1 package com.lexicalscope.fluentreflection;
2
3
4 /*
5 * Copyright 2011 Tim Wood
6 *
7 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
8 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
9 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
10 *
11 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
12 *
13 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
14 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
15 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
16 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
17 * limitations under the License.
18 */
19
20 /**
21 * Reflection information about a Object (an instance of a class).
22 *
23 * @author tim
24 *
25 * @param <T> the underlying type being reflected on
26 */
27 public interface FluentObject<T> extends FluentAccess<T> {
28 /**
29 * get the static reflection information about the type of this object
30 *
31 * @return the static reflection information about the type of this object
32 */
33 FluentClass<T> reflectedClass();
34
35 /**
36 * The value under reflection
37 *
38 * @return the value that is being reflected upon
39 */
40 T value();
41
42 /**
43 * The value under reflection cast to a given type
44 *
45 * @param asType the type the value should have been cast to
46 *
47 * @return the value that is being reflected upon
48 */
49 <V> V as(Class<V> asType);
50 }