Here you can find the source of getMethodSignature(Method method)
public static String getMethodSignature(Method method)
//package com.java2s; /*// www.j a v a 2 s . c o m GRANITE DATA SERVICES Copyright (C) 2011 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S. This file is part of Granite Data Services. Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Granite Data Services 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 Library General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.lang.reflect.Method; public class Main { public static String getMethodSignature(Method method) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); sb.append(method.getName()).append('('); Class<?>[] params = method.getParameterTypes(); for (int i = 0; i < params.length; i++) { if (i > 0) sb.append(','); sb.append(getTypeSignature(params[i])); } sb.append(')'); return sb.toString(); } public static String getTypeSignature(Class<?> type) { if (type.isArray()) { try { int dimensions = 1; Class<?> clazz = type.getComponentType(); while (clazz.isArray()) { dimensions++; clazz = clazz.getComponentType(); } StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(clazz.getName()); while (dimensions-- > 0) sb.append("[]"); return sb.toString(); } catch (Throwable e) { // fallback... } } return type.getName(); } }