Class Method


  • public class Method
    extends Object
    A named method descriptor.
    • Constructor Detail

      • Method

        public Method​(String name,
                      String descriptor)
        Constructs a new Method.
        Parameters:
        name - the method's name.
        descriptor - the method's descriptor.
      • Method

        public Method​(String name,
                      Type returnType,
                      Type[] argumentTypes)
        Constructs a new Method.
        Parameters:
        name - the method's name.
        returnType - the method's return type.
        argumentTypes - the method's argument types.
    • Method Detail

      • getMethod

        public static Method getMethod​(Method method)
        Creates a new Method.
        Parameters:
        method - a java.lang.reflect method descriptor
        Returns:
        a Method corresponding to the given Java method declaration.
      • getMethod

        public static Method getMethod​(Constructor<?> constructor)
        Creates a new Method.
        Parameters:
        constructor - a java.lang.reflect constructor descriptor
        Returns:
        a Method corresponding to the given Java constructor declaration.
      • getMethod

        public static Method getMethod​(String method)
        Returns a Method corresponding to the given Java method declaration.
        Parameters:
        method - a Java method declaration, without argument names, of the form "returnType name (argumentType1, ... argumentTypeN)", where the types are in plain Java (e.g. "int", "float", "java.util.List", ...). Classes of the java.lang package can be specified by their unqualified name; all other classes names must be fully qualified.
        Returns:
        a Method corresponding to the given Java method declaration.
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if method could not get parsed.
      • getMethod

        public static Method getMethod​(String method,
                                       boolean defaultPackage)
        Returns a Method corresponding to the given Java method declaration.
        Parameters:
        method - a Java method declaration, without argument names, of the form "returnType name (argumentType1, ... argumentTypeN)", where the types are in plain Java (e.g. "int", "float", "java.util.List", ...). Classes of the java.lang package may be specified by their unqualified name, depending on the defaultPackage argument; all other classes names must be fully qualified.
        defaultPackage - true if unqualified class names belong to the default package, or false if they correspond to java.lang classes. For instance "Object" means "Object" if this option is true, or "java.lang.Object" otherwise.
        Returns:
        a Method corresponding to the given Java method declaration.
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if method could not get parsed.
      • getName

        public String getName()
        Returns the name of the method described by this object.
        Returns:
        the name of the method described by this object.
      • getDescriptor

        public String getDescriptor()
        Returns the descriptor of the method described by this object.
        Returns:
        the descriptor of the method described by this object.
      • getReturnType

        public Type getReturnType()
        Returns the return type of the method described by this object.
        Returns:
        the return type of the method described by this object.
      • getArgumentTypes

        public Type[] getArgumentTypes()
        Returns the argument types of the method described by this object.
        Returns:
        the argument types of the method described by this object.
      • hashCode

        public int hashCode()
        Overrides:
        hashCode in class Object