Java Reflection Method Name getMethodOnlyByName(Class c, String methodName)

Description

Searches in the given class for the given method name.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
c	Class to search
methodName	Methodname to search

Exception

Parameter	Description
NoSuchMethodException	If the search method isn't shown

Return

The found method

Declaration

public static Method getMethodOnlyByName(Class<?> c, String methodName) throws NoSuchMethodException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// SMSLib is distributed under the terms of the Apache License version 2.0

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class Main {
    /**//  www  . jav  a 2  s .com
     * Searches in the given class for the given method name. The argument list
     * is ignored. Overload methods shouldn't used with it - You can't be sure
     * which method you will get!
     * 
     * @param c
     *            Class to search
     * @param methodName
     *            Methodname to search
     * @return The found method
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException
     *             If the search method isn't shown
     */
    public static Method getMethodOnlyByName(Class<?> c, String methodName) throws NoSuchMethodException {
        Method method = null;
        for (Method m : c.getMethods()) {
            if (m.getName().equals(methodName)) {
                method = m;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (method == null) {
            throw new NoSuchMethodException(methodName);
        }
        return method;
    }
}

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3. getMethodNames(Class cls, boolean insertDefaultValues)
4. getMethodNames(Class cls)
5. getMethodNameWithClassName(Method a_Method)
6. getMethodOrNull(Class cls, String name, Class[] args)
7. getMethodPropertyName(java.lang.reflect.Method method)
8. getMethods(Class clazz, String name, int args)
9. getMethods(Class type, String name)