Java tutorial
import java.lang.reflect.Method; import java.lang.reflect.Modifier; public class MethodInspector { public static void main(String[] arguments) { Class inspect; try { if (arguments.length > 0) inspect = Class.forName(arguments[0]); else inspect = Class.forName("MethodInspector"); Method[] methods = inspect.getDeclaredMethods(); for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) { Method methVal = methods[i]; Class returnVal = methVal.getReturnType(); int mods = methVal.getModifiers(); String modVal = Modifier.toString(mods); Class[] paramVal = methVal.getParameterTypes(); StringBuffer params = new StringBuffer(); for (int j = 0; j < paramVal.length; j++) { if (j > 0) params.append(", "); params.append(paramVal[j].getName()); } System.out.println("Method: " + methVal.getName() + "()"); System.out.println("Modifiers: " + modVal); System.out.println("Return Type: " + returnVal.getName()); System.out.println("Parameters: " + params + "\n"); } } catch (ClassNotFoundException c) { System.out.println(c.toString()); } } }