org.exolab.jmscts.core
Class MethodCache

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.exolab.jmscts.core.MethodCache

public class MethodCache

extends java.lang.Object

Helper for caching the methods of a class to avoid expensive Class.getDeclaredMethods() and Class.getMethod(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class[]) calls

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2004/01/31 13:44:24 $

Author:

Tim Anderson

Constructor Summary

MethodCache(java.lang.Class type)
Cache all public methods for the specified class type

Method Summary

java.lang.reflect.Method	getMethod(java.lang.String name) Get the named method.
java.lang.reflect.Method	getMethod(java.lang.String name, int args) Get the named method, with the specified number of arguments.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MethodCache

public MethodCache(java.lang.Class type)

Cache all public methods for the specified class type

Parameters:

type - the class type to cache methods for

Method Detail

getMethod

public java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod(java.lang.String name)
                                   throws java.lang.NoSuchMethodException

Get the named method. If more than one method exists with the same name, the first will be returned

Parameters:

name - the name of the method

Returns:

the first method matching name

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException - if the method doesn't exist

getMethod

public java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod(java.lang.String name,
                                          int args)
                                   throws java.lang.NoSuchMethodException

Get the named method, with the specified number of arguments. If more than one method exists the first will be returned

Parameters:

name - the name of the method

args - the number of arguments

Returns:

the first method matching name

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException - if the method doesn't exist