Java Reflection Method Get from Object getMethodsByStartsWithName(String name, Object o)

Description

this will get all mehods whose names start with the expressed string

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
name	a parameter

Declaration

public static Collection<Method> getMethodsByStartsWithName(String name, Object o)
        throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.Collection;

public class Main {
    /**// w w w .  ja va2  s  . c o  m
     * this will get all mehods whose names start with the expressed string 
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
    public static Collection<Method> getMethodsByStartsWithName(String name, Object o)
            throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException {
        Collection<Method> methods = new ArrayList<Method>();
        Class c = o.getClass();
        java.lang.reflect.Method[] theMethods = c.getMethods();
        for (int i = 0; i < theMethods.length; i++) {
            String methodString = theMethods[i].getName();

            //is this a method we want to use?
            if (methodString.startsWith(name)) {
                methods.add(theMethods[i]);
                Class[] parameterTypes = theMethods[i].getParameterTypes();
            }

        }
        return methods;
    }
}

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2. getMethods(Object obj, int cmpModifier, String prefix)
3. getMethodsAnnotatedWith(Class ann, Object o)
4. getMethodsAnnotatedWith(Object target, Class annotation)
5. getMethodsAnnotatedWithValue(Class anno, Object o, String name, Object value)
6. getMethodsForObject(Object o2, String[] passedMethods)
7. getMethodsIncludingHierarchy(Object comp, Class annotation)
8. getMethodValue(Method method, Object instance)
9. getMethodValue(Object base, Method method)