That works great!
So far I've only used the static extensions, I did not know about this
approach.
Thank you :-)
Il giorno ven 17 lug 2020 alle ore 17:57 OCsite <o...@ocs.cz> ha scritto:
> Alberto,
>
> far as I understand properly, at the very least you should be able to do
> that programmatically, like this (do not forget
> ExpandoMetaClass.enableGlobally()):
>
> def original=UnicastRemoteObject.metaClass.getMetaMethod("toString",
> new Class[])
> UnicastRemoteObject.metaClass.toString={ ->
> try { delegate.getName() }
> catch (MissingMethodException e) { original.invoke(delegate) }
> }
>
> There might possibly be an easier/more flexible solution, which I don't
> see offhand.
>
> All the best,
> OC
>
> On 17 Jul 2020, at 16:18, Alberto <alberto....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to extend a class so that it has a different toString, but only
> in specific cases.
>
> I don't know for sure if this is possible, but what I'd like to do is:
>
> static String toString(UnicastRemoteObject self) {
> try {
> return self.getName();
> } catch (MissingMethodException e) {
> return // return the to string from Unicast.
> }
> }
>
> Is it possible at all to call the original toString?
>
> Regards,
> --
> Alberto Ingenito
>
>
>
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Alberto Ingenito
