Package groovy.lang

Interface GroovyObject

All Known Subinterfaces:
GroovyInterceptable
All Known Implementing Classes:
Binding, BooleanWrapper, BuilderSupport, ByteWrapper, CharWrapper, Closure, ComposedClosure, ConfigObject, CurriedClosure, DelegatingMetaClass, DelegatingScript, DoubleWrapper, Expando, ExpandoMetaClass, ExpandoMetaClass.ExpandoMetaConstructor, ExpandoMetaClass.ExpandoMetaProperty, FactoryBuilderSupport, FloatWrapper, GroovyObjectSupport, GroovyObjectWrapper, GroovyShell, GroovyTypeCheckingExtensionSupport.TypeCheckingDSL, GString, GStringImpl, HandleMetaClass, IntWrapper, IteratorClosureAdapter, LongWrapper, MessageSource, MethodClosure, MixedInMetaClass, NodeBuilder, NonEmptySequence, NullObject, ObjectGraphBuilder, OwnedMetaClass, PojoWrapper, Proxy, Reference, Script, ScriptReference, Sequence, ShortWrapper, Wrapper

public interface GroovyObject
The interface implemented by all Groovy objects.

Especially handy for using Groovy objects when in the Java world.

  • Method Details

    • invokeMethod

      default Object invokeMethod​(String name, 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
    • getProperty

      default Object getProperty​(String propertyName)
      Retrieves a property value.
      Parameters:
      propertyName - the name of the property of interest
      Returns:
      the given property
    • setProperty

      default void setProperty​(String propertyName, 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
    • getMetaClass

      MetaClass getMetaClass()
      Returns the metaclass for a given class.
      Returns:
      the metaClass of this instance
    • setMetaClass

      void setMetaClass​(MetaClass metaClass)
      Allows the MetaClass to be replaced with a derived implementation.
      Parameters:
      metaClass - the new metaclass