MethodDescriptor (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• java.lang.Object

• • java.beans.FeatureDescriptor
  • • java.beans.MethodDescriptor

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public class MethodDescriptor
extends FeatureDescriptor
A MethodDescriptor describes a particular method that a Java Bean supports for external access from other components.

• • Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  MethodDescriptor(Method method)	Constructs a MethodDescriptor from aMethod.
  MethodDescriptor(Method method,ParameterDescriptor[] parameterDescriptors)	Constructs a MethodDescriptor from aMethod providing descriptive information for each of the method's parameters.

  • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  Method	getMethod()	Gets the method that this MethodDescriptor encapsulates.
  ParameterDescriptor[]	getParameterDescriptors()	Gets the ParameterDescriptor for each of this MethodDescriptor's method's parameters.

     * ### Methods inherited from class java.beans.[FeatureDescriptor](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html "class in java.beans")  
     `[attributeNames](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#attributeNames--), [getDisplayName](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#getDisplayName--), [getName](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#getName--), [getShortDescription](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#getShortDescription--), [getValue](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#getValue-java.lang.String-), [isExpert](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#isExpert--), [isHidden](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#isHidden--), [isPreferred](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#isPreferred--), [setDisplayName](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#setDisplayName-java.lang.String-), [setExpert](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#setExpert-boolean-), [setHidden](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#setHidden-boolean-), [setName](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#setName-java.lang.String-), [setPreferred](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#setPreferred-boolean-), [setShortDescription](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#setShortDescription-java.lang.String-), [setValue](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#setValue-java.lang.String-java.lang.Object-), [toString](../../java/beans/FeatureDescriptor.html#toString--)`  
     * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")  
     `[clone](../../java/lang/Object.html#clone--), [equals](../../java/lang/Object.html#equals-java.lang.Object-), [finalize](../../java/lang/Object.html#finalize--), [getClass](../../java/lang/Object.html#getClass--), [hashCode](../../java/lang/Object.html#hashCode--), [notify](../../java/lang/Object.html#notify--), [notifyAll](../../java/lang/Object.html#notifyAll--), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait--), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-)`

• • Constructor Detail

     * #### MethodDescriptor  
     public MethodDescriptor([Method](../../java/lang/reflect/Method.html "class in java.lang.reflect") method)  
     Constructs a `MethodDescriptor` from a`Method`.  
     Parameters:  
     `method` \- The low-level method information.  
     * #### MethodDescriptor  
     public MethodDescriptor([Method](../../java/lang/reflect/Method.html "class in java.lang.reflect") method,  
                             [ParameterDescriptor](../../java/beans/ParameterDescriptor.html "class in java.beans")[] parameterDescriptors)  
     Constructs a `MethodDescriptor` from a`Method` providing descriptive information for each of the method's parameters.  
     Parameters:  
     `method` \- The low-level method information.  
     `parameterDescriptors` \- Descriptive information for each of the method's parameters.  

  • Method Detail

    * #### getMethod  
    public [Method](../../java/lang/reflect/Method.html "class in java.lang.reflect") getMethod()  
    Gets the method that this MethodDescriptor encapsulates.  
    Returns:  
    The low-level description of the method  
    * #### getParameterDescriptors  
    public [ParameterDescriptor](../../java/beans/ParameterDescriptor.html "class in java.beans")[] getParameterDescriptors()  
    Gets the ParameterDescriptor for each of this MethodDescriptor's method's parameters.  
    Returns:  
    The locale-independent names of the parameters. May return a null array if the parameter names aren't known.

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