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Checks whether the specified class contains a method matching the specified name.

       
// $Id: ReflectionHelper.java 16271 2009-04-07 20:20:12Z hardy.ferentschik $
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import java.beans.Introspector;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Member;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.lang.reflect.WildcardType;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
/**
 * Some reflection utility methods.
 *
 * @author Hardy Ferentschik
 */
public class ReflectionHelper {
  /**
   * Checks whether the specified class contains a method matching the specified name.
   *
   * @param clazz The class to check.
   * @param methodName The method name.
   *
   * @return Returns <code>true</code> if the cass contains a property for the specified name, <code>
   *         false</code> otherwise.
   */
  public static boolean containsMethod(Class<?> clazz, String methodName) {
    try {
      clazz.getMethod( "get" + methodName.substring( 0, 1 ).toUpperCase() + methodName.substring( 1 ) );
      return true;
    }
    catch ( NoSuchMethodException e ) {
      return false;
    }
  }
}

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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