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.. _api:
API
===
.. module:: jnius
This part of the documentation covers all the interfaces of Pyjnius.
Reflection classes
------------------
.. class:: JavaClass
Base for reflecting a Java class. The idea is to subclass this JavaClass,
add few :class:`JavaMethod`, :class:`JavaStaticMethod`, :class:`JavaField`,
:class:`JavaStaticField`, and you're done.
You need to define at minimun the :data:`__javaclass__` attribute, and set
the :data:`__metaclass__` to :class:`MetaJavaClass`.
So the minimum class definition would look like::
from jnius import JavaClass, MetaJavaClass
class Stack(JavaClass):
__javaclass__ = 'java/util/Stack'
__metaclass__ = MetaJavaClass
.. attribute:: __metaclass__
Must be set to :class:`MetaJavaClass`, otherwise, all the
methods/fields declared will be not linked to the JavaClass.
.. attribute:: __javaclass__
Represent the Java class name, in the format 'org/lang/Class'. (eg:
'java/util/Stack'), not 'org.lang.Class'.
.. attribute:: __javaconstructor__
If not set, we assume the default constructor to take no parameters.
Otherwise, it can be a list of all possible signatures of the
constructor. For example, a reflection of the String java class would
look like::
class String(JavaClass):
__javaclass__ == 'java/lang/String'
__metaclass__ = MetaJavaClass
__javaconstructor__ == (
'()V',
'(Ljava/lang/String;)V',
'([C)V',
'([CII)V',
# ...
)
.. class:: JavaMethod
Reflection of a Java method.
.. method:: __init__(signature, static=False)
Create a reflection of a Java method. The signature is in the JNI
format. For example::
class Stack(JavaClass):
__javaclass__ = 'java/util/Stack'
__metaclass__ = MetaJavaClass
peek = JavaMethod('()Ljava/lang/Object;')
empty = JavaMethod('()Z')
The name associated to the method is automatically set from the
declaration within the JavaClass itself.
The signature can be found with the `javap -s`. For example, if you
want to fetch the signatures available for `java.util.Stack`::
$ javap -s java.util.Stack
Compiled from "Stack.java"
public class java.util.Stack extends java.util.Vector{
public java.util.Stack();
Signature: ()V
public java.lang.Object push(java.lang.Object);
Signature: (Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
public synchronized java.lang.Object pop();
Signature: ()Ljava/lang/Object;
public synchronized java.lang.Object peek();
Signature: ()Ljava/lang/Object;
public boolean empty();
Signature: ()Z
public synchronized int search(java.lang.Object);
Signature: (Ljava/lang/Object;)I
}
.. class:: JavaStaticMethod
Reflection of a static Java method.
.. class:: JavaField
Reflection of a Java field.
.. method:: __init__(signature, static=False)
Create a reflection of a Java field. The signature is in the JNI
format. For example::
class System(JavaClass):
__javaclass__ = 'java/lang/System'
__metaclass__ = MetaJavaClass
out = JavaField('()Ljava/io/InputStream;', static=True)
The name associated to the method is automatically set from the
declaration within the JavaClass itself.
.. class:: JavaStaticField
Reflection of a static Java field
.. class:: JavaMultipleMethod
Reflection of a Java method that can be called from multiple signatures.
For example, the method `getBytes` in the `String` class can be called
from::
public byte[] getBytes(java.lang.String)
public byte[] getBytes(java.nio.charset.Charset)
public byte[] getBytes()
Let's see how you could declare that method::
class String(JavaClass):
__javaclass__ = 'java/lang/String'
__metaclass__ = MetaJavaClass
getBytes = JavaMultipleMethod([
'(Ljava/lang/String;)[B',
'(Ljava/nio/charset/Charset;)[B',
'()[B'])
Then, when you will try to access to this method, we'll take the best
method available according to the type of the arguments you're using.
Internally, we are calculating a "match" score for each available
signature, and take the best one. Without going into the details, the score
calculation look like:
* a direct type match is +10
* a indirect type match (like using a `float` for an `int` argument) is +5
* object with unknown type (:class:`JavaObject`) is +1
* otherwise, it's considered as an error case, and return -1
Reflection functions
--------------------
.. function:: autoclass(name)
Return a :class:`JavaClass` that represent the class passed from `name`.
The name must be written in the format: `a.b.c`, not `a/b/c`.
>>> from jnius import autoclass
>>> autoclass('java.lang.System')
<class 'jnius.java.lang.System'>