Java Utililty Methods Reflection Method Name

Method res = null;
try {
    res = clazz.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, types);
    if (res != null && (Modifier.isPrivate(res.getModifiers()) || Modifier.isFinal(res.getModifiers())
            || Modifier.isStatic(res.getModifiers()))) {
        res = null;
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
...

Method result = null;
Method[] methods = c.getMethods();
for (Method m : methods) {
    String name = m.getName();
    if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(methodName)) {
        result = m;
        break;
return result;

for (Method method : c.getDeclaredMethods()) {
    if (method.getName().equals(name)) {
        return method;
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown method '" + name + "' on " + c);

Method m = null;
try {
    m = cl.getMethod(methodName, paramTypes);
} catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
    return null;
Class dclass = m.getDeclaringClass();
if (Modifier.isPublic(dclass.getModifiers())) {
...

Method[] methods = clazz.getMethods();
return findUniqueMethodByName(methods, methodName);

try {
    return clazz.getMethod(methodName, new Class[] { argType });
} catch (Throwable ex) {
final java.lang.reflect.Method[] ms = clazz.getMethods();
for (java.lang.reflect.Method m : ms) {
    if (!m.getName().equals(methodName))
        continue;
...

try {
    return clazz.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, classes);
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
    return null;

try {
    return clazz.getMethod(methodName, params);
} catch (Exception ignored) {
return null;

Method[] methods = clazz.getMethods();
if (methods == null) {
    return null;
for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) {
    Method method = methods[i];
    if (name.equals(method.getName())) {
        return method;
...

Method method = null;
try {
    method = clazz.getMethod(name, args);
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
    try {
        method = clazz.getDeclaredMethod(name, args);
    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e2) {
return method;