Field Detail

• public static final Object[] EMPTY_ARGS

• protected static final Object[] EMPTY_ARGUMENTS

• protected static final Class[] EMPTY_TYPES

• public static final MetaClassRegistry metaRegistry

Method Detail

• public static void append(Appendable out, Object object)

  Appends an object to an Appendable using Groovy's default representation for the object.

• public static Object[] asArray(Object arguments)

• @SuppressWarningsfinal NullObject nullObject = NullObject.getNullObject(); public static Iterator asIterator(Object o)

• public static List asList(Object value)

• public static Object[] asUnwrappedArray(Object arguments)

• public static void assertFailed(Object expression, Object message)

• public static Object bitwiseNegate(Object value)

• public static List createList(Object[] values)

• public static Map createMap(Object[] values)

• public static List createRange(Object from, Object to, boolean inclusive)

• public static Script createScript(Class scriptClass, Binding context)

• public static Tuple createTuple(Object[] array)

• public static Matcher findRegex(Object left, Object right)

  Find the right hand regex within the left hand string and return a matcher.

  Parameters:

  left - string to compare

  right - regular expression to compare the string to

• protected static String format(Object arguments, boolean verbose)

• public static String format(Object arguments, boolean verbose, int maxSize)

• public static Object getAttribute(Object object, String attribute)

• public static Object getGroovyObjectProperty(GroovyObject object, String property)

• public static MetaClass getMetaClass(Object object)

• public static MetaClass getMetaClass(Class cls)

• public static MetaClassRegistry getMetaRegistry()

  Invokes the given method on the object.

• public static Closure getMethodPointer(Object object, String methodName)

  Returns the method pointer for the given object name

• public static Object getProperty(Object object, String property)

• public static Object getPropertySafe(Object object, String property)

• public static String inspect(Object self)

• public static Object invokeClosure(Object closure, Object arguments)

• public static Object invokeConstructorOf(String klass, Object arguments)

• public static Object invokeConstructorOf(Class type, Object arguments)

• public static Object invokeMethod(Object object, String methodName, Object arguments)

• public static Object invokeMethodSafe(Object object, String methodName, Object arguments)

• public static Object invokeNoArgumentsConstructorOf(Class type)

• public static Object invokeStaticMethod(String klass, String methodName, Object arguments)

• public static Object invokeStaticMethod(Class type, String method, Object arguments)

• public static Object invokeStaticNoArgumentsMethod(Class type, String methodName)

• public static Object invokeSuperMethod(Object object, String methodName, Object arguments)

  Converts the given object into an array; if its an array then just cast otherwise wrap it in an array

• public static boolean matchRegex(Object left, Object right)

  Find the right hand regex within the left hand string and return a matcher.

  Parameters:

  left - string to compare

  right - regular expression to compare the string to

• public static void removeClass(Class clazz)

• public static Object runScript(Class scriptClass, String[] args)

• public static void setAttribute(Object object, String attribute, Object newValue)

• public static void setGroovyObjectProperty(Object newValue, GroovyObject object, String property)

  This is so we don't have to reorder the stack when we call this method. At some point a better name might be in order.

• public static void setProperties(Object object, Map map)

  Sets the properties on the given object

• public static void setProperty(Object object, String property, Object newValue)

• public static void setProperty2(Object newValue, Object object, String property)

  This is so we don't have to reorder the stack when we call this method. At some point a better name might be in order.

• public static void setPropertySafe2(Object newValue, Object object, String property)

  This is so we don't have to reorder the stack when we call this method. At some point a better name might be in order.

• public static SpreadMap spreadMap(Object value)

• public static String toArrayString(Object[] arguments)

• public static String toArrayString(Object[] arguments, int maxSize, boolean safe)

• public static String toListString(Collection arg)

• public static String toListString(Collection arg, int maxSize)

• public static String toListString(Collection arg, int maxSize, boolean safe)

• public static String toMapString(Map arg)

  A helper method to return the string representation of a map with bracket boundaries "[" and "]".

  Parameters:

  arg - the map to process

  maxSize - stop after approximately this many characters and append '...'

  Returns:

  the string representation of the map

• public static String toMapString(Map arg, int maxSize)

• public static String toString(Object arguments)

• public static String toTypeString(Object[] arguments)

  A helper method to format the arguments types as a comma-separated list.

  Parameters:

  arguments - the type to process

  Returns:

  the string representation of the type

• public static Object unaryMinus(Object value)

• public static Object unaryPlus(Object value)

• public static void write(Writer out, Object object)

  Writes an object to a Writer using Groovy's default representation for the object.