Package org.apache.cayenne.util

Class Invocation

java.lang.Object

org.apache.cayenne.util.Invocation

public class Invocation
extends Object

Invocation represents a dynamic method invocation bound to a specific target. The target is kept with a WeakReference and can therefore be reclaimed by the Garbage Collector.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Invocation(Object target, String methodName)	Constructor for an Invocation without arguments in the target's method.
Invocation(Object target, String methodName, Class parameterType)	Constructor for an Invocation with a single argument in the target's method.
Invocation(Object target, String methodName, Class[] parameterTypes)	Constructor for an Invocation with arbitrary arguments in the target's method.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
boolean	fire()	Invoke the target's method without any arguments.
boolean	fire(Object argument)	Invoke the target's method with a single argument.
boolean	fire(Object[] arguments)	Invoke the target's method with an arbitrary number of arguments.
Method	getMethod()
Class[]	getParameterTypes()
Object	getTarget()
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Invocation

public Invocation(Object target,
                  String methodName)
           throws NoSuchMethodException

Constructor for an Invocation without arguments in the target's method.

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException

See Also:

Invocation(Object, String, Class[])

Invocation

public Invocation(Object target,
                  String methodName,
                  Class parameterType)
           throws NoSuchMethodException

Constructor for an Invocation with a single argument in the target's method.

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException

See Also:

Invocation(Object, String, Class[])

Invocation

public Invocation(Object target,
                  String methodName,
                  Class[] parameterTypes)
           throws NoSuchMethodException

Constructor for an Invocation with arbitrary arguments in the target's method.

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - if methodName could not be found in the target

IllegalArgumentException - if target or methodName are null, or parameterTypes is empty or contains null elements

Method Detail

fire

public boolean fire()

Invoke the target's method without any arguments.

See Also:

fire(Object[])

fire

public boolean fire(Object argument)

Invoke the target's method with a single argument.

Parameters:

argument - an object passed to the target's method

See Also:

fire(Object[])

fire

public boolean fire(Object[] arguments)

Invoke the target's method with an arbitrary number of arguments. The number of arguments must be consistent with the arguments given at construction time of this Invocation.

Parameters:

arguments - an array of objects passed to the target's method

Returns:

true if invocation of the method succeeded, otherwise false.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the passed arguments are inconsistent with the arguments passed to this instance's constructor

See Also:

fire(Object[])

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

getMethod

public Method getMethod()

Returns:

the method to be invoked on the target

getTarget

public Object getTarget()

Returns:

the target object of this Invocation

getParameterTypes

public Class[] getParameterTypes()

Returns:

an array of Classes describing the target method's parameters