Package ortus.boxlang.runtime.dynamic.casters

Class ClosureCaster

java.lang.Object

ortus.boxlang.runtime.dynamic.casters.ClosureCaster

All Implemented Interfaces:

IBoxCaster

public class ClosureCaster
extends Object
implements IBoxCaster

I handle casting anything to a Closure

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ClosureCaster()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static CastAttempt<Closure>	attempt(Object object)	Tests to see if the value can be cast to a Function.
static Closure	cast(Object object)	Used to cast anything to a Closure, throwing exception if we fail
static Closure	cast(Object object, boolean fail)	Used to cast anything to a Closure

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ClosureCaster

public ClosureCaster()

Method Details

attempt

public static CastAttempt<Closure> attempt(Object object)

Tests to see if the value can be cast to a Function. Returns a CastAttempt<T> which will contain the result if casting was was successfull, or can be interogated to proceed otherwise.

Parameters:

object - The value to cast to a Closure

Returns:

The Closure value

cast

public static Closure cast(Object object)

Used to cast anything to a Closure, throwing exception if we fail

Parameters:

object - The value to cast to a Closure

Returns:

The Closure value

cast

public static Closure cast(Object object,
 boolean fail)

Used to cast anything to a Closure

Parameters:

object - The value to cast to a Closure

fail - True to throw exception when failing.

Returns:

The Closure value, or null when cannot be cast