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### class:Method [NONE]
All Implemented Interfaces: `AnnotatedElement`, `GenericDeclaration`, `Member`
    public final class Method
    extends Executable
A `Method` provides information about, and access to, a single method on a class or interface. The reflected method may be a class method or an instance method (including an abstract method). A `Method` permits widening conversions to occur when matching the actual parameters to invoke with the underlying method's formal parameters, but it throws an `IllegalArgumentException` if a narrowing conversion would occur. Since: 1.1 See Also: `Member`, `Class`, `Class.getMethods()`, `Class.getMethod(String, Class[])` , `Class.getDeclaredMethods()`, `Class.getDeclaredMethod(String, Class[])`

### method:setAccessible(boolean) [NONE]
### setAccessible public void setAccessible?(boolean flag) Description copied from class: `AccessibleObject` Set the `accessible` flag for this reflected object to the indicated boolean value. A value of `true` indicates that the reflected object should suppress checks for Java language access control when it is used. A value of `false` indicates that the reflected object should enforce checks for Java language access control when it is used, with the variation noted in the class description. This method may be used by a caller in class `C` to enable access to a `member` of `declaring class` `D` if any of the following hold: `C` and `D` are in the same module. The member is `public` and `D` is `public` in a package that the module containing `D` `exports` to at least the module containing `C`. The member is `protected` `static`, `D` is `public` in a package that the module containing `D` exports to at least the module containing `C`, and `C` is a subclass of `D`. `D` is in a package that the module containing `D` `opens` to at least the module containing `C`. All packages in unnamed and open modules are open to all modules and so this method always succeeds when `D` is in an unnamed or open module. This method cannot be used to enable access to private members, members with default (package) access, protected instance members, or protected constructors when the declaring class is in a different module to the caller and the package containing the declaring class is not open to the caller's module. This method cannot be used to enable write access to a final field declared in a hidden class , since such fields are not modifiable. The `accessible` flag when `true` suppresses Java language access control checks to only enable read access to such fields. If there is a security manager, its `checkPermission` method is first called with a `ReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks")` permission. Overrides: `setAccessible` in class `AccessibleObject` Parameters: `flag` - the new value for the `accessible` flag Throws: `InaccessibleObjectException` - if access cannot be enabled `SecurityException` - if the request is denied by the security manager See Also: `AccessibleObject.trySetAccessible()`, `MethodHandles.privateLookupIn(java.lang.Class<?>, java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup)`

### method:getDeclaringClass() [NONE]
### getDeclaringClass public Class<?> getDeclaringClass() Returns the `Class` object representing the class or interface that declares the method represented by this object. Specified by: `getDeclaringClass` in interface `Member` Specified by: `getDeclaringClass` in class `Executable` Returns: an object representing the declaring class of the underlying member

### method:getName() [NONE]
### getName public String getName() Returns the name of the method represented by this `Method` object, as a `String`. Specified by: `getName` in interface `Member` Specified by: `getName` in class `Executable` Returns: the simple name of the underlying member

### method:getModifiers() [NONE]
### getModifiers public int getModifiers() Returns the Java language modifiers for the executable represented by this object. Specified by: `getModifiers` in interface `Member` Specified by: `getModifiers` in class `Executable` Returns: the Java language modifiers for the underlying member See Also: `Modifier`

### method:getTypeParameters() [NONE]
### getTypeParameters public TypeVariable<Method>[] getTypeParameters() Returns an array of `TypeVariable` objects that represent the type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this `GenericDeclaration` object, in declaration order. Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying generic declaration declares no type variables. Specified by: `getTypeParameters` in interface `GenericDeclaration` Specified by: `getTypeParameters` in class `Executable` Returns: an array of `TypeVariable` objects that represent the type variables declared by this generic declaration Throws: `GenericSignatureFormatError` - if the generic signature of this generic declaration does not conform to the format specified in The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification Since: 1.5

### method:getReturnType() [NONE]
### getReturnType public Class<?> getReturnType() Returns a `Class` object that represents the formal return type of the method represented by this `Method` object. Returns: the return type for the method this object represents

### method:getGenericReturnType() [NONE]
### getGenericReturnType public Type getGenericReturnType() Returns a `Type` object that represents the formal return type of the method represented by this `Method` object. If the return type is a parameterized type, the `Type` object returned must accurately reflect the actual type arguments used in the source code. If the return type is a type variable or a parameterized type, it is created. Otherwise, it is resolved. Returns: a `Type` object that represents the formal return type of the underlying method Throws: `GenericSignatureFormatError` - if the generic method signature does not conform to the format specified in The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification `TypeNotPresentException` - if the underlying method's return type refers to a non-existent type declaration `MalformedParameterizedTypeException` - if the underlying method's return typed refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason Since: 1.5

### method:getParameterTypes() [NONE]
### getParameterTypes public Class<?>[] getParameterTypes() Returns an array of `Class` objects that represent the formal parameter types, in declaration order, of the executable represented by this object. Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying executable takes no parameters. Note that the constructors of some inner classes may have an implicitly declared parameter in addition to explicitly declared ones. Specified by: `getParameterTypes` in class `Executable` Returns: the parameter types for the executable this object represents

### method:getParameterCount() [NONE]
### getParameterCount public int getParameterCount() Returns the number of formal parameters (whether explicitly declared or implicitly declared or neither) for the executable represented by this object. Overrides: `getParameterCount` in class `Executable` Returns: The number of formal parameters for the executable this object represents Since: 1.8

### method:getGenericParameterTypes() [NONE]
### getGenericParameterTypes public Type[] getGenericParameterTypes() Returns an array of `Type` objects that represent the formal parameter types, in declaration order, of the executable represented by this object. Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying executable takes no parameters. Note that the constructors of some inner classes may have an implicitly declared parameter in addition to explicitly declared ones. If a formal parameter type is a parameterized type, the `Type` object returned for it must accurately reflect the actual type arguments used in the source code. If a formal parameter type is a type variable or a parameterized type, it is created. Otherwise, it is resolved. Overrides: `getGenericParameterTypes` in class `Executable` Returns: an array of `Type`s that represent the formal parameter types of the underlying executable, in declaration order Throws: `GenericSignatureFormatError` - if the generic method signature does not conform to the format specified in The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification `TypeNotPresentException` - if any of the parameter types of the underlying executable refers to a non-existent type declaration `MalformedParameterizedTypeException` - if any of the underlying executable's parameter types refer to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason Since: 1.5

### method:getExceptionTypes() [NONE]
### getExceptionTypes public Class<?>[] getExceptionTypes() Returns an array of `Class` objects that represent the types of exceptions declared to be thrown by the underlying executable represented by this object. Returns an array of length 0 if the executable declares no exceptions in its `throws` clause. Specified by: `getExceptionTypes` in class `Executable` Returns: the exception types declared as being thrown by the executable this object represents

### method:getGenericExceptionTypes() [NONE]
### getGenericExceptionTypes public Type[] getGenericExceptionTypes() Returns an array of `Type` objects that represent the exceptions declared to be thrown by this executable object. Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying executable declares no exceptions in its `throws` clause. If an exception type is a type variable or a parameterized type, it is created. Otherwise, it is resolved. Overrides: `getGenericExceptionTypes` in class `Executable` Returns: an array of Types that represent the exception types thrown by the underlying executable Throws: `GenericSignatureFormatError` - if the generic method signature does not conform to the format specified in The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification `TypeNotPresentException` - if the underlying executable's `throws` clause refers to a non-existent type declaration `MalformedParameterizedTypeException` - if the underlying executable's `throws` clause refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason Since: 1.5

### method:equals(java.lang.Object) [NONE]
### equals public boolean equals?(Object obj) Compares this `Method` against the specified object. Returns true if the objects are the same. Two `Methods` are the same if they were declared by the same class and have the same name and formal parameter types and return type. Overrides: `equals` in class `Object` Parameters: `obj` - the reference object with which to compare. Returns: `true` if this object is the same as the obj argument; `false` otherwise. See Also: `Object.hashCode()`, `HashMap`

### method:hashCode() [NONE]
### hashCode public int hashCode() Returns a hashcode for this `Method`. The hashcode is computed as the exclusive-or of the hashcodes for the underlying method's declaring class name and the method's name. Overrides: `hashCode` in class `Object` Returns: a hash code value for this object. See Also: `Object.equals(java.lang.Object)`, `System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)`

### method:toString() [NONE]
### toString public String toString() Returns a string describing this `Method`. The string is formatted as the method access modifiers, if any, followed by the method return type, followed by a space, followed by the class declaring the method, followed by a period, followed by the method name, followed by a parenthesized, comma-separated list of the method's formal parameter types. If the method throws checked exceptions, the parameter list is followed by a space, followed by the word "`throws`" followed by a comma-separated list of the thrown exception types. For example:
        public boolean java.lang.Object.equals(java.lang.Object)
The access modifiers are placed in canonical order as specified by "The Java Language Specification". This is `public`, `protected` or `private` first, and then other modifiers in the following order: `abstract`, `default`, `static`, `final`, `synchronized`, `native`, `strictfp`. Overrides: `toString` in class `Object` Returns: a string describing this `Method`

### method:toGenericString() [NONE]
### toGenericString public String toGenericString() Returns a string describing this `Method`, including type parameters. The string is formatted as the method access modifiers, if any, followed by an angle-bracketed comma-separated list of the method's type parameters, if any, including informative bounds of the type parameters, if any, followed by the method's generic return type, followed by a space, followed by the class declaring the method, followed by a period, followed by the method name, followed by a parenthesized, comma-separated list of the method's generic formal parameter types. If this method was declared to take a variable number of arguments, instead of denoting the last parameter as "`Type[]`", it is denoted as "`Type...`". A space is used to separate access modifiers from one another and from the type parameters or return type. If there are no type parameters, the type parameter list is elided; if the type parameter list is present, a space separates the list from the class name. If the method is declared to throw exceptions, the parameter list is followed by a space, followed by the word "`throws`" followed by a comma-separated list of the generic thrown exception types. The access modifiers are placed in canonical order as specified by "The Java Language Specification". This is `public`, `protected` or `private` first, and then other modifiers in the following order: `abstract`, `default`, `static`, `final`, `synchronized`, `native`, `strictfp`. Specified by: `toGenericString` in class `Executable` Returns: a string describing this `Method`, include type parameters Since: 1.5

### method:invoke(java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object...) [NONE]
### invoke public Object invoke?(Object obj, Object... args) throws IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException Invokes the underlying method represented by this `Method` object, on the specified object with the specified parameters. Individual parameters are automatically unwrapped to match primitive formal parameters, and both primitive and reference parameters are subject to method invocation conversions as necessary. If the underlying method is static, then the specified `obj` argument is ignored. It may be null. If the number of formal parameters required by the underlying method is 0, the supplied `args` array may be of length 0 or null. If the underlying method is an instance method, it is invoked using dynamic method lookup as documented in The Java Language Specification, section 15.12.4.4; in particular, overriding based on the runtime type of the target object may occur. If the underlying method is static, the class that declared the method is initialized if it has not already been initialized. If the method completes normally, the value it returns is returned to the caller of invoke; if the value has a primitive type, it is first appropriately wrapped in an object. However, if the value has the type of an array of a primitive type, the elements of the array are not wrapped in objects; in other words, an array of primitive type is returned. If the underlying method return type is void, the invocation returns null. Parameters: `obj` - the object the underlying method is invoked from `args` - the arguments used for the method call Returns: the result of dispatching the method represented by this object on `obj` with parameters `args` Throws: `IllegalAccessException` - if this `Method` object is enforcing Java language access control and the underlying method is inaccessible. `IllegalArgumentException` - if the method is an instance method and the specified object argument is not an instance of the class or interface declaring the underlying method (or of a subclass or implementor thereof); if the number of actual and formal parameters differ; if an unwrapping conversion for primitive arguments fails; or if, after possible unwrapping, a parameter value cannot be converted to the corresponding formal parameter type by a method invocation conversion. `InvocationTargetException` - if the underlying method throws an exception. `NullPointerException` - if the specified object is null and the method is an instance method. `ExceptionInInitializerError` - if the initialization provoked by this method fails.

### method:isBridge() [NONE]
### isBridge public boolean isBridge() Returns `true` if this method is a bridge method; returns `false` otherwise. Returns: true if and only if this method is a bridge method as defined by the Java Language Specification. Since: 1.5

### method:isVarArgs() [NONE]
### isVarArgs public boolean isVarArgs() Returns `true` if this executable was declared to take a variable number of arguments; returns `false` otherwise. Overrides: `isVarArgs` in class `Executable` Returns: `true` if an only if this executable was declared to take a variable number of arguments. Since: 1.5

### method:isSynthetic() [NONE]
### isSynthetic public boolean isSynthetic() Returns `true` if this executable is a synthetic construct; returns `false` otherwise. Specified by: `isSynthetic` in interface `Member` Overrides: `isSynthetic` in class `Executable` Returns: true if and only if this executable is a synthetic construct as defined by The Java™ Language Specification . Since: 1.5

### method:isDefault() [NONE]
### isDefault public boolean isDefault() Returns `true` if this method is a default method; returns `false` otherwise. A default method is a public non-abstract instance method, that is, a non-static method with a body, declared in an interface type. Returns: true if and only if this method is a default method as defined by the Java Language Specification. Since: 1.8

### method:getDefaultValue() [NONE]
### getDefaultValue public Object getDefaultValue() Returns the default value for the annotation member represented by this `Method` instance. If the member is of a primitive type, an instance of the corresponding wrapper type is returned. Returns null if no default is associated with the member, or if the method instance does not represent a declared member of an annotation type. Returns: the default value for the annotation member represented by this `Method` instance. Throws: `TypeNotPresentException` - if the annotation is of type `Class` and no definition can be found for the default class value. Since: 1.5

### method:getAnnotation(java.lang.Class) [NONE]
### getAnnotation public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation?(Class<T> annotationClass) Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null. Note that any annotation returned by this method is a declaration annotation. Specified by: `getAnnotation` in interface `AnnotatedElement` Overrides: `getAnnotation` in class `Executable` Type Parameters: `T` - the type of the annotation to query for and return if present Parameters: `annotationClass` - the Class object corresponding to the annotation type Returns: this element's annotation for the specified annotation type if present on this element, else null Throws: `NullPointerException` - if the given annotation class is null Since: 1.5

### method:getDeclaredAnnotations() [NONE]
### getDeclaredAnnotations public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations() Returns annotations that are directly present on this element. This method ignores inherited annotations. If there are no annotations directly present on this element, the return value is an array of length 0. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers. Note that any annotations returned by this method are declaration annotations. Specified by: `getDeclaredAnnotations` in interface `AnnotatedElement` Overrides: `getDeclaredAnnotations` in class `Executable` Returns: annotations directly present on this element Since: 1.5

### method:getParameterAnnotations() [NONE]
### getParameterAnnotations public Annotation[][] getParameterAnnotations() Returns an array of arrays of `Annotation`s that represent the annotations on the formal parameters, in declaration order, of the `Executable` represented by this object. Synthetic and mandated parameters (see explanation below), such as the outer "this" parameter to an inner class constructor will be represented in the returned array. If the executable has no parameters (meaning no formal, no synthetic, and no mandated parameters), a zero-length array will be returned. If the `Executable` has one or more parameters, a nested array of length zero is returned for each parameter with no annotations. The annotation objects contained in the returned arrays are serializable. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned arrays; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers. A compiler may add extra parameters that are implicitly declared in source ("mandated"), as well as parameters that are neither implicitly nor explicitly declared in source ("synthetic") to the parameter list for a method. See `Parameter` for more information. Note that any annotations returned by this method are declaration annotations. Specified by: `getParameterAnnotations` in class `Executable` Returns: an array of arrays that represent the annotations on the formal and implicit parameters, in declaration order, of the executable represented by this object Since: 1.5 See Also: `Parameter`, `Parameter.getAnnotations()`

### method:getAnnotatedReturnType() [NONE]
### getAnnotatedReturnType public AnnotatedType getAnnotatedReturnType() Returns an `AnnotatedType` object that represents the use of a type to specify the return type of the method/constructor represented by this Executable. If this `Executable` object represents a constructor, the `AnnotatedType` object represents the type of the constructed object. If this `Executable` object represents a method, the `AnnotatedType` object represents the use of a type to specify the return type of the method. Specified by: `getAnnotatedReturnType` in class `Executable` Returns: an object representing the return type of the method or constructor represented by this `Executable` Since: 1.8