groovy.lang

Interface MetaClassRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:

MetaClassRegistryImpl

public interface MetaClassRegistry

A MetaClassRegistry is an object that is responsible for managing the a cache of MetaClass instances. Each java.lang.Class instance has an associated MetaClass and client code can query this interface for the MetaClass for a given associated java.lang.Class

Author:

John Wilson, Graeme Rocher

See Also:

MetaClass

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	MetaClassRegistry.MetaClassCreationHandle Class used as base for the creation of MetaClass implementations.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MetaClass	getMetaClass(java.lang.Class theClass)
MetaClassRegistry.MetaClassCreationHandle	getMetaClassCreationHandler() Retrieves the MetaClassCreationHandle that is responsible for constructing MetaClass instances
void	removeMetaClass(java.lang.Class theClass) Removes a cached MetaClass from the registry
void	setMetaClass(java.lang.Class theClass, MetaClass theMetaClass)
void	setMetaClassCreationHandle(MetaClassRegistry.MetaClassCreationHandle handle) Sets the MetaClassCreationHandle instance that is responsible for constructing instances

Method Detail

getMetaClass

MetaClass getMetaClass(java.lang.Class theClass)

setMetaClass

void setMetaClass(java.lang.Class theClass,
                MetaClass theMetaClass)

removeMetaClass

void removeMetaClass(java.lang.Class theClass)

Removes a cached MetaClass from the registry

Parameters:

theClass - The Java class of the MetaClass to remove

getMetaClassCreationHandler

MetaClassRegistry.MetaClassCreationHandle getMetaClassCreationHandler()

Retrieves the MetaClassCreationHandle that is responsible for constructing MetaClass instances

Returns:

The MetaClassCreationHandle instance

setMetaClassCreationHandle

void setMetaClassCreationHandle(MetaClassRegistry.MetaClassCreationHandle handle)

Sets the MetaClassCreationHandle instance that is responsible for constructing instances

Parameters:

handle - The hande instance