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Java Class class getMethod() method with example

Class class getMethod() method: Here, we are going to learn about the getMethod() method of Class class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on November 16, 2019

Class class getMethod() method

• getMethod() method is available in java.lang package.
• getMethod() method is used to return Method objects that indicate the given public method of the class or an interface denoted by this Class object.
• getMethod() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• getMethod() method may throw an exception at the time of returning a Method object.
  • NoSuchMethodException: In this exception when a specifying method does not exist.
  • SecurityException: In this exception, it may raise when the security manager exists.
  • NullPointerException: In this exception when the given Method name is null.

Syntax:

    public Method getMethod (String method_name, Class ...paramType);

Parameter(s):

• String method_name – represents the name of the method.
• Class ...paramType – represents the parameter array of Class type.

Return value:

The return type of this method is Method, it returns the Method object of this Class meets the given method_name and parameter array paramType.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of Method getMethod (String method_name, Class ...paramType) 
// method of Class 

import java.lang.reflect.*;

public class GetMethodOfClass {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String str = new String();
        GetMethodOfClass dc = new GetMethodOfClass();

        // Get Class object of String
        Class cl = str.getClass();

        // Get Class object of GetMethodOfClass
        Class dm = dc.getClass();

        // Calling No argument Method
        Method no_argument_method = cl.getMethod("length", null);
        System.out.println(" String Method = " + no_argument_method.toString());

        Class[] method_arguments = new Class[2];
        method_arguments[0] = Integer.class;
        method_arguments[1] = Float.class;

        // Calling argument Method
        Method argument_method = dm.getMethod("argumentMethod: ", method_arguments);
        System.out.println("This Class Method = " + argument_method.toString());
    }

    public void argumentMethod(Integer i, Float f) {
        this.i = i;
        this.f = f;
    }

    public int i = 10;
    private float f = 10.2f;
}

Output

String Method = public int java.lang.String.length()
This Class Method = public void GetMethodOfClass.argumentMethod(java.lang.Integer,java.lang.Float)