Package ch.systemsx.cisd.common.reflection

Class MethodUtils

java.lang.Object

ch.systemsx.cisd.common.reflection.MethodUtils

public final class MethodUtils
extends Object

Functions around Method.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static final String	describeMethod(Method method)	Describes given method in following format: <class-name>.<method-name>, for instance Object.hashCode.
static final Method	getCurrentMethod()	Returns the currently called Method.
static final Method	getMethodOnStack(int level)	Returns the Method on the stack of level.
static final String	toString(Method method)	Returns the specified method as string which shows method name and parameter types in a way which more compact than Method.toString().

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

toString

public static final String toString(Method method)

Returns the specified method as string which shows method name and parameter types in a way which more compact than Method.toString().

getCurrentMethod

public static final Method getCurrentMethod()

Returns the currently called Method.

Returns null if none could be found.

getMethodOnStack

public static final Method getMethodOnStack(int level)

Returns the Method on the stack of level.

level=0 is this method itself, level=1 is the method that called it and so forth. This method internally uses Class.getDeclaredMethods() to retrieve the Method.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You should carefully use this method in a class having more than one method with the same name. The internal idea used here ( new Throwable().getStackTrace()) only returns a method name and does not make any other consideration.

See Also:

• StackTraceElement.getMethodName()

describeMethod

public static final String describeMethod(Method method)

Describes given method in following format: <class-name>.<method-name>, for instance Object.hashCode.