Java Reflection Method Get from Object getMethod(Object obj, String name, Class... types)

Description

Easy way to get accessible methods from inherited children

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
obj	The object
name	name of method to pull from the project
types	argument types

Exception

Parameter	Description
IllegalArgumentException	an exception
IllegalAccessException	an exception
NoSuchMethodException	an exception

Return

accessible method

Declaration

public static Method getMethod(Object obj, String name, Class... types)
        throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, NoSuchMethodException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2013 WPI-Suite/*from w  w  w  .  j a  va  2  s .  co m*/
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * 
 * Contributors: Team YOCO (You Only Compile Once)
 ******************************************************************************/

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Easy way to get accessible methods from inherited children
     * @param obj The object
     * @param name name of method to pull from the project
     * @param types argument types
     * @return accessible method
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     * @throws IllegalAccessException
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException
     */
    public static Method getMethod(Object obj, String name, Class... types)
            throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, NoSuchMethodException {
        Class c = obj.getClass();
        while (c != Object.class) {
            try {
                Method m = c.getDeclaredMethod(name, types);
                m.setAccessible(true);
                return m;
            } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
                c = c.getSuperclass();
            }
        }
        throw new NoSuchMethodException(name);
    }
}

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