The introspection script has evolved over time, particularly to return a string result instead of just printing. I found that useful for introspection in gateway scope using runScript() in an expression tag. Or to set the .text property of a scrollable text edit field for convenience. This is what it looks like today:
# Introspection for Jython/Java
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#------------
def introspect(obj):
"""Describe the methods and properties available in the given object,
from both the jython perspective, and the java perspective."""
from java.lang import reflect
result = "Python Type: %s\n" % type(obj)
c = obj.getClass()
basetype = str(c)
result += "Java Type: %s\n" % basetype
skips = []
for m in c.getMethods():
try:
newtype = str(m.getDeclaringClass())
if newtype != basetype:
basetype = newtype
result += "\nFrom Type: %s\n" % basetype
mods = []
if m.getModifiers() & reflect.Member.PUBLIC:
mods.append('public')
for a in m.getTypeParameters():
mods.append(str(a))
rt = str(m.getReturnType())
if len(rt)<30:
mods.append(rt)
mods.append(m.getName())
pt = []
for p in m.getParameterTypes():
pt.append(str(p))
skips.append(m.getName())
result += " M: %s(%s)\n" % (" ".join(mods), ",".join(pt))
if len(rt)>=30:
result += " returns %s\n" % rt
except Exception:
pass
for f in c.getFields():
try:
newtype = str(f.getDeclaringClass())
if newtype != basetype:
basetype = newtype
result += "\nFrom Type: %s\n" % basetype
anno = []
for a in f.getAnnotations():
anno.append(str(a))
anno.append(str(f.getType()))
anno.append(f.getName())
skips.append(f.getName())
result += " F: %s\n" % (" ".join(anno))
except Exception:
pass
result += "\nFrom python dir():\n"
for x in dir(obj):
if x not in skips:
try:
if callable(getattr(obj,x)):
result += " Method %s %s\n" % (x, type(getattr(obj,x)))
else:
y = getattr(obj, x)
result += " Property %s %s %s\n" % (x, type(y), y)
except:
result += " Unreadable %s\n" % x
return result
