Get method's modifier, return type and parameters in Java

Description

The following code shows how to get method's modifier, return type and parameters.

Example


//from  ww w.j  a va 2s.  c  o m
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] arguments) throws Exception {
    Class inspect = Class.forName("java.lang.String");
      Method[] methods = inspect.getDeclaredMethods();
      for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) {
        Method methVal = methods[i];
        Class returnVal = methVal.getReturnType();
        int mods = methVal.getModifiers();
        String modVal = Modifier.toString(mods);
        Class[] paramVal = methVal.getParameterTypes();
        StringBuffer params = new StringBuffer();
        for (int j = 0; j < paramVal.length; j++) {
          if (j > 0)
            params.append(", ");
          params.append(paramVal[j].getName());
        }
        System.out.println("Method: " + methVal.getName() + "()");
        System.out.println("Modifiers: " + modVal);
        System.out.println("Return Type: " + returnVal.getName());
        System.out.println("Parameters: " + params + "\n");
      }
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.





















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