Here you can find the source of getMethod(Class> cls, String name, Class>[] signature)
public static Method getMethod(Class<?> cls, String name, Class<?>[] signature)
//package com.java2s; /**/*ww w.ja v a 2s .c o m*/ Copyright 2008, 2009 Mark Hooijkaas This file is part of the Caas tool. The Caas tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The Caas tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the Caas tool. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.lang.reflect.Method; public class Main { public static Method getMethod(Class<?> cls, String name, Class<?>[] signature) { Method[] metharr = cls.getMethods(); //System.out.println("Looking for "+name); //printSignature(signature); //System.out.println("----"); for (Method meth : metharr) { if (name.equals(meth.getName())) { Class<?>[] paramtypes = meth.getParameterTypes(); //printSignature(paramtypes); if (java.util.Arrays.equals(signature, paramtypes)) return meth; //System.out.println("NOT"); } } return null; } }