Package org.djutils.reflection

Class MethodSignature

java.lang.Object

org.djutils.reflection.MethodSignature

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class MethodSignature
extends Object
implements Serializable

A method descriptor represents the parameters that the method takes and the value that it returns. It is a series of characters generated by the grammar described at The Java Virtual Machine Specification: Method Descriptors .

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Author:

Peter Jacobs, Niels Lang, Alexander Verbraeck

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MethodSignature(Constructor<?> constructor)	constructs a new MethodSignature.
MethodSignature(Method method)	constructs a new MethodSignature.
MethodSignature(String value)	constructs a new MethodSignature.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getParameterDescriptor()
static String	getParameterDescriptor(String methodDescriptor)
Class<?>[]	getParameterTypes()	returns the parameterTypes.
static Class<?>[]	getParameterTypes(String methodDescriptor)	returns the parameterTypes.
String	getReturnDescriptor()
static String	getReturnDescriptor(String methodDescriptor)
Class<?>	getReturnType()	returns the returnType of this methodDescriptor.
static Class<?>	getReturnType(String methodDescriptor)	returns the returnType of this methodDescriptor.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MethodSignature

public MethodSignature(String value)

constructs a new MethodSignature.

Parameters:

value - String; the descriptor

MethodSignature

public MethodSignature(Method method)

constructs a new MethodSignature.

Parameters:

method - Method; the method

MethodSignature

public MethodSignature(Constructor<?> constructor)

constructs a new MethodSignature.

Parameters:

constructor - Constructor<?>; the constructor

Method Detail

getParameterDescriptor

public String getParameterDescriptor()

Returns:

Returns the parameterDescriptor

getParameterTypes

public Class<?>[] getParameterTypes()
                             throws ClassNotFoundException

returns the parameterTypes.

Returns:

ClassDescriptor[] the result

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - on incomplete classPath

getReturnDescriptor

public String getReturnDescriptor()

Returns:

Returns the returnDescriptor.

getReturnType

public Class<?> getReturnType()
                       throws ClassNotFoundException

returns the returnType of this methodDescriptor.

Returns:

Returns the returnType

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - on incomplete classPath

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getParameterDescriptor

public static String getParameterDescriptor(String methodDescriptor)

Parameters:

methodDescriptor - String; the methodDescriptor

Returns:

Returns the parameterDescriptor

getParameterTypes

public static Class<?>[] getParameterTypes(String methodDescriptor)
                                    throws ClassNotFoundException

returns the parameterTypes.

Parameters:

methodDescriptor - String; the string

Returns:

ClassDescriptor[] the result

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - on incomplete classPath

getReturnDescriptor

public static String getReturnDescriptor(String methodDescriptor)

Parameters:

methodDescriptor - String; the methodDescriptor

Returns:

Returns the returnDescriptor

getReturnType

public static Class<?> getReturnType(String methodDescriptor)
                              throws ClassNotFoundException

returns the returnType of this methodDescriptor.

Parameters:

methodDescriptor - String; the returnDescriptor

Returns:

Returns the returnType

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - on incomplete classPath