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pack-private Method copy ()

Package-private routine (exposed to java.lang.Class via ReflectAccess) which returns a copy of this Method.

public boolean equals (Object obj)

Compares this Method against the specified object.

Compares this Method against the specified object. Returns
true if the objects are the same. Two Methods are the same if
they were declared by the same class and have the same name
and formal parameter types and return type.

public T getAnnotation (Class< T> annotationClass) [Overrides AccessibleObject]

public Annotation getDeclaredAnnotations () [Overrides AccessibleObject]

public Class<Object> getDeclaringClass () [Specified in Member]

Returns the Class object representing the class or interface that declares the method represented by this Method object.

public Object getDefaultValue ()

Returns the default value for the annotation member represented by this Method instance.

public Class<Object> getExceptionTypes ()

Returns an array of Class objects that represent the types of the exceptions declared to be thrown by the underlying method represented by this Method object.

Returns an array of Class objects that represent
the types of the exceptions declared to be thrown
by the underlying method
represented by this Method object. Returns an array of length
0 if the method declares no exceptions in its throws clause.
Returns: the exception types declared as being thrown by the method this object represents

public Type getGenericExceptionTypes ()

Returns an array of Type objects that represent the exceptions declared to be thrown by this Method object.

public Type getGenericParameterTypes ()

Returns an array of Type objects that represent the formal parameter types, in declaration order, of the method represented by this Method object.

public Type getGenericReturnType ()

Returns a Type object that represents the formal return type of the method represented by this Method object.

pack-private sun.reflect.MethodAccessor getMethodAccessor ()

public int getModifiers () [Specified in Member]

Returns the Java language modifiers for the method represented by this Method object, as an integer.

Returns the Java language modifiers for the method represented
by this Method object, as an integer. The Modifier class should
be used to decode the modifiers.
See Also: Modifier,

public String getName () [Specified in Member]

Returns the name of the method represented by this Method object, as a String.

public Annotation getParameterAnnotations ()

Returns an array of arrays that represent the annotations on the formal parameters, in declaration order, of the method represented by this Method object.

public Class<Object> getParameterTypes ()

Returns an array of Class objects that represent the formal parameter types, in declaration order, of the method represented by this Method object.

Returns an array of Class objects that represent the formal
parameter types, in declaration order, of the method
represented by this Method object. Returns an array of length
0 if the underlying method takes no parameters.
Returns: the parameter types for the method this object represents

public Class<Object> getReturnType ()

Returns a Class object that represents the formal return type of the method represented by this Method object.

Returns a Class object that represents the formal return type
of the method represented by this Method object.
Returns: the return type for the method this object represents

public TypeVariable<Method> getTypeParameters () [Specified in GenericDeclaration]

Returns an array of TypeVariable objects that represent the type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this GenericDeclaration object, in declaration order.

public int hashCode ()

Returns a hashcode for this Method.

Returns a hashcode for this Method. The hashcode is computed
as the exclusive-or of the hashcodes for the underlying
method's declaring class name and the method's name.

public Object invoke (Object obj, Object args) throws IllegalAccessException IllegalArgumentException InvocationTargetException

Invokes the underlying method represented by this Method object, on the specified object with the specified parameters.

Invokes the underlying method represented by this Method object, on the specified object with the specified parameters. Individual parameters are automatically unwrapped to match primitive formal parameters, and both primitive and reference parameters are subject to method invocation conversions as necessary.

If the underlying method is static, then the specified obj argument is ignored. It may be null.

If the number of formal parameters required by the underlying method is 0, the supplied args array may be of length 0 or null.

If the underlying method is an instance method, it is invoked using dynamic method lookup as documented in The Java Language Specification, Second Edition, section 15.12.4.4; in particular, overriding based on the runtime type of the target object will occur.

If the underlying method is static, the class that declared the method is initialized if it has not already been initialized.

If the method completes normally, the value it returns is returned to the caller of invoke; if the value has a primitive type, it is first appropriately wrapped in an object. However, if the value has the type of an array of a primitive type, the elements of the array are not wrapped in objects; in other words, an array of primitive type is returned. If the underlying method return type is void, the invocation returns null.
Returns: the result of dispatching the method represented by this object on obj with parameters args
Parameters:
- obj - the object the underlying method is invoked from
- args - the arguments used for the method call
Throws:
- IllegalAccessException - if this Method object enforces Java language access control and the underlying method is inaccessible.
- IllegalArgumentException - if the method is an instance method and the specified object argument is not an instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying method (or of a subclass or implementor thereof); if the number of actual and formal parameters differ; if an unwrapping conversion for primitive arguments fails; or if, after possible unwrapping, a parameter value cannot be converted to the corresponding formal parameter type by a method invocation conversion.
- InvocationTargetException - if the underlying method throws an exception.
- NullPointerException - if the specified object is null and the method is an instance method.
- ExceptionInInitializerError - if the initialization provoked by this method fails.

public boolean isBridge ()

Returns true if this method is a bridge method; returns false otherwise.

public boolean isSynthetic () [Specified in Member]

Returns true if this method is a synthetic method; returns false otherwise.

public boolean isVarArgs ()

Returns true if this method was declared to take a variable number of arguments; returns false otherwise.

pack-private void setMethodAccessor (sun.reflect.MethodAccessor accessor)

public String toGenericString ()

Returns a string describing this Method, including type parameters.

Returns a string describing this Method, including type parameters. The string is formatted as the method access modifiers, if any, followed by an angle-bracketed comma-separated list of the method's type parameters, if any, followed by the method's generic return type, followed by a space, followed by the class declaring the method, followed by a period, followed by the method name, followed by a parenthesized, comma-separated list of the method's generic formal parameter types. A space is used to separate access modifiers from one another and from the type parameters or return type. If there are no type parameters, the type parameter list is elided; if the type parameter list is present, a space separates the list from the class name. If the method is declared to throw exceptions, the parameter list is followed by a space, followed by the word throws followed by a comma-separated list of the generic thrown exception types. If there are no type parameters, the type parameter list is elided.

The access modifiers are placed in canonical order as specified by "The Java Language Specification". This is public, protected or private first, and then other modifiers in the following order: abstract, static, final, synchronized native.
Returns: a string describing this Method, include type parameters
Since: 1.5

public String toString ()

Returns a string describing this Method.

Returns a string describing this Method. The string is formatted as the method access modifiers, if any, followed by the method return type, followed by a space, followed by the class declaring the method, followed by a period, followed by the method name, followed by a parenthesized, comma-separated list of the method's formal parameter types. If the method throws checked exceptions, the parameter list is followed by a space, followed by the word throws followed by a comma-separated list of the thrown exception types. For example:

    public boolean java.lang.Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

The access modifiers are placed in canonical order as specified by "The Java Language Specification". This is public, protected or private first, and then other modifiers in the following order: abstract, static, final, synchronized, native.