Package groovy.lang
Interface GroovyObject
- All Known Subinterfaces:
- GroovyInterceptable,- GroovyResultSet
- All Known Implementing Classes:
- AntBuilder,- AntBuilder,- Attribute,- Attribute,- Attributes,- Attributes,- BaseMarkupBuilder,- BatchingPreparedStatementWrapper,- BatchingStatementWrapper,- Binding,- BindingProxy,- BindingProxy,- BooleanWrapper,- Builder,- Builder.Built,- BuilderSupport,- ByteWrapper,- CharWrapper,- Closure,- ComposedClosure,- ConfigObject,- CurriedClosure,- DelegatingMetaClass,- DelegatingScript,- DOMBuilder,- DoubleWrapper,- Expando,- ExpandoMetaClass,- ExpandoMetaClass.ExpandoMetaConstructor,- ExpandoMetaClass.ExpandoMetaProperty,- FactoryBuilderSupport,- FilteredAttributes,- FilteredAttributes,- FilteredNodeChildren,- FilteredNodeChildren,- FloatWrapper,- GPathResult,- GPathResult,- GroovyMBean,- GroovyMBean,- GroovyObjectSupport,- GroovyObjectWrapper,- GroovyResultSetExtension,- GroovyRowResult,- GroovyShell,- GroovyTypeCheckingExtensionSupport.TypeCheckingDSL,- GString,- GStringImpl,- HandleMetaClass,- IntWrapper,- IteratorClosureAdapter,- JsonBuilder,- JsonDelegate,- LongWrapper,- MarkupBuilder,- MessageSource,- MethodClosure,- MixedInMetaClass,- NamespaceBuilderSupport,- NoChildren,- NoChildren,- NodeBuilder,- NodeChild,- NodeChild,- NodeChildren,- NodeChildren,- NodeParents,- NodeParents,- NonEmptySequence,- NullObject,- ObjectGraphBuilder,- OwnedMetaClass,- PojoWrapper,- Proxy,- Reference,- ResultSetMetaDataWrapper,- SAXBuilder,- Script,- ScriptReference,- Sequence,- ServletBinding,- ShortWrapper,- StreamingJsonBuilder,- StreamingJsonBuilder.StreamingJsonDelegate,- Wrapper,- YamlBuilder
public interface GroovyObject
The interface implemented by all Groovy objects.
 
Especially handy for using Groovy objects when in the Java world.
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Method SummaryModifier and Type Method Description MetaClassgetMetaClass()Returns the metaclass for a given class.default java.lang.ObjectgetProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)Retrieves a property value.default java.lang.ObjectinvokeMethod(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object args)Invokes the given method.voidsetMetaClass(MetaClass metaClass)Allows the MetaClass to be replaced with a derived implementation.default voidsetProperty(java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.Object newValue)Sets the given property to the new value.
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Method Details- 
invokeMethoddefault java.lang.Object invokeMethod(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object args)Invokes the given method.- Parameters:
- name- the name of the method to call
- args- the arguments to use for the method call
- Returns:
- the result of invoking the method
 
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getPropertydefault java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)Retrieves a property value.- Parameters:
- propertyName- the name of the property of interest
- Returns:
- the given property
 
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setPropertydefault void setProperty(java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.Object newValue)Sets the given property to the new value.- Parameters:
- propertyName- the name of the property of interest
- newValue- the new value for the property
 
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getMetaClassMetaClass getMetaClass()Returns the metaclass for a given class.- Returns:
- the metaClass of this instance
 
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setMetaClassAllows the MetaClass to be replaced with a derived implementation.- Parameters:
- metaClass- the new metaclass
 
 
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