Java Reflection - Java Method.toGenericString()

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Syntax

Method.toGenericString() has the following syntax.

public String toGenericString()

Example

In the following code shows how to use Method.toGenericString() method.

/*  w  ww .j  a va2  s.  c  o m*/
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String name = "java.util.Date";
    try {
      Class cl = Class.forName(name);
      printMethods(cl);
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
      System.out.println("Class not found.");
    }
  }
  public static void printMethods(Class cl) {
    Method[] methods = cl.getDeclaredMethods();

    for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) {
      Method m = methods[i];
      System.out.println(m.toGenericString());

    }
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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