Module omix.api

Package omix.plugin.ovl

Interface AbstractOVLType

All Known Subinterfaces:

OVLClass, OVLItemExtension

public interface AbstractOVLType

Generalizes OVLItemExtension and OVLClass.

Since:

Omix 1.3.11

Author:

Dr. Peter Droste, Omix Visualization

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	fieldExists(String name)	Determines if field exists in type definition or supertypes.
List<String>	getFieldNames()	Returns a list of names of all available fields.
List<? extends OVLFieldDefinition>	getFields()	List of field definitions in the type definition.
OVLMethodDefinition	getMethod(String name, Class<?>... params)	Returns the method matching the given name and parameter types.
List<String>	getMethodNames()	Returns a list of signatures of all available methods.
List<? extends OVLMethodDefinition>	getMethods()	List of method definitions in the type definition.
String	getName()	The name of the ovl type
String	getNamespace()	Namespace of the defining program.
ClassType	getType()	The class type of this ovl type.
boolean	methodExists(String name)	Determines if method exists in type definition or supertypes.
OVLProgram	program()	Returns the OVL Program, this type was defined in.

Method Details

getName

String getName()

The name of the ovl type

Returns:

type name

getType

ClassType getType()

The class type of this ovl type.

Returns:

type

getFieldNames

List<String> getFieldNames()

Returns a list of names of all available fields.

Returns:

fields

fieldExists

boolean fieldExists(String name)

Determines if field exists in type definition or supertypes.

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

exists?

getMethodNames

List<String> getMethodNames()

Returns a list of signatures of all available methods.

Returns:

methods

methodExists

boolean methodExists(String name)

Determines if method exists in type definition or supertypes.

Parameters:

name - signature of the method

Returns:

exists?

getFields

List<? extends OVLFieldDefinition> getFields()

List of field definitions in the type definition.

Returns:

list of fields

getMethods

List<? extends OVLMethodDefinition> getMethods()

List of method definitions in the type definition.

Returns:

list of methods

getMethod

OVLMethodDefinition getMethod(String name, Class<?>... params) throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException

Returns the method matching the given name and parameter types.

Parameters:

params - parameters of the method

Returns:

reference object representing the method

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - if method does not exist

IllegalAccessException

program

OVLProgram program()

Returns the OVL Program, this type was defined in.

Returns:

OVL Program

getNamespace

String getNamespace()

Namespace of the defining program.

Returns:

namespace