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Programming language: Java
License: Apache License 2.0
Tags: Projects     Introspection    
Latest version: v0.9.13

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README

Overview

jOOR stands for jOOR Object Oriented Reflection. It is a simple wrapper for the java.lang.reflect package.

jOOR's name is inspired by jOOQ, a fluent API for SQL building and execution.

Dependencies

None!

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For use with Java 9+

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
  <artifactId>joor</artifactId>
  <version>0.9.13</version>
</dependency>

For use with Java 8+

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
  <artifactId>joor-java-8</artifactId>
  <version>0.9.13</version>
</dependency>

For use with Java 6+

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
  <artifactId>joor-java-6</artifactId>
  <version>0.9.13</version>
</dependency>

Simple example

// All examples assume the following static import:
import static org.joor.Reflect.*;

String world = onClass("java.lang.String") // Like Class.forName()
                .create("Hello World")     // Call most specific matching constructor
                .call("substring", 6)      // Call most specific matching substring() method
                .call("toString")          // Call toString()
                .get();                    // Get the wrapped object, in this case a String

Proxy abstraction

jOOR also gives access to the java.lang.reflect.Proxy API in a simple way:

public interface StringProxy {
  String substring(int beginIndex);
}

String substring = onClass("java.lang.String")
                    .create("Hello World")
                    .as(StringProxy.class) // Create a proxy for the wrapped object
                    .substring(6);         // Call a proxy method

Runtime compilation of Java code

jOOR has an optional dependency on the java.compiler module and simplifies access to javax.tools.JavaCompiler through the following API:

Supplier<String> supplier = Reflect.compile(
    "com.example.HelloWorld",
    "package com.example;\n" +
    "class HelloWorld implements java.util.function.Supplier<String> {\n" +
    "    public String get() {\n" +
    "        return \"Hello World!\";\n" +
    "    }\n" +
    "}\n").create().get();

// Prints "Hello World!"
System.out.println(supplier.get());

Comparison with standard java.lang.reflect

jOOR code:

Employee[] employees = on(department).call("getEmployees").get();

for (Employee employee : employees) {
  Street street = on(employee).call("getAddress").call("getStreet").get();
  System.out.println(street);
}

The same example with normal reflection in Java:

try {
  Method m1 = department.getClass().getMethod("getEmployees");
  Employee[] employees = (Employee[]) m1.invoke(department);

  for (Employee employee : employees) {
    Method m2 = employee.getClass().getMethod("getAddress");
    Address address = (Address) m2.invoke(employee);

    Method m3 = address.getClass().getMethod("getStreet");
    Street street = (Street) m3.invoke(address);

    System.out.println(street);
  }
}

// There are many checked exceptions that you are likely to ignore anyway 
catch (Exception ignore) {

  // ... or maybe just wrap in your preferred runtime exception:
  throw new RuntimeException(e);
}

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