javax.el

Class MethodExpression

java.lang.Object

javax.el.Expression

javax.el.MethodExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

JspMethodExpression, MethodExpressionImpl, MethodExpressionLiteral

public abstract class MethodExpression
extends Expression

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MethodExpression()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract MethodInfo	getMethodInfo(ELContext context)
abstract Object	invoke(ELContext context, Object[] params)
boolean	isParametersProvided()
boolean	isParmetersProvided() Deprecated. Use isParametersProvided()

Methods inherited from class javax.el.Expression

equals, getExpressionString, hashCode, isLiteralText

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MethodExpression

public MethodExpression()

Method Detail

getMethodInfo

public abstract MethodInfo getMethodInfo(ELContext context)

Parameters:

context - The EL context for this evaluation

Returns:

Information about the method that this expression resolves to

Throws:

NullPointerException - If the supplied context is null

PropertyNotFoundException - If a property/variable resolution failed because no match was found or a match was found but was not readable

MethodNotFoundException - If no matching method can be found

ELException - Wraps any exception throw whilst resolving the property

invoke

public abstract Object invoke(ELContext context,
            Object[] params)

Parameters:

context - The EL context for this evaluation

params - The parameters with which to invoke this method expression

Returns:

The result of invoking this method expression

Throws:

NullPointerException - If the supplied context is null

PropertyNotFoundException - If a property/variable resolution failed because no match was found or a match was found but was not readable

MethodNotFoundException - If no matching method can be found

ELException - Wraps any exception throw whilst resolving the property or coercion of the result to the expected return type fails

isParametersProvided

public boolean isParametersProvided()

Returns:

This default implementation always returns false

Since:

EL 3.0

isParmetersProvided

@Deprecated
public boolean isParmetersProvided()

Deprecated. Use isParametersProvided()

Returns:

Always false

Since:

EL 2.2 Note: The spelling mistake is deliberate. isParmetersProvided() - Specification definition isParametersProvided() - Corrected spelling