Metaclass Class Reference

Metaclass provides type inspection mechanism for Kanzi classes. More...

Inheritance diagram for Metaclass:

Classes
class	Iterator
enum	Mode
	Enumeration used to track ownership.

Public Member Functions
	Metaclass (String name, Class clazz)
	Creates a new metaclass. More...
	Metaclass (String name)
	Creates a new metaclass. More...
void	addMessageType (MessageType messageType)
	Adds a message type. More...
void	addNestedMetaclass (Metaclass nestedMetaclass)
	Adds a nested metaclass. More...
void	addPropertyType (PropertyType propertyType)
	Adds a property type. More...
boolean	equals (Object object)
Metaclass	getBase ()
	Returns the metaclass of the base class. More...
String	getName ()
	Returns the fully qualified name of this metaclass. More...
Iterable< MessageType >	iterateMessageTypes ()
	Gets an Iterable object used to iterate the message types of the metaclass. More...
Iterable< Metaclass >	iterateNestedMetaclass ()
	Gets an Iterable object used to iterate the nested metaclasses of the metaclass. More...
Iterable< PropertyType >	iteratePropertyTypes ()
	Gets an Iterable object used to iterate the property types of the metaclass. More...

Detailed Description

Metaclass provides type inspection mechanism for Kanzi classes.

Classes deriving from Object can register information about their type, properties, methods, messages by using Metaclass and accompanying macros. Such information is used by serialization, scripting and to display friendly type information in Kanzi Studio.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Metaclass() [1/2]

Metaclass	(	String	name,
		Class	clazz
	)

Creates a new metaclass.

Parameters

name	Fully qualified name of the metaclass.
clazz	Java class to associate this metaclass with.

Metaclass() [2/2]

Metaclass

(

String

name

)

Creates a new metaclass.

When registered, Kanzi automatically finds the owning class, based on the location of the Metaclass instance.

Parameters

name	Fully qualified name of the metaclass.

Member Function Documentation

addMessageType()

void addMessageType

(

MessageType

messageType

)

Adds a message type.

Parameters

messageType

Message type to be added.

addNestedMetaclass()

void addNestedMetaclass

(

Metaclass

nestedMetaclass

)

Adds a nested metaclass.

Parameters

nestedMetaclass

Nested metaclass to be added.

addPropertyType()

void addPropertyType

(

PropertyType

propertyType

)

Adds a property type.

Parameters

propertyType

Property type to be added.

getBase()

Metaclass getBase

(

)

Returns the metaclass of the base class.

Returns

Metaclass of the base class.

getName()

String getName

(

)

Returns the fully qualified name of this metaclass.

Returns

Fully qualified name of this metaclass.

iterateMessageTypes()

Iterable<MessageType> iterateMessageTypes

(

)

Gets an Iterable object used to iterate the message types of the metaclass.

Returns

An iterable of message types of the metaclass.

iterateNestedMetaclass()

Iterable<Metaclass> iterateNestedMetaclass

(

)

Gets an Iterable object used to iterate the nested metaclasses of the metaclass.

Returns

An iterable of nested metaclasses of the metaclass.

iteratePropertyTypes()

Iterable<PropertyType> iteratePropertyTypes

(

)

Gets an Iterable object used to iterate the property types of the metaclass.

Returns

An iterable of property types of the metaclass.