Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; public class Main { /** * Create a method signature from the given param types and return values */ public static String sig(Class retval, Class... params) { return sigParams(params) + ci(retval); } public static String sig(Class[] retvalParams) { Class[] justParams = new Class[retvalParams.length - 1]; System.arraycopy(retvalParams, 1, justParams, 0, justParams.length); return sigParams(justParams) + ci(retvalParams[0]); } public static String sig(Class retval, String descriptor, Class... params) { return sigParams(descriptor, params) + ci(retval); } public static String sigParams(Class... params) { StringBuilder signature = new StringBuilder("("); for (int i = 0; i < params.length; i++) { signature.append(ci(params[i])); } signature.append(")"); return signature.toString(); } public static String sigParams(String descriptor, Class... params) { StringBuilder signature = new StringBuilder("("); signature.append(descriptor); for (int i = 0; i < params.length; i++) { signature.append(ci(params[i])); } signature.append(")"); return signature.toString(); } /** * Creates a class identifier of form Labc/abc;, from a Class. */ public static String ci(Class n) { if (n.isArray()) { n = n.getComponentType(); if (n.isPrimitive()) { if (n == Byte.TYPE) { return "[B"; } else if (n == Boolean.TYPE) { return "[Z"; } else if (n == Short.TYPE) { return "[S"; } else if (n == Character.TYPE) { return "[C"; } else if (n == Integer.TYPE) { return "[I"; } else if (n == Float.TYPE) { return "[F"; } else if (n == Double.TYPE) { return "[D"; } else if (n == Long.TYPE) { return "[J"; } else { throw new RuntimeException("Unrecognized type in compiler: " + n.getName()); } } else { return "[" + ci(n); } } else { if (n.isPrimitive()) { if (n == Byte.TYPE) { return "B"; } else if (n == Boolean.TYPE) { return "Z"; } else if (n == Short.TYPE) { return "S"; } else if (n == Character.TYPE) { return "C"; } else if (n == Integer.TYPE) { return "I"; } else if (n == Float.TYPE) { return "F"; } else if (n == Double.TYPE) { return "D"; } else if (n == Long.TYPE) { return "J"; } else if (n == Void.TYPE) { return "V"; } else { throw new RuntimeException("Unrecognized type in compiler: " + n.getName()); } } else { return "L" + p(n) + ";"; } } } /** * Creates a class path name, from a Class. */ public static String p(Class n) { return n.getName().replace('.', '/'); } }