/* * Copyright (c) 2000 David Flanagan. All rights reserved. * This code is from the book Java Examples in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition. * It is provided AS-IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY either expressed or implied. * You may study, use, and modify it for any non-commercial purpose. * You may distribute it non-commercially as long as you retain this notice. * For a commercial use license, or to purchase the book (recommended), * visit http://www.davidflanagan.com/javaexamples2. */ package com.davidflanagan.examples.reflect; import java.lang.reflect.*; /** A program that displays a class synopsis for the named class */ public class ShowClass { /** The main method. Print info about the named class */ public static void main(String[] args) throws ClassNotFoundException { Class c = Class.forName(args[0]); print_class(c); } /** * Display the modifiers, name, superclass and interfaces of a class * or interface. Then go and list all constructors, fields, and methods. **/ public static void print_class(Class c) { // Print modifiers, type (class or interface), name and superclass. if (c.isInterface()) { // The modifiers will include the "interface" keyword here... System.out.print(Modifier.toString(c.getModifiers()) + " " + typename(c)); } else if (c.getSuperclass() != null) { System.out.print(Modifier.toString(c.getModifiers()) + " class " + typename(c) + " extends " + typename(c.getSuperclass())); } else { System.out.print(Modifier.toString(c.getModifiers()) + " class " + typename(c)); } // Print interfaces or super-interfaces of the class or interface. Class[] interfaces = c.getInterfaces(); if ((interfaces != null)&& (interfaces.length > 0)) { if (c.isInterface()) System.out.print(" extends "); else System.out.print(" implements "); for(int i = 0; i < interfaces.length; i++) { if (i > 0) System.out.print(", "); System.out.print(typename(interfaces[i])); } } System.out.println(" {"); // Begin class member listing. // Now look up and display the members of the class. System.out.println(" // Constructors"); Constructor[] constructors = c.getDeclaredConstructors(); for(int i = 0; i < constructors.length; i++) // Display constructors. print_method_or_constructor(constructors[i]); System.out.println(" // Fields"); Field[] fields = c.getDeclaredFields(); // Look up fields. for(int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) // Display them. print_field(fields[i]); System.out.println(" // Methods"); Method[] methods = c.getDeclaredMethods(); // Look up methods. for(int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) // Display them. print_method_or_constructor(methods[i]); System.out.println("}"); // End class member listing. } /** Return the name of an interface or primitive type, handling arrays. */ public static String typename(Class t) { String brackets = ""; while(t.isArray()) { brackets += "[]"; t = t.getComponentType(); } String name = t.getName(); int pos = name.lastIndexOf('.'); if (pos != -1) name = name.substring(pos+1); return name + brackets; } /** Return a string version of modifiers, handling spaces nicely. */ public static String modifiers(int m) { if (m == 0) return ""; else return Modifier.toString(m) + " "; } /** Print the modifiers, type, and name of a field */ public static void print_field(Field f) { System.out.println(" " + modifiers(f.getModifiers()) + typename(f.getType()) + " " + f.getName() + ";"); } /** * Print the modifiers, return type, name, parameter types and exception * type of a method or constructor. Note the use of the Member interface * to allow this method to work with both Method and Constructor objects **/ public static void print_method_or_constructor(Member member) { Class returntype=null, parameters[], exceptions[]; if (member instanceof Method) { Method m = (Method) member; returntype = m.getReturnType(); parameters = m.getParameterTypes(); exceptions = m.getExceptionTypes(); System.out.print(" " + modifiers(member.getModifiers()) + typename(returntype) + " " + member.getName() + "("); } else { Constructor c = (Constructor) member; parameters = c.getParameterTypes(); exceptions = c.getExceptionTypes(); System.out.print(" " + modifiers(member.getModifiers()) + typename(c.getDeclaringClass()) + "("); } for(int i = 0; i < parameters.length; i++) { if (i > 0) System.out.print(", "); System.out.print(typename(parameters[i])); } System.out.print(")"); if (exceptions.length > 0) System.out.print(" throws "); for(int i = 0; i < exceptions.length; i++) { if (i > 0) System.out.print(", "); System.out.print(typename(exceptions[i])); } System.out.println(";"); } }