org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.metaclass

Interface StaticMethodInvocation

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractStaticMethodInvocation, ClosureInvokingDynamicMethod, CreateDynamicMethod

public interface StaticMethodInvocation

Static method invocation callback interface. Implementation classes can add static persistent functionality to Grails like finder methods.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	invoke(java.lang.Class clazz, java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.Object[] arguments) Invokes the actual method.
boolean	isMethodMatch(java.lang.String methodName) Checks if a method name matches the criteria of the implementation class.

Method Detail

isMethodMatch

boolean isMethodMatch(java.lang.String methodName)

Checks if a method name matches the criteria of the implementation class.

Parameters:

methodName - the static method name

Returns:

result of criteria match test

invoke

java.lang.Object invoke(java.lang.Class clazz,
                        java.lang.String methodName,
                        java.lang.Object[] arguments)

Invokes the actual method. The class, method name and arguments are provided. If no arguments are passed the argument array is empty.

Parameters:

clazz - the class the static method is called on

methodName - the static method name

arguments - the arguments supplied

Returns:

the return value of the static method invocation