org.springframework.core

Class MethodParameter

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.core.MethodParameter

Direct Known Subclasses:

SynthesizingMethodParameter

public class MethodParameter
extends java.lang.Object

Helper class that encapsulates the specification of a method parameter, i.e. a Method or Constructor plus a parameter index and a nested type index for a declared generic type. Useful as a specification object to pass along.

As of 4.2, there is a SynthesizingMethodParameter subclass available which synthesizes annotations with attribute aliases. That subclass is used for web and message endpoint processing, in particular.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Rob Harrop, Andy Clement, Sam Brannen

See Also:

SynthesizingMethodParameter

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MethodParameter(java.lang.reflect.Constructor<?> constructor, int parameterIndex) Create a new MethodParameter for the given constructor, with nesting level 1.
MethodParameter(java.lang.reflect.Constructor<?> constructor, int parameterIndex, int nestingLevel) Create a new MethodParameter for the given constructor.
MethodParameter(java.lang.reflect.Method method, int parameterIndex) Create a new MethodParameter for the given method, with nesting level 1.
MethodParameter(java.lang.reflect.Method method, int parameterIndex, int nestingLevel) Create a new MethodParameter for the given method.
MethodParameter(MethodParameter original) Copy constructor, resulting in an independent MethodParameter object based on the same metadata and cache state that the original object was in.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected <A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> A	adaptAnnotation(A annotation) A template method to post-process a given annotation instance before returning it to the caller.
protected java.lang.annotation.Annotation[]	adaptAnnotationArray(java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] annotations) A template method to post-process a given annotation array before returning it to the caller.
MethodParameter	clone()
void	decreaseNestingLevel() Decrease this parameter's nesting level.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other)
static MethodParameter	forMethodOrConstructor(java.lang.Object methodOrConstructor, int parameterIndex) Create a new MethodParameter for the given method or constructor.
java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement	getAnnotatedElement() Return the wrapped annotated element.
java.lang.reflect.Constructor<?>	getConstructor() Return the wrapped Constructor, if any.
java.lang.Class<?>	getContainingClass()
java.lang.Class<?>	getDeclaringClass() Return the class that declares the underlying Method or Constructor.
java.lang.reflect.Type	getGenericParameterType() Return the generic type of the method/constructor parameter.
java.lang.reflect.Member	getMember() Return the wrapped member.
java.lang.reflect.Method	getMethod() Return the wrapped Method, if any.
<A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> A	getMethodAnnotation(java.lang.Class<A> annotationType) Return the method/constructor annotation of the given type, if available.
java.lang.annotation.Annotation[]	getMethodAnnotations() Return the annotations associated with the target method/constructor itself.
java.lang.reflect.Type	getNestedGenericParameterType() Return the nested generic type of the method/constructor parameter.
java.lang.Class<?>	getNestedParameterType() Return the nested type of the method/constructor parameter.
int	getNestingLevel() Return the nesting level of the target type (typically 1; e.g.
<A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> A	getParameterAnnotation(java.lang.Class<A> annotationType) Return the parameter annotation of the given type, if available.
java.lang.annotation.Annotation[]	getParameterAnnotations() Return the annotations associated with the specific method/constructor parameter.
int	getParameterIndex() Return the index of the method/constructor parameter.
java.lang.String	getParameterName() Return the name of the method/constructor parameter.
java.lang.Class<?>	getParameterType() Return the type of the method/constructor parameter.
java.lang.Integer	getTypeIndexForCurrentLevel() Return the type index for the current nesting level.
java.lang.Integer	getTypeIndexForLevel(int nestingLevel) Return the type index for the specified nesting level.
int	hashCode()
<A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> boolean	hasMethodAnnotation(java.lang.Class<A> annotationType) Return whether the method/constructor is annotated with the given type.
<A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> boolean	hasParameterAnnotation(java.lang.Class<A> annotationType) Return whether the parameter is declared with the given annotation type.
boolean	hasParameterAnnotations() Return true if the parameter has at least one annotation, false if it has none.
void	increaseNestingLevel() Increase this parameter's nesting level.
void	initParameterNameDiscovery(ParameterNameDiscoverer parameterNameDiscoverer) Initialize parameter name discovery for this method parameter.
boolean	isOptional() Return whether this method parameter is declared as optional in the form of Java 8's Optional.
MethodParameter	nested() Return a variant of this MethodParameter which points to the same parameter but one nesting level deeper.
MethodParameter	nestedIfOptional() Return a variant of this MethodParameter which points to the same parameter but one nesting level deeper in case of a Optional declaration.
void	setTypeIndexForCurrentLevel(int typeIndex) Set the type index for the current nesting level.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MethodParameter

public MethodParameter(java.lang.reflect.Method method,
                       int parameterIndex)

Create a new MethodParameter for the given method, with nesting level 1.

Parameters:

method - the Method to specify a parameter for

parameterIndex - the index of the parameter: -1 for the method return type; 0 for the first method parameter; 1 for the second method parameter, etc.

MethodParameter

public MethodParameter(java.lang.reflect.Method method,
                       int parameterIndex,
                       int nestingLevel)

Create a new MethodParameter for the given method.

Parameters:

method - the Method to specify a parameter for

parameterIndex - the index of the parameter: -1 for the method return type; 0 for the first method parameter; 1 for the second method parameter, etc.

nestingLevel - the nesting level of the target type (typically 1; e.g. in case of a List of Lists, 1 would indicate the nested List, whereas 2 would indicate the element of the nested List)

MethodParameter

public MethodParameter(java.lang.reflect.Constructor<?> constructor,
                       int parameterIndex)

Create a new MethodParameter for the given constructor, with nesting level 1.

Parameters:

constructor - the Constructor to specify a parameter for

parameterIndex - the index of the parameter

MethodParameter

public MethodParameter(java.lang.reflect.Constructor<?> constructor,
                       int parameterIndex,
                       int nestingLevel)

Create a new MethodParameter for the given constructor.

Parameters:

constructor - the Constructor to specify a parameter for

parameterIndex - the index of the parameter

nestingLevel - the nesting level of the target type (typically 1; e.g. in case of a List of Lists, 1 would indicate the nested List, whereas 2 would indicate the element of the nested List)

MethodParameter

public MethodParameter(MethodParameter original)

Copy constructor, resulting in an independent MethodParameter object based on the same metadata and cache state that the original object was in.

Parameters:

original - the original MethodParameter object to copy from

Method Detail

getMethod

public java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod()

Return the wrapped Method, if any.

Note: Either Method or Constructor is available.

Returns:

the Method, or null if none

getConstructor

public java.lang.reflect.Constructor<?> getConstructor()

Return the wrapped Constructor, if any.

Note: Either Method or Constructor is available.

Returns:

the Constructor, or null if none

getDeclaringClass

public java.lang.Class<?> getDeclaringClass()

Return the class that declares the underlying Method or Constructor.

getMember

public java.lang.reflect.Member getMember()

Return the wrapped member.

Returns:

the Method or Constructor as Member

getAnnotatedElement

public java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement getAnnotatedElement()

Return the wrapped annotated element.

Note: This method exposes the annotations declared on the method/constructor itself (i.e. at the method/constructor level, not at the parameter level).

Returns:

the Method or Constructor as AnnotatedElement

getParameterIndex

public int getParameterIndex()

Return the index of the method/constructor parameter.

Returns:

the parameter index (-1 in case of the return type)

increaseNestingLevel

public void increaseNestingLevel()

Increase this parameter's nesting level.

See Also:

getNestingLevel()

decreaseNestingLevel

public void decreaseNestingLevel()

Decrease this parameter's nesting level.

See Also:

getNestingLevel()

getNestingLevel

public int getNestingLevel()

Return the nesting level of the target type (typically 1; e.g. in case of a List of Lists, 1 would indicate the nested List, whereas 2 would indicate the element of the nested List).

setTypeIndexForCurrentLevel

public void setTypeIndexForCurrentLevel(int typeIndex)

Set the type index for the current nesting level.

Parameters:

typeIndex - the corresponding type index (or null for the default type index)

See Also:

getNestingLevel()

getTypeIndexForCurrentLevel

public java.lang.Integer getTypeIndexForCurrentLevel()

Return the type index for the current nesting level.

Returns:

the corresponding type index, or null if none specified (indicating the default type index)

See Also:

getNestingLevel()

getTypeIndexForLevel

public java.lang.Integer getTypeIndexForLevel(int nestingLevel)

Return the type index for the specified nesting level.

Parameters:

nestingLevel - the nesting level to check

Returns:

the corresponding type index, or null if none specified (indicating the default type index)

nested

public MethodParameter nested()

Return a variant of this MethodParameter which points to the same parameter but one nesting level deeper. This is effectively the same as increaseNestingLevel(), just with an independent MethodParameter object (e.g. in case of the original being cached).

Since:

4.3

isOptional

public boolean isOptional()

Return whether this method parameter is declared as optional in the form of Java 8's Optional.

Since:

4.3

nestedIfOptional

public MethodParameter nestedIfOptional()

Return a variant of this MethodParameter which points to the same parameter but one nesting level deeper in case of a Optional declaration.

Since:

4.3

See Also:

isOptional(), nested()

getContainingClass

public java.lang.Class<?> getContainingClass()

getParameterType

public java.lang.Class<?> getParameterType()

Return the type of the method/constructor parameter.

Returns:

the parameter type (never null)

getGenericParameterType

public java.lang.reflect.Type getGenericParameterType()

Return the generic type of the method/constructor parameter.

Returns:

the parameter type (never null)

Since:

3.0

getNestedParameterType

public java.lang.Class<?> getNestedParameterType()

Return the nested type of the method/constructor parameter.

Returns:

the parameter type (never null)

Since:

3.1

See Also:

getNestingLevel()

getNestedGenericParameterType

public java.lang.reflect.Type getNestedGenericParameterType()

Return the nested generic type of the method/constructor parameter.

Returns:

the parameter type (never null)

Since:

4.2

See Also:

getNestingLevel()

getMethodAnnotations

public java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] getMethodAnnotations()

Return the annotations associated with the target method/constructor itself.

getMethodAnnotation

public <A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> A getMethodAnnotation(java.lang.Class<A> annotationType)

Return the method/constructor annotation of the given type, if available.

Parameters:

annotationType - the annotation type to look for

Returns:

the annotation object, or null if not found

hasMethodAnnotation

public <A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> boolean hasMethodAnnotation(java.lang.Class<A> annotationType)

Return whether the method/constructor is annotated with the given type.

Parameters:

annotationType - the annotation type to look for

Since:

4.3

See Also:

getMethodAnnotation(Class)

getParameterAnnotations

public java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] getParameterAnnotations()

Return the annotations associated with the specific method/constructor parameter.

hasParameterAnnotations

public boolean hasParameterAnnotations()

Return true if the parameter has at least one annotation, false if it has none.

See Also:

getParameterAnnotations()

getParameterAnnotation

public <A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> A getParameterAnnotation(java.lang.Class<A> annotationType)

Return the parameter annotation of the given type, if available.

Parameters:

annotationType - the annotation type to look for

Returns:

the annotation object, or null if not found

hasParameterAnnotation

public <A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> boolean hasParameterAnnotation(java.lang.Class<A> annotationType)

Return whether the parameter is declared with the given annotation type.

Parameters:

annotationType - the annotation type to look for

See Also:

getParameterAnnotation(Class)

initParameterNameDiscovery

public void initParameterNameDiscovery(ParameterNameDiscoverer parameterNameDiscoverer)

Initialize parameter name discovery for this method parameter.

This method does not actually try to retrieve the parameter name at this point; it just allows discovery to happen when the application calls getParameterName() (if ever).

getParameterName

public java.lang.String getParameterName()

Return the name of the method/constructor parameter.

Returns:

the parameter name (may be null if no parameter name metadata is contained in the class file or no ParameterNameDiscoverer has been set to begin with)

adaptAnnotation

protected <A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> A adaptAnnotation(A annotation)

A template method to post-process a given annotation instance before returning it to the caller.

The default implementation simply returns the given annotation as-is.

Parameters:

annotation - the annotation about to be returned

Returns:

the post-processed annotation (or simply the original one)

Since:

4.2

adaptAnnotationArray

protected java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] adaptAnnotationArray(java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] annotations)

A template method to post-process a given annotation array before returning it to the caller.

The default implementation simply returns the given annotation array as-is.

Parameters:

annotations - the annotation array about to be returned

Returns:

the post-processed annotation array (or simply the original one)

Since:

4.2

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

clone

public MethodParameter clone()

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

forMethodOrConstructor

public static MethodParameter forMethodOrConstructor(java.lang.Object methodOrConstructor,
                                                     int parameterIndex)

Create a new MethodParameter for the given method or constructor.

This is a convenience constructor for scenarios where a Method or Constructor reference is treated in a generic fashion.

Parameters:

methodOrConstructor - the Method or Constructor to specify a parameter for

parameterIndex - the index of the parameter

Returns:

the corresponding MethodParameter instance