edu.mit.ai.psg.jeva
Interface IClass

All Known Implementing Classes:

InterpretedClass, WrappedClass

public abstract interface IClass

extends IMember

IClass mirrors java.lang.Class, enabling Jeva to treat compiled classes and interpreted classes interchangeably.

Author:

CarlManning, caroma@ai.mit.edu
Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

See Also:

Class

Method Summary

IClass[]	getClasses()
ClassLoader	getClassLoader()
IClass	getComponentType()
IConstructor	getConstructor(IClass[] parameterTypes)
IConstructor[]	getConstructors()
IClass[]	getDeclaredClasses()
IConstructor	getDeclaredConstructor(IClass[] parameterTypes)
IConstructor[]	getDeclaredConstructors()
IField	getDeclaredField(String name)
IField[]	getDeclaredFields()
IMethod	getDeclaredMethod(String name, IClass[] parameterTypes)
IMethod[]	getDeclaredMethods()
IField	getField(String name)
IField[]	getFields()
IClass[]	getInterfaces()
IMethod	getMethod(String name, IClass[] parameterTypes)
IMethod[]	getMethods()
String	getName()
URL	getResource(String name)
InputStream	getResourceAsStream(String name)
Object[]	getSigners()
IClass	getSuperclass()
boolean	isArray()
boolean	isAssignableFrom(IClass cls)
boolean	isInstance(Object obj)
boolean	isInterface()
boolean	isPrimitive()
Object	newInstance()

Methods inherited from interface edu.mit.ai.psg.jeva.IMember

getDeclaringClass, getModifiers

Method Detail

newInstance

public Object newInstance()
                   throws InstantiationException,
                          IllegalAccessException

isInstance

public boolean isInstance(Object obj)

isAssignableFrom

public boolean isAssignableFrom(IClass cls)

isInterface

public boolean isInterface()

isArray

public boolean isArray()

isPrimitive

public boolean isPrimitive()

getName

public String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface IMember

getClassLoader

public ClassLoader getClassLoader()

getSuperclass

public IClass getSuperclass()

getInterfaces

public IClass[] getInterfaces()

getComponentType

public IClass getComponentType()

getSigners

public Object[] getSigners()

getClasses

public IClass[] getClasses()

getFields

public IField[] getFields()
                   throws SecurityException

getMethods

public IMethod[] getMethods()
                     throws SecurityException

getConstructors

public IConstructor[] getConstructors()
                               throws SecurityException

getField

public IField getField(String name)
                throws NoSuchFieldException,
                       SecurityException

getMethod

public IMethod getMethod(String name,
                         IClass[] parameterTypes)
                  throws NoSuchMethodException,
                         SecurityException

getConstructor

public IConstructor getConstructor(IClass[] parameterTypes)
                            throws NoSuchMethodException,
                                   SecurityException

getDeclaredClasses

public IClass[] getDeclaredClasses()
                            throws SecurityException

getDeclaredFields

public IField[] getDeclaredFields()
                           throws SecurityException

getDeclaredMethods

public IMethod[] getDeclaredMethods()
                             throws SecurityException

getDeclaredConstructors

public IConstructor[] getDeclaredConstructors()
                                       throws SecurityException

getDeclaredField

public IField getDeclaredField(String name)
                        throws NoSuchFieldException,
                               SecurityException

getDeclaredMethod

public IMethod getDeclaredMethod(String name,
                                 IClass[] parameterTypes)
                          throws NoSuchMethodException,
                                 SecurityException

getDeclaredConstructor

public IConstructor getDeclaredConstructor(IClass[] parameterTypes)
                                    throws NoSuchMethodException,
                                           SecurityException

getResourceAsStream

public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name)

getResource

public URL getResource(String name)