Java Utililty Methods Reflection Method Get from Object

T result = null;
List<Method> methods = new ArrayList<>();
methods.addAll(Arrays.asList(declaringClass.getDeclaredMethods()));
methods.addAll(Arrays.asList(declaringClass.getMethods()));
for (Method method : methods) {
    Annotation anno = method.getAnnotation(annotationType);
    if (anno != null) {
        method.setAccessible(true);
...

notNull(instance, "instance");
Method method = aClass.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, parameters);
method.setAccessible(true);
return method;

Class firstParamType = null;
Method[] methods = o.getClass().getMethods();
for (Method method : methods) {
    if (method.getName().equals(methodName)) {
        firstParamType = getMethodFirstParamType(method);
return (firstParamType);
...

if (null != params && params.length > 0) {
    return getMethodIfAny(instance.getClass(), name, params);
} else {
    return getMethodIfAny(instance.getClass(), name);

Class cls = o.getClass();
Method[] methods = cls.getMethods();
int point = 0;
Method r = null;
for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) {
    Method m = methods[i];
    if (m.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(p) && m.getParameterTypes().length == 0) {
        return m;
...

return getMethodInHolder(methodName, holder, null);

if (c == null)
    c = inst.getClass();
try {
    Method method = null;
    while (method == null) {
        try {
            method = c.getDeclaredMethod(name, types);
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
...

if (method instanceof Method) {
    return ((Method) method).getName();
} else if (method instanceof Constructor) {
    return ((Constructor) method).getName();
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected method or constructor");

Method method = null;
List<Method> all = Arrays.asList(holder.getClass().getDeclaredMethods());
for (Method m : all) {
    if (methodName.equalsIgnoreCase(m.getName())) {
        method = m;
        break;
return method;

Method[] methods = getMethods(obj, hasParent);
int len = methods.length;
if (len < 1) {
    return null;
String[] names = new String[len];
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    Method m = methods[i];
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