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Added in API level 1

Method

public final class Method
extends AccessibleObject implements GenericDeclaration, Member

java.lang.Object
↳	java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject
	↳	java.lang.reflect.Method

A Method provides information about, and access to, a single method on a class or interface. The reflected method may be a class method or an instance method (including an abstract method).

A Method permits widening conversions to occur when matching the actual parameters to invoke with the underlying method's formal parameters, but it throws an IllegalArgumentException if a narrowing conversion would occur.

See also:

Summary

Inherited constants

From interface


    java.lang.reflect.Member

Fields
`protected int`	`accessFlags` Bits encoding access (e.g.
`protected Class<?>`	`declaringClass` Method's declaring class
`protected Class<?>`	`declaringClassOfOverriddenMethod` Overriden method's declaring class (same as declaringClass unless declaringClass is a proxy class)
`protected int`	`dexMethodIndex` The method index of this method within its defining dex file

Public methods
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Compares this `Method` against the specified object.
`<T extends Annotation> T`	`getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)` Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
`<A extends Annotation> A`	`getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType)` Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
`Annotation[]`	`getAnnotations()` Returns all annotations present on this element.
`Annotation[]`	`getDeclaredAnnotations()` Returns all annotations that are directly present on this element.
`Class<?>`	`getDeclaringClass()` Returns the `Class` object representing the class or interface that declares the method represented by this `Method` object.
`Object`	`getDefaultValue()` Returns the default value for the annotation member represented by this `Method` instance.
`Class[]<?>`	`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.
`Type[]`	`getGenericExceptionTypes()` Returns an array of `Type` objects that represent the exceptions declared to be thrown by this `Method` object.
`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.
`Type`	`getGenericReturnType()` Returns a `Type` object that represents the formal return type of the method represented by this `Method` object.
`int`	`getModifiers()` Returns the Java language modifiers for the method represented by this `Method` object, as an integer.
`String`	`getName()` Returns the name of the method represented by this `Method` object, as a `String`.
`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.
`Class[]<?>`	`getParameterTypes()` Returns an array of `Class` objects that represent the formal parameter types, in declaration order, of the method represented by this `Method` object.
`Class<?>`	`getReturnType()` Returns a `Class` object that represents the formal return type of the method represented by this `Method` object.
`TypeVariable[]<Method>`	`getTypeParameters()` Returns an array of `TypeVariable` objects that represent the type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this `GenericDeclaration` object, in declaration order.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hashcode for this `Method`.
`Object`	`invoke(Object receiver, Object... args)` Invokes the underlying method represented by this `Method` object, on the specified object with the specified parameters.
`boolean`	`isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType)`
`boolean`	`isBridge()` Returns `true` if this method is a bridge method; returns `false` otherwise.
`boolean`	`isDefault()` Returns `true` if this method is a default method; returns `false` otherwise.
`boolean`	`isSynthetic()` Returns `true` if this method is a synthetic method; returns `false` otherwise.
`boolean`	`isVarArgs()` Returns `true` if this method was declared to take a variable number of arguments; returns `false` otherwise.
`String`	`toGenericString()` Returns a string describing this `Method`, including type parameters.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string describing this `Method`.

Protected methods
`int`	`compareParameters(Class[]<?> params)`
`boolean`	`equalMethodParameters(Class[]<?> params)`

Inherited methods

From class


  
    java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject

From class


  
    java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long millis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long millis)` Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object.

From interface


  
    java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement

`abstract <T extends Annotation> T`	`getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)` Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
`abstract Annotation[]`	`getAnnotations()` Returns all annotations present on this element.
`default <T extends Annotation> T[]`	`getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)` Returns an associated list of annotations on `this` element, whose class is `annotationClass`, or an empty array if nothing was found.
`default <T extends Annotation> Annotation`	`getDeclaredAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)` Returns a directly-present annotation on `this` element, whose class is `annotationClass`, or `null` if nothing was found.
`abstract Annotation[]`	`getDeclaredAnnotations()` Returns all annotations that are directly present on this element.
`default <T extends Annotation> T[]`	`getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)` Returns a directly or indirectly present list of annotations on `this` element, whose class is `annotationClass`, or an empty array if nothing was found.
`default boolean`	`isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass)` Returns true if an annotation for the specified type is present on this element, else false.

From interface


  
    java.lang.reflect.GenericDeclaration

From interface


  
    java.lang.reflect.Member

Fields

accessFlags

int accessFlags

Bits encoding access (e.g. public, private) as well as other runtime specific flags

declaringClass

Class<?> declaringClass

Method's declaring class

declaringClassOfOverriddenMethod

Class<?> declaringClassOfOverriddenMethod

Overriden method's declaring class (same as declaringClass unless declaringClass is a proxy class)

dexMethodIndex

int dexMethodIndex

The method index of this method within its defining dex file

Public methods

equals

Added in API level 1

boolean equals (Object obj)

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.

Parameters
`obj`	`Object`: the reference object with which to compare.

Returns
`boolean`	`true` if this object is the same as the obj argument; `false` otherwise.

getAnnotation

Added in API level 1

T getAnnotation (Class<T> annotationClass)

Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.

Parameters
`annotationClass`	`Class`: the Class object corresponding to the annotation type

Returns
`T`	this element's annotation for the specified annotation type if present on this element, else null

getAnnotation

Added in API level 14

A getAnnotation (Class<A> annotationType)

Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.

Parameters
`annotationType`	`Class`: the Class object corresponding to the annotation type

Returns
`A`	this element's annotation for the specified annotation type if present on this element, else null

Throws
`NullPointerException`

getAnnotations

Added in API level 1

Annotation[] getAnnotations ()

Returns all annotations present on this element. (Returns an array of length zero if this element has no annotations.) The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.

Returns
`Annotation[]`	all annotations present on this element

getDeclaredAnnotations

Added in API level 1

Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations ()

Returns all annotations that are directly present on this element. Unlike the other methods in this interface, this method ignores inherited annotations. (Returns an array of length zero if no annotations are directly present on this element.) The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.

Returns
`Annotation[]`	All annotations directly present on this element

getDeclaringClass

Added in API level 1

Class<?> getDeclaringClass ()

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

Returns
`Class<?>`

getDefaultValue

Added in API level 1

Object getDefaultValue ()

Returns the default value for the annotation member represented by this Method instance. If the member is of a primitive type, an instance of the corresponding wrapper type is returned. Returns null if no default is associated with the member, or if the method instance does not represent a declared member of an annotation type.

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

Throws
`TypeNotPresentException`	if the annotation is of type `Class` and no definition can be found for the default class value.

getExceptionTypes

Added in API level 1

Class[]<?> 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 length 0 if the method declares no exceptions in its throws clause.

Returns
`Class[]<?>`	the exception types declared as being thrown by the method this object represents

getGenericExceptionTypes

Added in API level 1

Type[] getGenericExceptionTypes ()

Returns an array of Type objects that represent the exceptions declared to be thrown by this Method object. Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying method declares no exceptions in its throws clause.

If an exception type is a type variable or a parameterized type, it is created. Otherwise, it is resolved.

Returns
`Type[]`	an array of Types that represent the exception types thrown by the underlying method

Throws
`GenericSignatureFormatError`	if the generic method signature does not conform to the format specified in The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification
`TypeNotPresentException`	if the underlying method's `throws` clause refers to a non-existent type declaration
`MalformedParameterizedTypeException`	if the underlying method's `throws` clause refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason

getGenericParameterTypes

Added in API level 1

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. Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying method takes no parameters.

If a formal parameter type is a parameterized type, the Type object returned for it must accurately reflect the actual type parameters used in the source code.

If a formal parameter type is a type variable or a parameterized type, it is created. Otherwise, it is resolved.

Returns
`Type[]`	an array of Types that represent the formal parameter types of the underlying method, in declaration order

Throws
`GenericSignatureFormatError`	if the generic method signature does not conform to the format specified in The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification
`TypeNotPresentException`	if any of the parameter types of the underlying method refers to a non-existent type declaration
`MalformedParameterizedTypeException`	if any of the underlying method's parameter types refer to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason

getGenericReturnType

Added in API level 1

Type getGenericReturnType ()

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

If the return type is a parameterized type, the Type object returned must accurately reflect the actual type parameters used in the source code.

If the return type is a type variable or a parameterized type, it is created. Otherwise, it is resolved.

Returns
`Type`	a `Type` object that represents the formal return type of the underlying method

Throws
`GenericSignatureFormatError`	if the generic method signature does not conform to the format specified in The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification
`TypeNotPresentException`	if the underlying method's return type refers to a non-existent type declaration
`MalformedParameterizedTypeException`	if the underlying method's return typed refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason

getModifiers

Added in API level 1

int getModifiers ()

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.

Returns
`int`

See also:

Modifier

getName

Added in API level 1

String getName ()

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

Returns
`String`	the name of this method

getParameterAnnotations

Added in API level 1

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. (Returns an array of length zero if the underlying method is parameterless. If the method has one or more parameters, a nested array of length zero is returned for each parameter with no annotations.) The annotation objects contained in the returned arrays are serializable. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned arrays; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.

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

getParameterTypes

Added in API level 1

Class[]<?> 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 length 0 if the underlying method takes no parameters.

Returns
`Class[]<?>`	the parameter types for the method this object represents

getReturnType

Added in API level 1

Class<?> getReturnType ()

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

Returns
`Class<?>`	the return type for the method this object represents

getTypeParameters

Added in API level 1

TypeVariable[]<Method> getTypeParameters ()

Returns an array of TypeVariable objects that represent the type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this GenericDeclaration object, in declaration order. Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying generic declaration declares no type variables.

Returns
`TypeVariable[]<Method>`	an array of `TypeVariable` objects that represent the type variables declared by this generic declaration

Throws
`GenericSignatureFormatError`	if the generic signature of this generic declaration does not conform to the format specified in The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification

hashCode

Added in API level 1

int hashCode ()

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.

Returns
`int`	a hash code value for this object.

invoke

Added in API level 1

Object invoke (Object receiver, 
                Object... args)

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.

Parameters
`receiver`	`Object`: the object the underlying method is invoked from
`args`	`Object`: the arguments used for the method call

Returns
`Object`	the result of dispatching the method represented by this object on `obj` with parameters `args`

Throws
`IllegalAccessException`	if this `Method` object is enforcing 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.

isAnnotationPresent

Added in API level 1

boolean isAnnotationPresent (Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType)

Parameters
`annotationType`	`Class`

Returns
`boolean`

isBridge

Added in API level 1

boolean isBridge ()

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

Returns
`boolean`	true if and only if this method is a bridge method as defined by the Java Language Specification.

isDefault

Added in API level 24

boolean isDefault ()

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

Returns
`boolean`

isSynthetic

Added in API level 1

boolean isSynthetic ()

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

Returns
`boolean`	true if and only if this method is a synthetic method as defined by the Java Language Specification.

isVarArgs

Added in API level 1

boolean isVarArgs ()

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

Returns
`boolean`	`true` if an only if this method was declared to take a variable number of arguments.

toGenericString

Added in API level 1

String toGenericString ()

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. If this method was declared to take a variable number of arguments, instead of denoting the last parameter as "Type[]", it is denoted as "Type...". 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, strictfp.

Returns
`String`	a string describing this `Method`, include type parameters

toString

Added in API level 1

String toString ()

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)

Returns
`String`	a string representation of the object.

Protected methods

compareParameters

int compareParameters (Class[]<?> params)

Parameters
`params`	`Class`

Returns
`int`

equalMethodParameters

boolean equalMethodParameters (Class[]<?> params)

Parameters
`params`	`Class`

Returns
`boolean`