org.exolab.jms.net.util
Class MethodHelper

java.lang.Object
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public final class MethodHelper

extends java.lang.Object

Helper class for performing reflection.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2005/04/02 13:47:16 $

Author:

Tim Anderson

Method Summary

static java.lang.reflect.Method[]	getAllInterfaceMethods(java.lang.Class clazz) Returns all the interface-declared methods of a class.
static java.lang.Class[]	getAllInterfaces(java.lang.Class clazz) Returns all of the interfaces implemented by a class.
static java.lang.reflect.Method[]	getInterfaceMethods(java.lang.Class clazz) Returns the interface-declared methods of a class.
static long	getMethodID(java.lang.reflect.Method method) Calculates a unique identifier for a method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getAllInterfaceMethods

public static java.lang.reflect.Method[] getAllInterfaceMethods(java.lang.Class clazz)

Returns all the interface-declared methods of a class. This includes those implemented by superclasses.

Parameters:

clazz - the class

Returns:

a list of the interface-declared methods for clazz

getInterfaceMethods

public static java.lang.reflect.Method[] getInterfaceMethods(java.lang.Class clazz)

Returns the interface-declared methods of a class.

Parameters:

clazz - the class

Returns:

a list of the interface-declared methods for clazz

getMethodID

public static long getMethodID(java.lang.reflect.Method method)

Calculates a unique identifier for a method. The identifier is unique within the declaring class.

Parameters:

method - the method

Returns:

a unique identifier for method

getAllInterfaces

public static java.lang.Class[] getAllInterfaces(java.lang.Class clazz)

Returns all of the interfaces implemented by a class.

Parameters:

clazz - the class

Returns:

a list of the interfaces implemented by the class.