Interface MethodMetadata

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotatedTypeMetadata

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardMethodMetadata

public interface MethodMetadata
extends AnnotatedTypeMetadata

Interface that defines abstract access to the annotations of a specific method, in a form that does not require that method's class to be loaded yet.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Mark Pollack, Chris Beams, Phillip Webb

See Also:

• StandardMethodMetadata
• AnnotationMetadata.getAnnotatedMethods(String)
• AnnotatedTypeMetadata

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getDeclaringClassName()	Get the fully-qualified name of the class that declares the underlying method.
String	getMethodName()	Get the name of the underlying method.
String	getReturnTypeName()	Get the fully-qualified name of the underlying method's declared return type.
static MethodMetadata	introspect(Method method)	Factory method to create a new MethodMetadata instance for the given method using standard reflection.
boolean	isAbstract()	Determine whether the underlying method is effectively abstract: i.e.
boolean	isFinal()	Determine whether the underlying method is marked as 'final'.
boolean	isOverridable()	Determine whether the underlying method is overridable, i.e.
boolean	isStatic()	Determine whether the underlying method is declared as 'static'.

Methods inherited from interface AnnotatedTypeMetadata

getAllAnnotationAttributes, getAllAnnotationAttributes, getAnnotationAttributes, getAnnotationAttributes, getAnnotations, getMergedRepeatableAnnotationAttributes, getMergedRepeatableAnnotationAttributes, getMergedRepeatableAnnotationAttributes, isAnnotated

Method Details

getMethodName

String getMethodName()

Get the name of the underlying method.

getDeclaringClassName

String getDeclaringClassName()

Get the fully-qualified name of the class that declares the underlying method.

getReturnTypeName

String getReturnTypeName()

Get the fully-qualified name of the underlying method's declared return type.

Since:

4.2

isAbstract

boolean isAbstract()

Determine whether the underlying method is effectively abstract: i.e. marked as abstract in a class or declared as a regular, non-default method in an interface.

Since:

4.2

isStatic

boolean isStatic()

Determine whether the underlying method is declared as 'static'.

isFinal

boolean isFinal()

Determine whether the underlying method is marked as 'final'.

isOverridable

boolean isOverridable()

Determine whether the underlying method is overridable, i.e. not marked as static, final, or private.

introspect

static MethodMetadata introspect(Method method)

Factory method to create a new MethodMetadata instance for the given method using standard reflection.

Parameters:

method - the method to introspect

Returns:

a new MethodMetadata instance

Since:

7.0