org.codehaus.groovy.runtime
Class GroovyCategorySupport

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport

public class GroovyCategorySupport
extends java.lang.Object

Author:

sam, Paul King

Constructor Summary

GroovyCategorySupport()

Method Summary

static java.util.List	getCategoryMethods(java.lang.Class categorizedClass) This method is used to pull all the new methods out of the local thread context.
static java.util.List	getCategoryMethods(java.lang.Class categorizedClass, java.lang.String name) This method is used to pull all the new methods out of the local thread context with a particular name.
static java.lang.Object	getClosestMatchingCategoryMethod(java.lang.Class sender, MetaMethod orig, MetaMethod element)
static boolean	hasCategoryInAnyThread()
static java.lang.Object	use(java.lang.Class categoryClass, Closure closure) Create a scope based on given categoryClass and invoke closure within that scope.
static java.lang.Object	use(java.util.List categoryClasses, Closure closure) Create a scope based on given categoryClasses and invoke closure within that scope.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GroovyCategorySupport

public GroovyCategorySupport()

Method Detail

getCategoryMethods

public static java.util.List getCategoryMethods(java.lang.Class categorizedClass,
                                                java.lang.String name)

This method is used to pull all the new methods out of the local thread context with a particular name.

Parameters:

categorizedClass - a class subject to the category methods in the thread context

name - the method name of interest

Returns:

the list of methods

getCategoryMethods

public static java.util.List getCategoryMethods(java.lang.Class categorizedClass)

This method is used to pull all the new methods out of the local thread context.

Parameters:

categorizedClass - a class subject to the category methods in the thread context

Returns:

the list of methods

getClosestMatchingCategoryMethod

public static java.lang.Object getClosestMatchingCategoryMethod(java.lang.Class sender,
                                                                MetaMethod orig,
                                                                MetaMethod element)

use

public static java.lang.Object use(java.lang.Class categoryClass,
                                   Closure closure)

Create a scope based on given categoryClass and invoke closure within that scope.

Parameters:

categoryClass - the class containing category methods

closure - the closure during which to make the category class methods available

Returns:

the value returned from the closure

use

public static java.lang.Object use(java.util.List categoryClasses,
                                   Closure closure)

Create a scope based on given categoryClasses and invoke closure within that scope.

Parameters:

categoryClasses - the list of classes containing category methods

closure - the closure during which to make the category class methods available

Returns:

the value returned from the closure

hasCategoryInAnyThread

public static boolean hasCategoryInAnyThread()