This program uses reflection to print all features of a class
/*
This program is a part of the companion code for Core Java 8th ed.
(http://horstmann.com/corejava)
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*/
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.util.Scanner;
/**
* This program uses reflection to print all features of a class.
* @version 1.1 2004-02-21
* @author Cay Horstmann
*/
public class ReflectionTest
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// read class name from command line args or user input
String name;
if (args.length > 0) name = args[0];
else
{
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter class name (e.g. java.util.Date): ");
name = in.next();
}
try
{
// print class name and superclass name (if != Object)
Class cl = Class.forName(name);
Class supercl = cl.getSuperclass();
String modifiers = Modifier.toString(cl.getModifiers());
if (modifiers.length() > 0) System.out.print(modifiers + " ");
System.out.print("class " + name);
if (supercl != null && supercl != Object.class) System.out.print(" extends "
+ supercl.getName());
System.out.print("\n{\n");
printConstructors(cl);
System.out.println();
printMethods(cl);
System.out.println();
printFields(cl);
System.out.println("}");
}
catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
System.exit(0);
}
/**
* Prints all constructors of a class
* @param cl a class
*/
public static void printConstructors(Class cl)
{
Constructor[] constructors = cl.getDeclaredConstructors();
for (Constructor c : constructors)
{
String name = c.getName();
System.out.print(" ");
String modifiers = Modifier.toString(c.getModifiers());
if (modifiers.length() > 0) System.out.print(modifiers + " ");
System.out.print(name + "(");
// print parameter types
Class[] paramTypes = c.getParameterTypes();
for (int j = 0; j < paramTypes.length; j++)
{
if (j > 0) System.out.print(", ");
System.out.print(paramTypes[j].getName());
}
System.out.println(");");
}
}
/**
* Prints all methods of a class
* @param cl a class
*/
public static void printMethods(Class cl)
{
Method[] methods = cl.getDeclaredMethods();
for (Method m : methods)
{
Class retType = m.getReturnType();
String name = m.getName();
System.out.print(" ");
// print modifiers, return type and method name
String modifiers = Modifier.toString(m.getModifiers());
if (modifiers.length() > 0) System.out.print(modifiers + " ");
System.out.print(retType.getName() + " " + name + "(");
// print parameter types
Class[] paramTypes = m.getParameterTypes();
for (int j = 0; j < paramTypes.length; j++)
{
if (j > 0) System.out.print(", ");
System.out.print(paramTypes[j].getName());
}
System.out.println(");");
}
}
/**
* Prints all fields of a class
* @param cl a class
*/
public static void printFields(Class cl)
{
Field[] fields = cl.getDeclaredFields();
for (Field f : fields)
{
Class type = f.getType();
String name = f.getName();
System.out.print(" ");
String modifiers = Modifier.toString(f.getModifiers());
if (modifiers.length() > 0) System.out.print(modifiers + " ");
System.out.println(type.getName() + " " + name + ";");
}
}
}
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