Package javax.faces.el

Class MethodBinding

  • Deprecated. 
    This has been replaced by MethodExpression.

    public abstract class MethodBinding
extends java.lang.Object

    MethodBinding is an object that can be used to call an arbitrary public method, on an instance that is acquired by evaluatng the leading portion of a method binding expression via a ValueBinding. An immutable MethodBinding for a particular method binding expression can be acquired by calling the createMethodBinding() method of the Application instance for this web application.

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      MethodBinding​()
      Deprecated. 
       

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      java.lang.String getExpressionString​()
      Deprecated. 
      Return the (possibly null) expression String, with leading and trailing delimiters, from which this MethodBinding was built.
      abstract java.lang.Class getType​(FacesContext context)
      Deprecated. 
      Return the Java class representing the return type from the method identified by this method binding expression.
      abstract java.lang.Object invoke​(FacesContext context, java.lang.Object[] params)
      Deprecated. 
      Return the return value (if any) resulting from a call to the method identified by this method binding expression, passing it the specified parameters, relative to the specified FacesContext.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

    • Constructor Detail

      • MethodBinding

        public MethodBinding​()
        Deprecated. 

    • Method Detail

      • invoke

        public abstract java.lang.Object invoke​(FacesContext context,
                                        java.lang.Object[] params)
                                 throws EvaluationException,
                                        MethodNotFoundException
        Deprecated. 

        Return the return value (if any) resulting from a call to the method identified by this method binding expression, passing it the specified parameters, relative to the specified FacesContext.

        Parameters:
        context - FacesContext for the current request
        params - Array of parameters to be passed to the called method, or null for no parameters
        Returns:
        the result of the invocation
        Throws:
        EvaluationException - if an exception is thrown by the called method (the thrown exception must be included as the cause property of this exception)
        MethodNotFoundException - if no suitable method can be found
        java.lang.NullPointerException - if context is null

      • getType

        public abstract java.lang.Class getType​(FacesContext context)
                                 throws MethodNotFoundException
        Deprecated. 

        Return the Java class representing the return type from the method identified by this method binding expression.

        Parameters:
        context - FacesContext for the current request
        Returns:
        the type of the return value
        Throws:
        MethodNotFoundException - if no suitable method can be found
        java.lang.NullPointerException - if context is null

      • getExpressionString

        public java.lang.String getExpressionString​()
        Deprecated. 

        Return the (possibly null) expression String, with leading and trailing delimiters, from which this MethodBinding was built. The default implementation returns null.

        Returns:
        the expression string