Package org.codehaus.groovy.reflection

Class ReflectionCache

java.lang.Object

org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ReflectionCache

public class ReflectionCache
extends Object

Central registry for obtaining cached class information.

Provides factory methods for retrieving CachedClass instances for a given Java class. Maintains static references to commonly-used classes for efficient access.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final CachedClass	OBJECT_ARRAY_CLASS	The cached representation of Object[].class.
static final CachedClass	OBJECT_CLASS	The cached representation of Object.class.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ReflectionCache()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static CachedClass	getCachedClass(Class klazz)	Retrieves the CachedClass for the given Java class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

OBJECT_CLASS

public static final CachedClass OBJECT_CLASS

The cached representation of Object.class. Frequently accessed during type compatibility checks.

OBJECT_ARRAY_CLASS

public static final CachedClass OBJECT_ARRAY_CLASS

The cached representation of Object[].class. Used as the superclass for non-primitive array types.

Constructor Details

ReflectionCache

public ReflectionCache()

Method Details

getCachedClass

public static CachedClass getCachedClass(Class klazz)

Retrieves the CachedClass for the given Java class. Returns null if the class is null.

Parameters:

klazz - the Java class for which to obtain cache information

Returns:

the cached class information, or null if klazz is null