Java Utililty Methods Reflection Method Name

return beanClass.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, types);

Method _method = null;
for (Method m : c.getMethods()) {
    if (m.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
        _method = m;
        break;
return _method;
...

for (Method m : c.getMethods()) {
    if (m.getName().equals(name))
        return m;
return null;

Method m = null;
while (true) {
    try {
        m = c.getDeclaredMethod(name, args);
        break;
    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
        c = c.getSuperclass();
        if (c == null) {
...

return clazz.getMethod(methodName, (Class<?>[]) null);

String name = fieldType.getSimpleName();
if ("Boolean".equals(name)) {
    return clazz.getMethod(methodName, boolean.class);
if ("Integer".equals(name)) {
    return clazz.getMethod(methodName, int.class);
if ("Long".equals(name)) {
...

try {
    return clazz.getMethod(methodName, arguments);
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
} catch (SecurityException e) {
return null;

try {
    return clazz.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, params);
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(
            String.format("Cannot find method (%s) on class (%s)", methodName, clazz.getCanonicalName()),
            e);

if (!loadedMethods.containsKey(clazz)) {
    loadedMethods.put(clazz, new HashMap<String, Method>());
Map<String, Method> methods = loadedMethods.get(clazz);
if (methods.containsKey(methodName)) {
    return methods.get(methodName);
try {
...

try {
    return clazz.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, params);
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
    Class<?> superClass = clazz.getSuperclass();
    if (superClass == null) {
        throw e;
    } else {
        return getMethod(superClass, methodName, params);
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