# Class CompositeDataInvocationHandler

java.lang.Object
javax.management.openmbean.CompositeDataInvocationHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `InvocationHandler`

public class CompositeDataInvocationHandler extends Object implements InvocationHandler

An `InvocationHandler` that forwards getter methods to a `CompositeData`. If you have an interface that contains only getter methods (such as `String getName()` or `boolean isActive()`) then you can use this class in conjunction with the `Proxy` class to produce an implementation of the interface where each getter returns the value of the corresponding item in a `CompositeData`.

For example, suppose you have an interface like this:

>     public interface NamedNumber {
>         public int getNumber();
>         public String getName();
>     }

and a `CompositeData` constructed like this:

>     CompositeData cd =
>         new CompositeDataSupport(
>             someCompositeType,
>             new String[] {"number", "name"},
>             new Object[] {5, "five"}
>         );

then you can construct an object implementing `NamedNumber` and backed by the object `cd` like this:

>     InvocationHandler handler =
>         new CompositeDataInvocationHandler(cd);
>     NamedNumber nn = (NamedNumber)
>         Proxy.newProxyInstance(NamedNumber.class.getClassLoader(),
>                                new Class[] {NamedNumber.class},
>                                handler);

A call to `nn.getNumber()` will then return 5.

If the first letter of the property defined by a getter is a capital, then this handler will look first for an item in the `CompositeData` beginning with a capital, then, if that is not found, for an item beginning with the corresponding lowercase letter or code point. For a getter called `getNumber()`, the handler will first look for an item called `Number`, then for `number`. If the getter is called `getnumber()`, then the item must be called `number`.

If the method given to `invoke` is the method `boolean equals(Object)` inherited from `Object`, then it will return true if and only if the argument is a `Proxy` whose `InvocationHandler` is also a `CompositeDataInvocationHandler` and whose backing `CompositeData` is equal (not necessarily identical) to this object's. If the method given to `invoke` is the method `int hashCode()` inherited from `Object`, then it will return a value that is consistent with this definition of `equals`: if two objects are equal according to `equals`, then they will have the same `hashCode`.

Since:
  1.6

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `CompositeDataInvocationHandler(CompositeData compositeData)`
  Construct a handler backed by the given `CompositeData`.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `CompositeData`
  `getCompositeData()`
  Return the `CompositeData` that was supplied to the constructor.
  `Object`
  `invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args)`
  Processes a method invocation on a proxy instance and returns the result.

  ### Methods declared in class Object

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

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### CompositeDataInvocationHandler

    public CompositeDataInvocationHandler(CompositeData compositeData)

    Construct a handler backed by the given `CompositeData`.

    Parameters:
      `compositeData` - the `CompositeData` that will supply information to getters.
    Throws:
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if `compositeData` is null.

- ## Method Details

  - ### getCompositeData

    public CompositeData getCompositeData()
    Return the `CompositeData` that was supplied to the constructor.
    Returns:
      the `CompositeData` that this handler is backed by. This is never null.

  - ### invoke

    public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable
    Description copied from interface: `InvocationHandler`
    Processes a method invocation on a proxy instance and returns the result. This method will be invoked on an invocation handler when a method is invoked on a proxy instance that it is associated with.
    Specified by:
      `invoke` in interface `InvocationHandler`
    Parameters:
      `proxy` - the proxy instance that the method was invoked on
      `method` - the `Method` instance corresponding to the interface method invoked on the proxy instance. The declaring class of the `Method` object will be the interface that the method was declared in, which may be a superinterface of the proxy interface that the proxy class inherits the method through.
      `args` - an array of objects containing the values of the arguments passed in the method invocation on the proxy instance, or `null` if interface method takes no arguments. Arguments of primitive types are wrapped in instances of the appropriate primitive wrapper class, such as `java.lang.Integer` or `java.lang.Boolean`.
    Returns:
      the value to return from the method invocation on the proxy instance. If the declared return type of the interface method is a primitive type, then the value returned by this method must be an instance of the corresponding primitive wrapper class; otherwise, it must be a type assignable to the declared return type. If the value returned by this method is `null` and the interface method's return type is primitive, then a `NullPointerException` will be thrown by the method invocation on the proxy instance. If the value returned by this method is otherwise not compatible with the interface method's declared return type as described above, a `ClassCastException` will be thrown by the method invocation on the proxy instance.
    Throws:
      `Throwable` - the exception to throw from the method invocation on the proxy instance. The exception's type must be assignable either to any of the exception types declared in the `throws` clause of the interface method or to the unchecked exception types `java.lang.RuntimeException` or `java.lang.Error`. If a checked exception is thrown by this method that is not assignable to any of the exception types declared in the `throws` clause of the interface method, then an `UndeclaredThrowableException` containing the exception that was thrown by this method will be thrown by the method invocation on the proxy instance.
    See Also:
      - `UndeclaredThrowableException`