lang.Object value)