com.bea.wlpi.common
Class ClassDescriptor

java.lang.Object
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public class ClassDescriptor

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Describes a server-side Java class. It is used to pass information on server-side classes to the client (where the class in question may not be accessible).

Author:

Copyright © 2000, 2001 BEA Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

See Also:

ClassInvocationDescriptor, EJBDescriptor, EJBInvocationDescriptor, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ClassDescriptor(java.lang.Class javaClass)
Create a new class descriptor object.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getClassName() Returns the name of the class being described.
MethodDescriptor[]	getConstructorDescriptors() Return information about the class's constructors.
MethodDescriptor[]	getMethodDescriptors() Return information about the class's methods.
int	getModifiers() Returns an int representing the modifiers for this class.
boolean	isSerializable() Returns a boolean indicating if this class can be serialized.
java.lang.String	toString() Return a string representation of the descriptor object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ClassDescriptor

public ClassDescriptor(java.lang.Class javaClass)
                throws WorkflowException

Create a new class descriptor object.

Parameters:

javaClass - The Java class for which meta-data is required.

Method Detail

getMethodDescriptors

public final MethodDescriptor[] getMethodDescriptors()

Return information about the class's methods.

Returns:

An array of method descriptor objects describing the class's methods.

getConstructorDescriptors

public final MethodDescriptor[] getConstructorDescriptors()

Return information about the class's constructors.

Returns:

An array of method descriptor objects describing the class's constructors.

getModifiers

public final int getModifiers()

Returns an int representing the modifiers for this class.

isSerializable

public final boolean isSerializable()

Returns a boolean indicating if this class can be serialized.

getClassName

public final java.lang.String getClassName()

Returns the name of the class being described.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a string representation of the descriptor object.

Returns:

A string representation of the object, listing all constructor and method names.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object