Class MetaMethod

src/main/java/groovy/lang/MetaMethod.java:33–328

Represents a Method on a Java object a little like java.lang.reflect.Method except without using reflection to invoke the method

 * except without using reflection to invoke the method
 */
public abstract class MetaMethod extends ParameterTypes implements MetaMember, Cloneable {

    /**
     * Shared empty array of meta methods.
     */
    public static final MetaMethod[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new MetaMethod[0];
    private String signature;
    private String mopName;

    /**
     * Constructor for a metamethod with an empty parameter list.
     */
    public MetaMethod() {
    }

    /**
     * Constructor with a list of parameter classes.
     *
     * @param pt A list of parameters types
     */
    public MetaMethod(Class [] pt) {
        super (pt);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the modifiers of this method.
     *
     * @return modifiers as an int.
     */
    public abstract int getModifiers();

    /**
     * Returns the name of this method.
     *
     * @return name of this method
     */
    public abstract String getName();

    /**
     * Returns the return type for this method.
     *
     *@return the return type of this method
     */
    public abstract Class getReturnType();

    /**
     * Gets the class where this method is declared.
     *
     * @return class of this method
     */
    public abstract CachedClass getDeclaringClass();

    /**
     * Checks that the given parameters are valid to call this method.
     *
     * @param arguments the arguments to check
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the parameters are not valid
     * @deprecated