Get Static Method

 
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) {
    Method m = getStaticMethod(new MyClass().getClass(), "setCount", int.class);
    System.out.println(m);

  }

  static public Method getStaticMethod(Class<?> type, String methodName,
      Class<?>... params) {
    try {
      Method method = type.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, params);
      if ((method.getModifiers() & Modifier.STATIC) != 0) {
        return method;
      }
    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
    }
    return null;
  }

}

class MyClass {
  private int count;

  MyClass(int c) {
    count = c;
  }

  MyClass() {
    count = 0;
  }

  static void setCount(int c) {

  }

  int getCount() {
    return count;
  }

  void showcount() {
    System.out.println("count is " + count);
  }
}
  
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Reflection Method:
  1. Convert method to property name
  2. Find a Method on the supplied class with the supplied name and no parameters
  3. Find a Method on the supplied class with the supplied name and parameter types
  4. Get all methods from a class
  5. Get constructor and its parameters and call constructor with parameter
  6. Get method by parameter type
  7. Get all declared methods from a class, not inherited
  8. Get specific method by its name and parameters
  9. Get Static Method
  10. Get the current running method name
  11. Invoke a method with Reflection
  12. Invoke a method on an object with parameters
  13. Invoke a method with 2 arguments
  14. Invoke private method
  15. Method modifiers: isSynthetic(), isVarArgs(), isBridge()
  16. Method return type, parameter's type
  17. Method signature
  18. Modifier public, private, protected, static, final, abstract
  19. Modifier checker checks all possible modifiers for a method
  20. Sort methods according to their name, number of parameters, and parameter types.