A MirrorSystem is the main interface used to reflect on a set of associated libraries.

At runtime each running isolate has a distinct MirrorSystem.

It is also possible to have a MirrorSystem which represents a set of libraries which are not running -- perhaps at compile-time. In this case, all available reflective functionality would be supported, but runtime functionality (such as invoking a function or inspecting the contents of a variable) would fail dynamically.

Static Methods

getName(Symbol symbol) String

Returns the name of symbol.

getSymbol(String name, [LibraryMirror library]) Symbol

Returns a symbol for name. If library is not a LibraryMirror or if name is a private identifier and library is null, throws an ArgumentError. If name is a private identifier, the symbol returned is with respect to library.

Properties

dynamicType TypeMirror

A mirror on the dynamic type.

read-only
hashCode int

Get a hash code for this object.

read-only, inherited
isolate IsolateMirror

A mirror on the isolate associated with this MirrorSystem. This may be null if this mirror system is not running.

read-only
libraries Map<Uri, LibraryMirror>

Returns an immutable map from URIs to mirrors for all libraries known to this mirror system. For a runtime mirror system, only libraries which are currently loaded are included, and repeated calls of this method may return different maps as libraries are loaded.

read-only
runtimeType Type

A representation of the runtime type of the object.

read-only, inherited
voidType TypeMirror

A mirror on the void type.

read-only

Constructors

MirrorSystem()

Operators

operator ==(other) bool

The equality operator.

inherited

Methods

findLibrary(Symbol libraryName) LibraryMirror

Returns the unique library named libraryName if it exists.

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic

noSuchMethod is invoked when users invoke a non-existent method on an object. The name of the method and the arguments of the invocation are passed to noSuchMethod in an Invocation. If noSuchMethod returns a value, that value becomes the result of the original invocation.

inherited
toString() String

Returns a string representation of this object.

inherited