java.lang.Object | |
↳ | java.lang.Class<T> |
Instances of the class Class
represent classes and
interfaces in a running Java application. An enum is a kind of
class and an annotation is a kind of interface. Every array also
belongs to a class that is reflected as a Class
object
that is shared by all arrays with the same element type and number
of dimensions. The primitive Java types (boolean
,
byte
, char
, short
,
int
, long
, float
, and
double
), and the keyword void
are also
represented as Class
objects.
Class
has no public constructor. Instead Class
objects are constructed automatically by the Java Virtual Machine as classes
are loaded and by calls to the defineClass
method in the class
loader.
The following example uses a Class
object to print the
class name of an object:
void printClassName(Object obj) { System.out.println("The class of " + obj + " is " + obj.getClass().getName()); }
It is also possible to get the Class
object for a named
type (or for void) using a class literal
(JLS Section 15.8.2).
For example:
System.out.println("The name of class Foo is: "+Foo.class.getName());
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Casts this
Class object to represent a subclass of the class
represented by the specified class object. | |||||||||||
Casts an object to the class or interface represented
by this
Class object. | |||||||||||
Returns the assertion status that would be assigned to this
class if it were to be initialized at the time this method is invoked.
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Returns the
Class object associated with the class or
interface with the given string name, using the given class loader. | |||||||||||
Returns the
Class object associated with the class or
interface with the given string name. | |||||||||||
Returns all annotations present on this element.
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Returns the canonical name of the underlying class as
defined by the Java Language Specification.
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Returns the class loader for the class.
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Returns an array containing
Class objects representing all
the public classes and interfaces that are members of the class
represented by this Class object. | |||||||||||
Returns the
Class representing the component type of an
array. | |||||||||||
Returns a
Constructor object that reflects the specified
public constructor of the class represented by this Class
object. | |||||||||||
Returns an array containing
Constructor objects reflecting
all the public constructors of the class represented by this
Class object. | |||||||||||
Returns all annotations that are directly present on this
element.
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Returns an array of
Class objects reflecting all the
classes and interfaces declared as members of the class represented by
this Class object. | |||||||||||
Returns a
Constructor object that reflects the specified
constructor of the class or interface represented by this
Class object. | |||||||||||
Returns an array of
Constructor objects reflecting all the
constructors declared by the class represented by this
Class object. | |||||||||||
Returns a
Field object that reflects the specified declared
field of the class or interface represented by this Class
object. | |||||||||||
Returns an array of
Field objects reflecting all the fields
declared by the class or interface represented by this
Class object. | |||||||||||
Returns a
Method object that reflects the specified
declared method of the class or interface represented by this
Class object. | |||||||||||
Returns an array of
Method objects reflecting all the
methods declared by the class or interface represented by this
Class object. | |||||||||||
If the class or interface represented by this
Class object
is a member of another class, returns the Class object
representing the class in which it was declared. | |||||||||||
Returns the immediately enclosing class of the underlying
class.
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If this
Class object represents a local or anonymous
class within a constructor, returns a Constructor object representing
the immediately enclosing constructor of the underlying
class. | |||||||||||
If this
Class object represents a local or anonymous
class within a method, returns a Method object representing the
immediately enclosing method of the underlying class. | |||||||||||
Returns the elements of this enum class or null if this
Class object does not represent an enum type.
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Returns a
Field object that reflects the specified public
member field of the class or interface represented by this
Class object. | |||||||||||
Returns an array containing
Field objects reflecting all
the accessible public fields of the class or interface represented by
this Class object. | |||||||||||
Returns the
Type s representing the interfaces
directly implemented by the class or interface represented by
this object. | |||||||||||
Returns the
Type representing the direct superclass of
the entity (class, interface, primitive type or void) represented by
this Class . | |||||||||||
Determines the interfaces implemented by the class or interface
represented by this object.
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Returns a
Method object that reflects the specified public
member method of the class or interface represented by this
Class object. | |||||||||||
Returns an array containing
Method objects reflecting all
the public member methods of the class or interface represented
by this Class object, including those declared by the class
or interface and those inherited from superclasses and
superinterfaces. | |||||||||||
Returns the Java language modifiers for this class or interface, encoded
in an integer.
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Returns the name of the entity (class, interface, array class,
primitive type, or void) represented by this
Class object,
as a String . | |||||||||||
Gets the package for this class.
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Returns the
ProtectionDomain of this class. | |||||||||||
Finds a resource with a given name.
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Finds a resource with a given name.
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Gets the signers of this class.
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Returns the simple name of the underlying class as given in the
source code.
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Returns the
Class representing the superclass of the entity
(class, interface, primitive type or void) represented by this
Class . | |||||||||||
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 true if this
Class object represents an annotation
type. | |||||||||||
Returns true if an annotation for the specified type
is present on this element, else false.
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Returns
true if and only if the underlying class
is an anonymous class. | |||||||||||
Determines if this
Class object represents an array class. | |||||||||||
Determines if the class or interface represented by this
Class object is either the same as, or is a superclass or
superinterface of, the class or interface represented by the specified
Class parameter. | |||||||||||
Returns true if and only if this class was declared as an enum in the
source code.
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Determines if the specified
Object is assignment-compatible
with the object represented by this Class . | |||||||||||
Determines if the specified
Class object represents an
interface type. | |||||||||||
Returns
true if and only if the underlying class
is a local class. | |||||||||||
Returns
true if and only if the underlying class
is a member class. | |||||||||||
Determines if the specified
Class object represents a
primitive type. | |||||||||||
Returns
true if this class is a synthetic class;
returns false otherwise. | |||||||||||
Creates a new instance of the class represented by this
Class
object. | |||||||||||
Converts the object to a string.
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Inherited Methods | |||||||||||
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From class
java.lang.Object
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From interface
java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
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From interface
java.lang.reflect.GenericDeclaration
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Casts this Class
object to represent a subclass of the class
represented by the specified class object. Checks that that the cast
is valid, and throws a ClassCastException
if it is not. If
this method succeeds, it always returns a reference to this class object.
This method is useful when a client needs to "narrow" the type of
a Class
object to pass it to an API that restricts the
Class
objects that it is willing to accept. A cast would
generate a compile-time warning, as the correctness of the cast
could not be checked at runtime (because generic types are implemented
by erasure).
Class
object, cast to represent a subclass of
the specified class object.ClassCastException | if this Class object does not
represent a subclass of the specified class (here "subclass" includes
the class itself). |
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Casts an object to the class or interface represented
by this Class
object.
obj | the object to be cast |
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ClassCastException | if the object is not null and is not assignable to the type T. |
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Returns the assertion status that would be assigned to this class if it were to be initialized at the time this method is invoked. If this class has had its assertion status set, the most recent setting will be returned; otherwise, if any package default assertion status pertains to this class, the most recent setting for the most specific pertinent package default assertion status is returned; otherwise, if this class is not a system class (i.e., it has a class loader) its class loader's default assertion status is returned; otherwise, the system class default assertion status is returned.
Few programmers will have any need for this method; it is provided for the benefit of the JRE itself. (It allows a class to determine at the time that it is initialized whether assertions should be enabled.) Note that this method is not guaranteed to return the actual assertion status that was (or will be) associated with the specified class when it was (or will be) initialized.
Returns the Class
object associated with the class or
interface with the given string name, using the given class loader.
Given the fully qualified name for a class or interface (in the same
format returned by getName
) this method attempts to
locate, load, and link the class or interface. The specified class
loader is used to load the class or interface. If the parameter
loader
is null, the class is loaded through the bootstrap
class loader. The class is initialized only if the
initialize
parameter is true
and if it has
not been initialized earlier.
If name
denotes a primitive type or void, an attempt
will be made to locate a user-defined class in the unnamed package whose
name is name
. Therefore, this method cannot be used to
obtain any of the Class
objects representing primitive
types or void.
If name
denotes an array class, the component type of
the array class is loaded but not initialized.
For example, in an instance method the expression:
Class.forName("Foo")
is equivalent to:
Class.forName("Foo", true, this.getClass().getClassLoader())
Note that this method throws errors related to loading, linking or
initializing as specified in Sections 12.2, 12.3 and 12.4 of The
Java Language Specification.
Note that this method does not check whether the requested class
is accessible to its caller.
If the loader
is null
, and a security
manager is present, and the caller's class loader is not null, then this
method calls the security manager's checkPermission
method
with a RuntimePermission("getClassLoader")
permission to
ensure it's ok to access the bootstrap class loader.
name | fully qualified name of the desired class |
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initialize | whether the class must be initialized |
loader | class loader from which the class must be loaded |
LinkageError | if the linkage fails |
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ExceptionInInitializerError | if the initialization provoked by this method fails |
ClassNotFoundException | if the class cannot be located by the specified class loader |
Returns the Class
object associated with the class or
interface with the given string name. Invoking this method is
equivalent to:
Class.forName(className, true, currentLoader)
where currentLoader
denotes the defining class loader of
the current class.
For example, the following code fragment returns the
runtime Class
descriptor for the class named
java.lang.Thread
:
Class t = Class.forName("java.lang.Thread")
A call to forName("X")
causes the class named
X
to be initialized.
className | the fully qualified name of the desired class. |
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Class
object for the class with the
specified name.LinkageError | if the linkage fails |
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ExceptionInInitializerError | if the initialization provoked by this method fails |
ClassNotFoundException | if the class cannot be located |
Returns all annotations present on this element. (Returns an array of length zero if this element has no annotations.) The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.
Returns the canonical name of the underlying class as defined by the Java Language Specification. Returns null if the underlying class does not have a canonical name (i.e., if it is a local or anonymous class or an array whose component type does not have a canonical name).
null
otherwise.Returns the class loader for the class. Some implementations may use null to represent the bootstrap class loader. This method will return null in such implementations if this class was loaded by the bootstrap class loader.
If a security manager is present, and the caller's class loader is
not null and the caller's class loader is not the same as or an ancestor of
the class loader for the class whose class loader is requested, then
this method calls the security manager's checkPermission
method with a RuntimePermission("getClassLoader")
permission to ensure it's ok to access the class loader for the class.
If this object represents a primitive type or void, null is returned.
SecurityException | if a security manager exists and its
checkPermission method denies
access to the class loader for the class. |
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Returns an array containing Class
objects representing all
the public classes and interfaces that are members of the class
represented by this Class
object. This includes public
class and interface members inherited from superclasses and public class
and interface members declared by the class. This method returns an
array of length 0 if this Class
object has no public member
classes or interfaces. This method also returns an array of length 0 if
this Class
object represents a primitive type, an array
class, or void.
Class
objects representing the public
members of this classSecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Returns the Class
representing the component type of an
array. If this class does not represent an array class this method
returns null.
Class
representing the component type of this
class if this class is an arrayReturns a Constructor
object that reflects the specified
public constructor of the class represented by this Class
object. The parameterTypes
parameter is an array of
Class
objects that identify the constructor's formal
parameter types, in declared order.
If this Class
object represents an inner class
declared in a non-static context, the formal parameter types
include the explicit enclosing instance as the first parameter.
The constructor to reflect is the public constructor of the class
represented by this Class
object whose formal parameter
types match those specified by parameterTypes
.
parameterTypes | the parameter array |
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Constructor
object of the public constructor that
matches the specified parameterTypes
NoSuchMethodException | if a matching method is not found. |
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SecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Returns an array containing Constructor
objects reflecting
all the public constructors of the class represented by this
Class
object. An array of length 0 is returned if the
class has no public constructors, or if the class is an array class, or
if the class reflects a primitive type or void.
Note that while this method returns an array of Constructor<T>
objects (that is an array of constructors from
this class), the return type of this method is Constructor<?>[]
and not Constructor<T>[]
as
might be expected. This less informative return type is
necessary since after being returned from this method, the
array could be modified to hold Constructor
objects for
different classes, which would violate the type guarantees of
Constructor<T>[]
.
Constructor
objects representing the
public constructors of this classSecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Returns all annotations that are directly present on this element. Unlike the other methods in this interface, this method ignores inherited annotations. (Returns an array of length zero if no annotations are directly present on this element.) The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.
Returns an array of Class
objects reflecting all the
classes and interfaces declared as members of the class represented by
this Class
object. This includes public, protected, default
(package) access, and private classes and interfaces declared by the
class, but excludes inherited classes and interfaces. This method
returns an array of length 0 if the class declares no classes or
interfaces as members, or if this Class
object represents a
primitive type, an array class, or void.
Class
objects representing all the
declared members of this classSecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Returns a Constructor
object that reflects the specified
constructor of the class or interface represented by this
Class
object. The parameterTypes
parameter is
an array of Class
objects that identify the constructor's
formal parameter types, in declared order.
If this Class
object represents an inner class
declared in a non-static context, the formal parameter types
include the explicit enclosing instance as the first parameter.
parameterTypes | the parameter array |
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Constructor
object for the constructor with the
specified parameter listNoSuchMethodException | if a matching method is not found. |
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SecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Returns an array of Constructor
objects reflecting all the
constructors declared by the class represented by this
Class
object. These are public, protected, default
(package) access, and private constructors. The elements in the array
returned are not sorted and are not in any particular order. If the
class has a default constructor, it is included in the returned array.
This method returns an array of length 0 if this Class
object represents an interface, a primitive type, an array class, or
void.
See The Java Language Specification, section 8.2.
Constructor
objects representing all the
declared constructors of this classSecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Returns a Field
object that reflects the specified declared
field of the class or interface represented by this Class
object. The name
parameter is a String
that
specifies the simple name of the desired field. Note that this method
will not reflect the length
field of an array class.
name | the name of the field |
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Field
object for the specified field in this
classNoSuchFieldException | if a field with the specified name is not found. |
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NullPointerException | if name is null |
SecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Returns an array of Field
objects reflecting all the fields
declared by the class or interface represented by this
Class
object. This includes public, protected, default
(package) access, and private fields, but excludes inherited fields.
The elements in the array returned are not sorted and are not in any
particular order. This method returns an array of length 0 if the class
or interface declares no fields, or if this Class
object
represents a primitive type, an array class, or void.
See The Java Language Specification, sections 8.2 and 8.3.
Field
objects representing all the
declared fields of this classSecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Returns a Method
object that reflects the specified
declared method of the class or interface represented by this
Class
object. The name
parameter is a
String
that specifies the simple name of the desired
method, and the parameterTypes
parameter is an array of
Class
objects that identify the method's formal parameter
types, in declared order. If more than one method with the same
parameter types is declared in a class, and one of these methods has a
return type that is more specific than any of the others, that method is
returned; otherwise one of the methods is chosen arbitrarily. If the
name is "<init>"or "<clinit>" a NoSuchMethodException
is raised.
name | the name of the method |
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parameterTypes | the parameter array |
Method
object for the method of this class
matching the specified name and parametersNoSuchMethodException | if a matching method is not found. |
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NullPointerException | if name is null |
SecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Returns an array of Method
objects reflecting all the
methods declared by the class or interface represented by this
Class
object. This includes public, protected, default
(package) access, and private methods, but excludes inherited methods.
The elements in the array returned are not sorted and are not in any
particular order. This method returns an array of length 0 if the class
or interface declares no methods, or if this Class
object
represents a primitive type, an array class, or void. The class
initialization method <clinit>
is not included in the
returned array. If the class declares multiple public member methods
with the same parameter types, they are all included in the returned
array.
See The Java Language Specification, section 8.2.
Method
objects representing all the
declared methods of this classSecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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If the class or interface represented by this Class
object
is a member of another class, returns the Class
object
representing the class in which it was declared. This method returns
null if this class or interface is not a member of any other class. If
this Class
object represents an array class, a primitive
type, or void,then this method returns null.
Returns the immediately enclosing class of the underlying
class. If the underlying class is a top level class this
method returns null
.
If this Class
object represents a local or anonymous
class within a constructor, returns a Constructor
object representing
the immediately enclosing constructor of the underlying
class. Returns null
otherwise. In particular, this
method returns null
if the underlying class is a local
or anonymous class immediately enclosed by a type declaration,
instance initializer or static initializer.
null
.If this Class
object represents a local or anonymous
class within a method, returns a Method
object representing the
immediately enclosing method of the underlying class. Returns
null
otherwise.
In particular, this method returns null
if the underlying
class is a local or anonymous class immediately enclosed by a type
declaration, instance initializer or static initializer.
null
.Returns the elements of this enum class or null if this Class object does not represent an enum type.
Returns a Field
object that reflects the specified public
member field of the class or interface represented by this
Class
object. The name
parameter is a
String
specifying the simple name of the desired field.
The field to be reflected is determined by the algorithm that follows. Let C be the class represented by this object:
NoSuchFieldException
is thrown.See The Java Language Specification, sections 8.2 and 8.3.
name | the field name |
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Field
object of this class specified by
name
NoSuchFieldException | if a field with the specified name is not found. |
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NullPointerException | if name is null |
SecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Returns an array containing Field
objects reflecting all
the accessible public fields of the class or interface represented by
this Class
object. The elements in the array returned are
not sorted and are not in any particular order. This method returns an
array of length 0 if the class or interface has no accessible public
fields, or if it represents an array class, a primitive type, or void.
Specifically, if this Class
object represents a class,
this method returns the public fields of this class and of all its
superclasses. If this Class
object represents an
interface, this method returns the fields of this interface and of all
its superinterfaces.
The implicit length field for array class is not reflected by this
method. User code should use the methods of class Array
to
manipulate arrays.
See The Java Language Specification, sections 8.2 and 8.3.
Field
objects representing the
public fieldsSecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Returns the Type
s representing the interfaces
directly implemented by the class or interface represented by
this object.
If a superinterface is a parameterized type, the
Type
object returned for it must accurately reflect
the actual type parameters used in the source code. The
parameterized type representing each superinterface is created
if it had not been created before. See the declaration of
ParameterizedType
for the semantics of the creation process for parameterized
types.
If this object represents a class, the return value is an
array containing objects representing all interfaces
implemented by the class. The order of the interface objects in
the array corresponds to the order of the interface names in
the implements
clause of the declaration of the class
represented by this object. In the case of an array class, the
interfaces Cloneable
and Serializable
are
returned in that order.
If this object represents an interface, the array contains
objects representing all interfaces directly extended by the
interface. The order of the interface objects in the array
corresponds to the order of the interface names in the
extends
clause of the declaration of the interface
represented by this object.
If this object represents a class or interface that implements no interfaces, the method returns an array of length 0.
If this object represents a primitive type or void, the method returns an array of length 0.
if the generic class signature does not conform to the format specified in the Java Virtual Machine Specification, 3rd edition | |
TypeNotPresentException | if any of the generic superinterfaces refers to a non-existent type declaration |
if any of the generic superinterfaces refer to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason |
Returns the Type
representing the direct superclass of
the entity (class, interface, primitive type or void) represented by
this Class
.
If the superclass is a parameterized type, the Type
object returned must accurately reflect the actual type
parameters used in the source code. The parameterized type
representing the superclass is created if it had not been
created before. See the declaration of ParameterizedType
for the
semantics of the creation process for parameterized types. If
this Class
represents either the Object
class, an interface, a primitive type, or void, then null is
returned. If this object represents an array class then the
Class
object representing the Object
class is
returned.
if the generic class signature does not conform to the format specified in the Java Virtual Machine Specification, 3rd edition | |
TypeNotPresentException | if the generic superclass refers to a non-existent type declaration |
if the generic superclass refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason |
Determines the interfaces implemented by the class or interface represented by this object.
If this object represents a class, the return value is an array
containing objects representing all interfaces implemented by the
class. The order of the interface objects in the array corresponds to
the order of the interface names in the implements
clause
of the declaration of the class represented by this object. For
example, given the declaration:
class Shimmer implements FloorWax, DessertTopping { ...
}
suppose the value of s
is an instance of
Shimmer
; the value of the expression:
s.getClass().getInterfaces()[0]
is the Class
object that represents interface
FloorWax
; and the value of:
s.getClass().getInterfaces()[1]
is the Class
object that represents interface
DessertTopping
.
If this object represents an interface, the array contains objects
representing all interfaces extended by the interface. The order of the
interface objects in the array corresponds to the order of the interface
names in the extends
clause of the declaration of the
interface represented by this object.
If this object represents a class or interface that implements no interfaces, the method returns an array of length 0.
If this object represents a primitive type or void, the method returns an array of length 0.
Returns a Method
object that reflects the specified public
member method of the class or interface represented by this
Class
object. The name
parameter is a
String
specifying the simple name of the desired method. The
parameterTypes
parameter is an array of Class
objects that identify the method's formal parameter types, in declared
order. If parameterTypes
is null
, it is
treated as if it were an empty array.
If the name
is "<init>
;"or "<clinit>
" a
NoSuchMethodException
is raised. Otherwise, the method to
be reflected is determined by the algorithm that follows. Let C be the
class represented by this object:
Note that there may be more than one matching method in a
class because while the Java language forbids a class to
declare multiple methods with the same signature but different
return types, the Java virtual machine does not. This
increased flexibility in the virtual machine can be used to
implement various language features. For example, covariant
returns can be implemented with bridge methods
; the bridge
method and the method being overridden would have the same
signature but different return types.
See The Java Language Specification, sections 8.2 and 8.4.
name | the name of the method |
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parameterTypes | the list of parameters |
Method
object that matches the specified
name
and parameterTypes
NoSuchMethodException | if a matching method is not found or if the name is "<init>"or "<clinit>". |
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NullPointerException | if name is null |
SecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Returns an array containing Method
objects reflecting all
the public member methods of the class or interface represented
by this Class
object, including those declared by the class
or interface and those inherited from superclasses and
superinterfaces. Array classes return all the (public) member methods
inherited from the Object
class. The elements in the array
returned are not sorted and are not in any particular order. This
method returns an array of length 0 if this Class
object
represents a class or interface that has no public member methods, or if
this Class
object represents a primitive type or void.
The class initialization method <clinit>
is not
included in the returned array. If the class declares multiple public
member methods with the same parameter types, they are all included in
the returned array.
See The Java Language Specification, sections 8.2 and 8.4.
Method
objects representing the
public methods of this classSecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Returns the Java language modifiers for this class or interface, encoded
in an integer. The modifiers consist of the Java Virtual Machine's
constants for public
, protected
,
private
, final
, static
,
abstract
and interface
; they should be decoded
using the methods of class Modifier
.
If the underlying class is an array class, then its
public
, private
and protected
modifiers are the same as those of its component type. If this
Class
represents a primitive type or void, its
public
modifier is always true
, and its
protected
and private
modifiers are always
false
. If this object represents an array class, a
primitive type or void, then its final
modifier is always
true
and its interface modifier is always
false
. The values of its other modifiers are not determined
by this specification.
The modifier encodings are defined in The Java Virtual Machine Specification, table 4.1.
int
representing the modifiers for this classReturns the name of the entity (class, interface, array class,
primitive type, or void) represented by this Class
object,
as a String
.
If this class object represents a reference type that is not an array type then the binary name of the class is returned, as specified by the Java Language Specification, Second Edition.
If this class object represents a primitive type or void, then the
name returned is a String
equal to the Java language
keyword corresponding to the primitive type or void.
If this class object represents a class of arrays, then the internal
form of the name consists of the name of the element type preceded by
one or more '[
' characters representing the depth of the array
nesting. The encoding of element type names is as follows:
Element Type Encoding boolean Z byte B char C class or interface Lclassname; double D float F int I long J short S
The class or interface name classname is the binary name of the class specified above.
Examples:
String.class.getName() returns "java.lang.String" byte.class.getName() returns "byte" (new Object[3]).getClass().getName() returns "[Ljava.lang.Object;" (new int[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]).getClass().getName() returns "[[[[[[[I"
Gets the package for this class. The class loader of this class is used to find the package. If the class was loaded by the bootstrap class loader the set of packages loaded from CLASSPATH is searched to find the package of the class. Null is returned if no package object was created by the class loader of this class.
Packages have attributes for versions and specifications only if the information was defined in the manifests that accompany the classes, and if the class loader created the package instance with the attributes from the manifest.
Returns the ProtectionDomain
of this class. If there is a
security manager installed, this method first calls the security
manager's checkPermission
method with a
RuntimePermission("getProtectionDomain")
permission to
ensure it's ok to get the
ProtectionDomain
.
SecurityException | if a security manager exists and its
checkPermission method doesn't allow
getting the ProtectionDomain. |
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Finds a resource with a given name. The rules for searching resources
associated with a given class are implemented by the defining
class loader
of the class. This method
delegates to this object's class loader. If this object was loaded by
the bootstrap class loader, the method delegates to getSystemResource(String)
.
Before delegation, an absolute resource name is constructed from the given resource name using this algorithm:
name
begins with a '/'
('\u002f'), then the absolute name of the resource is the
portion of the name
following the '/'
.
modified_package_name/name
Where the modified_package_name
is the package name of this
object with '/'
substituted for '.'
('\u002e').
name | name of the desired resource |
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URL
object or null
if no
resource with this name is foundFinds a resource with a given name. The rules for searching resources
associated with a given class are implemented by the defining
class loader
of the class. This method
delegates to this object's class loader. If this object was loaded by
the bootstrap class loader, the method delegates to getSystemResourceAsStream(String)
.
Before delegation, an absolute resource name is constructed from the given resource name using this algorithm:
name
begins with a '/'
('\u002f'), then the absolute name of the resource is the
portion of the name
following the '/'
.
modified_package_name/name
Where the modified_package_name
is the package name of this
object with '/'
substituted for '.'
('\u002e').
name | name of the desired resource |
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InputStream
object or null
if
no resource with this name is foundNullPointerException | If name is null |
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Gets the signers of this class.
Returns the simple name of the underlying class as given in the source code. Returns an empty string if the underlying class is anonymous.
The simple name of an array is the simple name of the component type with "[]" appended. In particular the simple name of an array whose component type is anonymous is "[]".
Returns the Class
representing the superclass of the entity
(class, interface, primitive type or void) represented by this
Class
. If this Class
represents either the
Object
class, an interface, a primitive type, or void, then
null is returned. If this object represents an array class then the
Class
object representing the Object
class is
returned.
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.
TypeVariable
objects that represent
the type variables declared by this generic declarationif the generic signature of this generic declaration does not conform to the format specified in the Java Virtual Machine Specification, 3rd edition |
Returns true if this Class
object represents an annotation
type. Note that if this method returns true, isInterface()
would also return true, as all annotation types are also interfaces.
true
if this class object represents an annotation
type; false
otherwiseReturns true if an annotation for the specified type is present on this element, else false. This method is designed primarily for convenient access to marker annotations.
annotationClass | the Class object corresponding to the annotation type |
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NullPointerException |
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Returns true
if and only if the underlying class
is an anonymous class.
true
if and only if this class is an anonymous class.Determines if this Class
object represents an array class.
true
if this object represents an array class;
false
otherwise.Determines if the class or interface represented by this
Class
object is either the same as, or is a superclass or
superinterface of, the class or interface represented by the specified
Class
parameter. It returns true
if so;
otherwise it returns false
. If this Class
object represents a primitive type, this method returns
true
if the specified Class
parameter is
exactly this Class
object; otherwise it returns
false
.
Specifically, this method tests whether the type represented by the
specified Class
parameter can be converted to the type
represented by this Class
object via an identity conversion
or via a widening reference conversion. See The Java Language
Specification, sections 5.1.1 and 5.1.4 , for details.
cls | the Class object to be checked |
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boolean
value indicating whether objects of the
type cls
can be assigned to objects of this classNullPointerException | if the specified Class parameter is null. |
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Returns true if and only if this class was declared as an enum in the source code.
Determines if the specified Object
is assignment-compatible
with the object represented by this Class
. This method is
the dynamic equivalent of the Java language instanceof
operator. The method returns true
if the specified
Object
argument is non-null and can be cast to the
reference type represented by this Class
object without
raising a ClassCastException.
It returns false
otherwise.
Specifically, if this Class
object represents a
declared class, this method returns true
if the specified
Object
argument is an instance of the represented class (or
of any of its subclasses); it returns false
otherwise. If
this Class
object represents an array class, this method
returns true
if the specified Object
argument
can be converted to an object of the array class by an identity
conversion or by a widening reference conversion; it returns
false
otherwise. If this Class
object
represents an interface, this method returns true
if the
class or any superclass of the specified Object
argument
implements this interface; it returns false
otherwise. If
this Class
object represents a primitive type, this method
returns false
.
obj | the object to check |
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obj
is an instance of this classDetermines if the specified Class
object represents an
interface type.
true
if this object represents an interface;
false
otherwise.
Returns true
if and only if the underlying class
is a local class.
true
if and only if this class is a local class.Returns true
if and only if the underlying class
is a member class.
true
if and only if this class is a member class.Determines if the specified Class
object represents a
primitive type.
There are nine predefined Class
objects to represent
the eight primitive types and void. These are created by the Java
Virtual Machine, and have the same names as the primitive types that
they represent, namely boolean
, byte
,
char
, short
, int
,
long
, float
, and double
.
These objects may only be accessed via the following public static
final variables, and are the only Class
objects for which
this method returns true
.
Returns true
if this class is a synthetic class;
returns false
otherwise.
true
if and only if this class is a synthetic class as
defined by the Java Language Specification.Creates a new instance of the class represented by this Class
object. The class is instantiated as if by a new
expression with an empty argument list. The class is initialized if it
has not already been initialized.
Note that this method propagates any exception thrown by the
nullary constructor, including a checked exception. Use of
this method effectively bypasses the compile-time exception
checking that would otherwise be performed by the compiler.
The Constructor.newInstance
method avoids this problem by wrapping
any exception thrown by the constructor in a (checked) InvocationTargetException
.
IllegalAccessException | if the class or its nullary constructor is not accessible. |
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InstantiationException | if this Class represents an abstract class,
an interface, an array class, a primitive type, or void;
or if the class has no nullary constructor;
or if the instantiation fails for some other reason. |
ExceptionInInitializerError | if the initialization provoked by this method fails. |
SecurityException | If a security manager, s, is present and any of the
following conditions is met:
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Converts the object to a string. The string representation is the
string "class" or "interface", followed by a space, and then by the
fully qualified name of the class in the format returned by
getName
. If this Class
object represents a
primitive type, this method returns the name of the primitive type. If
this Class
object represents void this method returns
"void".