org.apache.jdo.model.java

Interface JavaMethod

All Superinterfaces:

JavaElement, JavaMember

All Known Implementing Classes:

ReflectionJavaMethod

public interface JavaMethod
extends JavaMember

A JavaMethod instance represents a method declared by a class. It allows to get detailed information about the method such as name, modifiers, return type, parameters, and the declaring class.

Different environments (runtime, enhancer, development) will have different JavaMethod implementations to provide answers to the various methods.

Version:

JDO 2.0

Author:

Michael Bouschen

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
JavaType[]	getParameterTypes() Returns an array of JavaType instances that represent the formal parameter types, in declaration order, of the method represented by this JavaMethod instance.
JavaType	getReturnType() Returns the JavaType representation of the method return type.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.jdo.model.java.JavaMember

getComponentType, getDeclaringClass, getModifiers, getName, getType

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.jdo.model.java.JavaElement

getUnderlyingObject

Method Detail

getReturnType

JavaType getReturnType()

Returns the JavaType representation of the method return type.

Returns:

method return type.

getParameterTypes

JavaType[] getParameterTypes()

Returns an array of JavaType instances that represent the formal parameter types, in declaration order, of the method represented by this JavaMethod instance.

Returns:

the types of teh formal parameters.