Method.getDeclaringClass() has the following syntax.
public Class <?> getDeclaringClass()
In the following code shows how to use Method.getDeclaringClass() method.
//from ww w. j av a2 s. c o m import java.lang.reflect.Method; class X { public void objectMethod(String arg) { System.out.println("Instance method: " + arg); } public static void classMethod() { System.out.println("Class method"); } } public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { try { Class<?> clazz = Class.forName("X"); X x = (X) clazz.newInstance(); Class[] argTypes = { String.class }; Method method = clazz.getMethod("objectMethod", argTypes); System.out.println(method.getDeclaringClass()); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println(e); } } }
The code above generates the following result.