manifold.ext.rt.api

Interface ICallHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

MapStructExt

public interface ICallHandler

Facilitates dynamic interface method invocation.

A class can directly or indirectly, via interface extension, implement this interface to support dynamic interface method invocation. Any class implementing this interface can be cast to any interface. Manifold cooperates with the Java compiler to transform calls through an interface to ICallHandler.call().

Note unlike a proxy or wrapper a class implementing ICallHandler doesn't wrap anything, therefore it doesn't lose its identity in the process of making calls.

See Also:

"MapStructExt"

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Object	UNHANDLED A value resulting from #call() indicating the call could not be dispatched.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	call(Class<?> iface, String name, String actualName, Class<?> returnType, Class<?>[] paramTypes, Object[] args) Dispatch a call to an interface method.

Field Detail

UNHANDLED

static final Object UNHANDLED

A value resulting from #call() indicating the call could not be dispatched.

Method Detail

call

Object call(Class<?> iface,
            String name,
            String actualName,
            Class<?> returnType,
            Class<?>[] paramTypes,
            Object[] args)

Dispatch a call to an interface method.

Parameters:

iface - The extended interface and owner of the method

name - The name of the method

actualName - The actual name of the property associated with the method e.g., a Json name that is not a legal Java identifier, can be null

returnType - The return type of the method

paramTypes - The parameter types of the method

args - The arguments from the call site

Returns:

The result of the method call or UNHANDLED if the method is not dispatched. Null if the method's return type is void.