Package jakarta.el

Class MethodReference

java.lang.Object

jakarta.el.MethodReference

public class MethodReference
extends Object

Provides information about the method to which a method expression resolves. Two MethodReference instances are considered equal if the reference the same method on the same base object.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MethodReference(Object base, MethodInfo methodInfo, Annotation[] annotations, Object[] evaluatedParameters)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Annotation[]	getAnnotations()	Obtain the annotations on the method to which the associated expression resolves.
Object	getBase()	Obtain the base object on which the method will be invoked.
Object[]	getEvaluatedParameters()	Obtain the evaluated parameter values that will be passed to the method to which the associated expression resolves.
MethodInfo	getMethodInfo()	Obtain the MethodInfo for the MethodExpression for which this MethodReference has been generated.
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MethodReference

public MethodReference(Object base,
 MethodInfo methodInfo,
 Annotation[] annotations,
 Object[] evaluatedParameters)

Method Details

getBase

public Object getBase()

Obtain the base object on which the method will be invoked.

Returns:

The base object on which the method will be invoked or null for literal method expressions.

getMethodInfo

public MethodInfo getMethodInfo()

Obtain the MethodInfo for the MethodExpression for which this MethodReference has been generated.

Returns:

The MethodInfo for the MethodExpression for which this MethodReference has been generated.

getAnnotations

public Annotation[] getAnnotations()

Obtain the annotations on the method to which the associated expression resolves.

Returns:

The annotations on the method to which the associated expression resolves. If the are no annotations, then an empty array is returned.

getEvaluatedParameters

public Object[] getEvaluatedParameters()

Obtain the evaluated parameter values that will be passed to the method to which the associated expression resolves.

Returns:

The evaluated parameters.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object