Method Detail

• public boolean checkAccessible(Class<?> callerClass, Class<?> declaringClass, int memberModifiers, boolean allowIllegalAccess)

  check whether the member can be accessed or not

  Parameters:

  callerClass - callerClass the callerClass to invoke setAccessible

  declaringClass - the type of member owner

  memberModifiers - modifiers of member

  allowIllegalAccess - whether to allow illegal access

  Returns:

  the result of checking

• public boolean checkCanSetAccessible(AccessibleObject accessibleObject, Class<?> callerClass)

  Check whether invoking AccessibleObject.setAccessible on the accessible object will be completed successfully

  Parameters:

  accessibleObject - the accessible object to check

  callerClass - the callerClass to invoke setAccessible

  Returns:

  the check result

• public void configureAnnotation(AnnotationNode node)

  Copies runtime annotation metadata into the supplied annotation node.

  Parameters:

  node - the annotation node to configure

• public void configureAnnotationNodeFromDefinition(AnnotationNode definition, AnnotationNode node)

  Copies values from an annotation definition onto another annotation node.

  Parameters:

  definition - the source annotation definition

  node - the annotation node to update

• public void configureClassNode(CompileUnit unit, ClassNode node)

  Configures the supplied class node from its runtime type information.

  Parameters:

  unit - the compile unit that owns the class node

  node - the class node to configure

• public Map<String, Set<String>> getDefaultImportClasses(String[] packageNames)

  Returns the default import classes: class name -> the relevant package names

  Parameters:

  packageNames - the default import package names, e.g. java.lang.

  Returns:

  the default import classes

  Since:

  3.0.2

• public Object getInvokeSpecialHandle(Method m, Object receiver)

  Returns a handle with bound receiver to invokeSpecial the given method. This method will require at least Java 7, but since the source has to compile on older Java versions as well it is not marked to return a MethodHandle and uses Object instead

  Returns:

  null in case of jdk<7, otherwise a handle that takes the method call arguments for the invokespecial call

• @Deprecated
  public static String getJavaVersion()

  Returns java version, e.g. 1.8, 9, 11, 17

  deprecated:

  Returns:

  java version

  Since:

  4.0.0

• public Class[] getPluginDefaultGroovyMethods()

  Returns plugin-specific default Groovy methods.

  Returns:

  the default Groovy method classes contributed by this plugin

• public Class[] getPluginStaticGroovyMethods()

  Returns plugin-specific static Groovy methods.

  Returns:

  the static Groovy method classes contributed by this plugin

• @Incubating
  public List<String> getRecordComponentNames(Class<?> maybeRecord)

  Returns the list of record component names or the empty list if the class is not a record or running on a pre16 JDK.

  Parameters:

  maybeRecord - the class in question

  Returns:

  the default list of names

  Since:

  4.0.15

• public int getVersion()

  Gives the version the plugin is made for

  Returns:

  7 for jdk7, 8 for jdk8, 9 for jdk9 or higher

• public void invalidateCallSites()

  Invalidates cached call sites maintained by the plugin.

• public Object invokeHandle(Object handle, Object[] args)

  Invokes a handle produced by #getInvokeSpecialdHandle

  Parameters:

  handle - the handle

  args - arguments for the method call, can be empty but not null

  Returns:

  the result of the method call

• public void setAdditionalClassInformation(ClassNode node)

  Adds VM-specific metadata to the given class node.

  Parameters:

  node - the class node to enrich

• public MetaMethod transformMetaMethod(MetaClass metaClass, MetaMethod metaMethod, Class<?> caller)

  transform meta method

  Parameters:

  metaClass - metaclass

  metaMethod - the original meta method

  caller - caller class, whose method sets accessible for methods

  Returns:

  the transformed meta method

• public MetaMethod transformMetaMethod(MetaClass metaClass, MetaMethod metaMethod)

  transform meta method.

  Parameters:

  metaClass - metaclass

  metaMethod - the original meta method

  Returns:

  the transformed meta method

• public boolean trySetAccessible(AccessibleObject ao)

  Set the accessible flag for this reflected object to true if possible.

  throws:

  SecurityException if the request is denied by the security manager (legacy comment)

  Parameters:

  ao - the accessible object

  Returns:

  true if the accessible flag is set to true; false if access cannot be enabled.