Converts primitives to their correct data types (box-arg Float/TYPE 2) => 2.0

(box-arg Integer/TYPE 2.001) => 2

(type (box-arg Short/TYPE 1.0)) => java.lang.Short

makes the parameters of the arguments conform to the function signature

(-> (query/query-class String “charAt” :#) (box-args “0123” 1)) => “0123” 1

arglist parameters for an element

(-> (query/query-class String “charAt” :#) (element-params-method)) => ’java.lang.String int

readable string representation of an element

(-> (query/query-class String “charAt” :#) (format-element-method)) => “charAt :: (java.lang.String, int) -> char”

makes sure the argument types match with the param types

(is-congruent Integer/TYPE String Long String) => true

Checks if the second argument can be used as the first argument (param-arg-match Double/TYPE Float/TYPE) => true

(param-arg-match Float/TYPE Double/TYPE) => true

(param-arg-match Integer/TYPE Float/TYPE) => false

(param-arg-match Byte/TYPE Long/TYPE) => false

(param-arg-match Long/TYPE Byte/TYPE) => true

(param-arg-match Long/TYPE Long) => true

(param-arg-match Long Byte) => false

(param-arg-match clojure.lang.PersistentHashMap java.util.Map) => false

(param-arg-match java.util.Map clojure.lang.PersistentHashMap) => true

matches floats to integer inputs

(param-float-match Float/TYPE Long/TYPE) => true

(param-float-match Float/TYPE Long) => true

(param-float-match Float Integer) => true

(param-float-match Float Integer/TYPE) => true

base function to set the field value of a particular object

helper macro for box-args to throw readable messages