Can I get all methods of a class?
public static Method[] getAccessibleMethods(Class clazz) {
List<Method> result = new ArrayList<Method>();
while (clazz != null) {
for (Method method : clazz.getDeclaredMethods()) {
int modifiers = method.getModifiers();
if (Modifier.isPublic(modifiers) || Modifier.isProtected(modifiers)) {
result.add(method);
}
}
clazz = clazz.getSuperclass();
}
return result.toArray(new Method[result.size()]);
}
Straight from the source: http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/ALT/Reflection/ Then I modified it to be self contained, not requiring anything from the command line. ;-)
import java.lang.reflect.*;
/**
Compile with this:
C:\Documents and Settings\glow\My Documents\j>javac DumpMethods.java
Run like this, and results follow
C:\Documents and Settings\glow\My Documents\j>java DumpMethods
public void DumpMethods.foo()
public int DumpMethods.bar()
public java.lang.String DumpMethods.baz()
public static void DumpMethods.main(java.lang.String[])
*/
public class DumpMethods {
public void foo() { }
public int bar() { return 12; }
public String baz() { return ""; }
public static void main(String args[]) {
try {
Class thisClass = DumpMethods.class;
Method[] methods = thisClass.getDeclaredMethods();
for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) {
System.out.println(methods[i].toString());
}
} catch (Throwable e) {
System.err.println(e);
}
}
}
To know about all methods use this statement in console:
javap -cp jar-file.jar packagename.classname
or
javap class-file.class packagename.classname
or for example:
javap java.lang.StringBuffer
You can use the Reflection API