MethodInfo

private class
system.reflection.MethodInfo

Description

Represents information about a Method on a Type.

API overview

Constructor

MethodInfo ()

Functions

Public functions

invoke ( obj: Object , args: Vector.<Object> ): Void native

Calls the represented method on the specified object

invokeSingle ( obj: Object , arg: Object ): Void native

Calls the represented method on the specified object

Constructor

MethodInfo ()

Functions

getDeclaringType (): Type
Inherited from MemberInfo

native

Gets the Type that the MemberInfo belongs to.


Returns

Type Type that the member info belongs to.

getFullTypeName (): String
Inherited from Object

native

Gets the fully qualified type name of the Object. The fully qualified type name includes the package of the type.


Returns

String fully qualified type name of the Object.

getMemberType (): Type
Inherited from MemberInfo

native

Gets the Type of the Member for example getMemberInfo on:

public var x:Number;

would return the System.Number type


Returns

Type Type of the member declaration

getMetaInfo ( name: String ): MetaInfo
Inherited from MemberInfo

native

Gets the MetaInfo for the specified Metadata tag name.

Parameters

name: String Name of the metadata tag to lookup.

Returns

MetaInfo MetaInfo for the specified Metadata tag name, null if the name does not exist on the MemberInfo.

getName (): String
Inherited from MemberInfo

native

Gets the name of the MemberInfo.


Returns

String Name of the MemberInfo.

getNumParameters (): Number
Inherited from MethodBase

native

Gets the number of parameters in the MethodBase.


Returns

Number Number of parameters in the MethodBase.

getOrdinal (): Number
Inherited from MemberInfo

native

Gets the native ordinal for a MemberInfo.


Returns

Number 0 for no native ordinal, otherwise the native ordinal.

getParameter ( idx: Number ): ParameterInfo
Inherited from MethodBase

native

Gets the associated ParameterInfo at the specified index.

Parameters

idx: Number Index of associated ParameterInfo.

Returns

ParameterInfo Instance of the associated ParameterInfo.

getType (): Type
Inherited from Object

native

Gets the Type that describes the Object.


Returns

Type The Type that describes the object.

getTypeInfo (): Type
Inherited from MemberInfo

native

Returns the Type that represents the type that the member is or returns.


Returns

Type Type info for MemberInfos type.

getTypeName (): String
Inherited from Object

native

Gets the type name of the Object.


Returns

String type name of the Object.

invoke ( obj: Object , args: Vector.<Object> ): Void

native

Calls the represented method on the specified object.

Parameters

obj: Object Target that contains the method represented in the MethodInfo.
args: Vector.<Object> Arbitrary list of values to take as the parameters in calling the method.


invokeSingle ( obj: Object , arg: Object ): Void

native

Calls the represented method on the specified object.

require a varargs Vector to be created.

Parameters

obj: Object Target that contains the method represented in the MethodInfo.
arg: Object A single argument which makes invokeSingle considerably faster to call as it doesn't


isConstructor (): Boolean
Inherited from MethodBase

native

Indicates whether the Method is a Constructor.



isNative (): Boolean
Inherited from MethodBase

native

Indicates whether the Method is Native or not.



isOperator (): Boolean
Inherited from MethodBase

native

Indicates whether the Method is an Operator.



isPrivate (): Boolean
Inherited from MethodBase

native

Indicates whether the Method is Private or not.



isProtected (): Boolean
Inherited from MethodBase

native

Indicates whether the Method is Protected or not.



isPublic (): Boolean
Inherited from MethodBase

native

Indicates whether the Method is Public or not.



isStatic (): Boolean
Inherited from MethodBase

native

Indicates whether the Method is Static or not.



toString (): String
Inherited from Object

native

Returns a String that describes the Object. This can be overriden to provide extra details when printing objects using trace().


Returns

String String that described the Object.

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