nl.tudelft.simulation.language.reflection
Class MethodSignature

java.lang.Object
  nl.tudelft.simulation.language.reflection.MethodSignature

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class MethodSignature
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.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 .

(c) copyright 2002-2005 Delft University of Technology , the Netherlands.

See for project information www.simulation.tudelft.nl/language
License of use: Lesser General Public License (LGPL) , no warranty

Since:

1.5

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $ $Date: 2005/08/04 12:08:54 $

Author:

Peter Jacobs , Niels Lang Alexander Verbraeck

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

MethodSignature(java.lang.reflect.Constructor<?> constructor)
constructs a new MethodSignature

MethodSignature(java.lang.reflect.Method method)
constructs a new MethodSignature

MethodSignature(java.lang.String value)
constructs a new MethodSignature

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getParameterDescriptor()
static java.lang.String	getParameterDescriptor(java.lang.String methodDescriptor)
java.lang.Class[]	getParameterTypes() returns the parameterTypes
static java.lang.Class[]	getParameterTypes(java.lang.String methodDescriptor) returns the parameterTypes
java.lang.String	getReturnDescriptor()
static java.lang.String	getReturnDescriptor(java.lang.String methodDescriptor)
java.lang.Class	getReturnType() returns the returnType of this methodDescriptor
static java.lang.Class	getReturnType(java.lang.String methodDescriptor) returns the returnType of this methodDescriptor
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MethodSignature

public MethodSignature(java.lang.String value)

constructs a new MethodSignature

Parameters:

value - the descriptor

MethodSignature

public MethodSignature(java.lang.reflect.Method method)

constructs a new MethodSignature

Parameters:

method - the method

MethodSignature

public MethodSignature(java.lang.reflect.Constructor<?> constructor)

constructs a new MethodSignature

Parameters:

constructor - the constructor

Method Detail

getParameterDescriptor

public java.lang.String getParameterDescriptor()

Returns:

Returns the parameterDescriptor

getParameterTypes

public java.lang.Class[] getParameterTypes()
                                    throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

returns the parameterTypes

Returns:

ClassDescriptor[] the result

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - on incomplete classPath

getReturnDescriptor

public java.lang.String getReturnDescriptor()

Returns:

Returns the returnDescriptor

getReturnType

public java.lang.Class getReturnType()
                              throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

returns the returnType of this methodDescriptor

Returns:

Returns the returnType

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - on incomplete classPath

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.toString()

getParameterDescriptor

public static java.lang.String getParameterDescriptor(java.lang.String methodDescriptor)

Parameters:

methodDescriptor - the methodDescriptor

Returns:

Returns the parameterDescriptor

getParameterTypes

public static java.lang.Class[] getParameterTypes(java.lang.String methodDescriptor)
                                           throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

returns the parameterTypes

Parameters:

methodDescriptor - the string

Returns:

ClassDescriptor[] the result

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - on incomplete classPath

getReturnDescriptor

public static java.lang.String getReturnDescriptor(java.lang.String methodDescriptor)

Parameters:

methodDescriptor - the methodDescriptor

Returns:

Returns the returnDescriptor

getReturnType

public static java.lang.Class getReturnType(java.lang.String methodDescriptor)
                                     throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

returns the returnType of this methodDescriptor

Parameters:

methodDescriptor - the returnDescriptor

Returns:

Returns the returnType

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - on incomplete classPath