pl.edu.agh.cast.util.reflect
Class PolymorphicMethod

java.lang.Object
  pl.edu.agh.cast.util.reflect.PolymorphicMethod

public final class PolymorphicMethod
extends Object

A wrapper for Method class. It is intended to supply means of comparing methods which may be polymorphic.

Author:

AGH CAST Team

Constructor Summary

PolymorphicMethod(Method method)
Creates new Method wrapper.

Method Summary

static boolean	areMethodsEqual(Method m1, Method m2) Checks if given two Methods have the same signature (name and list of parameters).
boolean	equals(Object obj) This method is to verify if this method may be a polymorphic (specialized) version of given Method or PolymorphicMethod.
Method	getMethod()
int	hashCode()
static boolean	isOverridingMethod(Method original, Method overriding) Checks if a method could be a polymorphic version of another method.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PolymorphicMethod

public PolymorphicMethod(Method method)

Creates new Method wrapper.

Parameters:

method - method to wrap

Method Detail

getMethod

public Method getMethod()

areMethodsEqual

public static boolean areMethodsEqual(Method m1,
                                      Method m2)

Checks if given two Methods have the same signature (name and list of parameters).

Parameters:

m1 - the first method

m2 - the second method

Returns:

true if m1 and m2 are both null or have the same signature

isOverridingMethod

public static boolean isOverridingMethod(Method original,
                                         Method overriding)

Checks if a method could be a polymorphic version of another method. That means that the methods have the same signature and the overriding candidate has a covariant return type.

Parameters:

original - the method that may be overridden

overriding - the method that may be overriding the original method

Returns:

true if the overriding method may override the original one

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

This method is to verify if this method may be a polymorphic (specialized) version of given Method or PolymorphicMethod.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - object to compare

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()