hu.elte.eserial.util

Class MethodUtils

java.lang.Object

hu.elte.eserial.util.MethodUtils

public final class MethodUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Contains helper methods for the built-in Method class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.reflect.Method	getMethod(java.lang.Class clazz, java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.Class... paramTypes)
static boolean	isGetter(java.lang.reflect.Method method) Determines if the method is a getter.
static java.lang.Boolean	isIgnored(java.lang.reflect.Method method) For practical reasons (e.g preventing stack overflow while serializing recursively) we have to ignore some of the built-in getters.
static boolean	isSetter(java.lang.reflect.Method method) Determines if the method is a setter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

isGetter

public static boolean isGetter(java.lang.reflect.Method method)

Determines if the method is a getter. A method is a getter if and only if:

• it does not have any parameters
• its name starts with "get" and is followed by a capital letter and returns non-void or its name starts with "is" and is followed by a capital letter and returns a boolean

Parameters:

method - an arbitrary method

Returns:

true if method is a getter

isSetter

public static boolean isSetter(java.lang.reflect.Method method)

Determines if the method is a setter. A method is a setter if and only if:

• it has one parameter only
• its name starts with "set"
• its return type is void

Parameters:

method - an arbitrary method

Returns:

true if method is a setter

isIgnored

public static java.lang.Boolean isIgnored(java.lang.reflect.Method method)

For practical reasons (e.g preventing stack overflow while serializing recursively) we have to ignore some of the built-in getters.

Parameters:

method - an arbitrary method

Returns:

true if the given method is ignored

getMethod

public static java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod(java.lang.Class clazz,
                                                 java.lang.String methodName,
                                                 java.lang.Class... paramTypes)

Parameters:

clazz - the class to find the method in

methodName - the name of the method

paramTypes - the types of the parameters of the method

Returns:

a method from the class clazz with the name methodName or null if no such method exists