Inspecting a Class for Its Methods
The previous examples have focused on constructors, but Reflection also allows you to discover the regular methods a class declares. This functionality is again provided by java.lang.Class.
Obtaining a List of Methods
Going back to the Requestor/Provider example used in Listing 28.1, a few simple changes allow the methods of a class to be queried and displayed along with its constructors. Listing 28.6 shows the necessary modifications.
Code Listing 28.6. Reflection Reveals Methods as Well as Constructors
/* * Requestor */ import java.lang.reflect.*; public class Requestor { public void requestConstuctors() { try { // load the Provider class and use Reflection // to get an array of constructor information Class ... |
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