java.beans
Class MethodDescriptor

java.lang.Object
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        +--java.beans.MethodDescriptor

public class MethodDescriptor

extends FeatureDescriptor

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

Field Summary

private java.lang.reflect.Method	method
private ParameterDescriptor[]	parameterDescriptors

Fields inherited from class java.beans.FeatureDescriptor

displayName, expert, hidden, name, preferred, shortDescription, table

Constructor Summary

	MethodDescriptor(java.lang.reflect.Method method) Constructs a MethodDescriptor from a Method.
(package private)	MethodDescriptor(MethodDescriptor old)
(package private)	MethodDescriptor(MethodDescriptor x, MethodDescriptor y)
	MethodDescriptor(java.lang.reflect.Method method, ParameterDescriptor[] parameterDescriptors) Constructs a MethodDescriptor from a Method providing descriptive information for each of the method's parameters.

Method Summary

java.lang.reflect.Method	getMethod() Gets the method that this MethodDescriptor encapsualtes.
ParameterDescriptor[]	getParameterDescriptors() Gets the ParameterDescriptor for each of this MethodDescriptor's method's parameters.

Methods inherited from class java.beans.FeatureDescriptor

addTable, attributeNames, getDisplayName, getName, getShortDescription, getValue, isExpert, isHidden, isPreferred, setDisplayName, setExpert, setHidden, setName, setPreferred, setShortDescription, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

method

private java.lang.reflect.Method method

parameterDescriptors

private ParameterDescriptor[] parameterDescriptors

Constructor Detail

MethodDescriptor

public MethodDescriptor(java.lang.reflect.Method method)

Constructs a MethodDescriptor from a Method.

Parameters:

method - The low-level method information.

MethodDescriptor

public MethodDescriptor(java.lang.reflect.Method method,
                        ParameterDescriptor[] 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.

MethodDescriptor

MethodDescriptor(MethodDescriptor x,
                 MethodDescriptor y)

MethodDescriptor

MethodDescriptor(MethodDescriptor old)

Method Detail

getMethod

public java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod()

Gets the method that this MethodDescriptor encapsualtes.

Returns:

The low-level description of the method

getParameterDescriptors

public ParameterDescriptor[] 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.