IntrospectorBase (Velocity 1.4 API)
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## org.apache.velocity.util.introspection
Class IntrospectorBase

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.IntrospectorBase

Direct Known Subclasses:
  Introspector

public class IntrospectorBase
extends java.lang.Object

This basic function of this class is to return a Method object for a particular class given the name of a method and the parameters to the method in the form of an Object[] The first time the Introspector sees a class it creates a class method map for the class in question. Basically the class method map is a Hastable where Method objects are keyed by a concatenation of the method name and the names of classes that make up the parameters. For example, a method with the following signature: public void method(String a, StringBuffer b) would be mapped by the key: "method" + "java.lang.String" + "java.lang.StringBuffer" This mapping is performed for all the methods in a class and stored for

Version:
  $Id: IntrospectorBase.java,v 1.2.8.1 2004/03/03 23:23:08 geirm Exp $
Author:
  Jason van Zyl, Bob McWhirter, Attila Szegedi, Paulo Gaspar

Field Summary
`protected java.util.Set` | `cachedClassNames` Holds the qualified class names for the classes we hold in the classMethodMaps hash
`protected java.util.Map` | `classMethodMaps` Holds the method maps for the classes we know about, keyed by Class object.

Constructor Summary
`IntrospectorBase()`

Method Summary
`protected void` | `clearCache()` Clears the classmap and classname caches
`protected ClassMap` | `createClassMap(java.lang.Class c)` Creates a class map for specific class and registers it in the cache.
`java.lang.reflect.Method` | `getMethod(java.lang.Class c, java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object[] params)` Gets the method defined by `name` and `params` for the Class `c`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### classMethodMaps

    protected java.util.Map classMethodMaps

  Holds the method maps for the classes we know about, keyed by Class object.

### cachedClassNames

    protected java.util.Set cachedClassNames

  Holds the qualified class names for the classes we hold in the classMethodMaps hash

Constructor Detail

### IntrospectorBase

    public IntrospectorBase()

Method Detail

### getMethod

    public java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod(java.lang.Class c,
                                              java.lang.String name,
                                              java.lang.Object[] params)
                                       throws java.lang.Exception

  Gets the method defined by `name` and `params` for the Class `c`.

  Parameters:
    `c` - Class in which the method search is taking place
    `name` - Name of the method being searched for
    `params` - An array of Objects (not Classes) that describe the the parameters
  Returns:
    The desired Method object.
  Throws:
    `java.lang.Exception`

### createClassMap

    protected ClassMap createClassMap(java.lang.Class c)

  Creates a class map for specific class and registers it in the cache. Also adds the qualified name to the name->class map for later Classloader change detection.

### clearCache

    protected void clearCache()

  Clears the classmap and classname caches

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