java.beans

Class MethodDescriptor


public class MethodDescriptor
extends FeatureDescriptor

MethodDescriptor describes information about a JavaBeans method. It's a fairly straightforward class (at least something in this package is straightforward!).
Since:
JDK1.1

Constructor Summary

MethodDescriptor(Method m)
Create a new MethodDescriptor.
MethodDescriptor(Method m, ParameterDescriptor[] parameterDescriptors)
Create a new MethodDescriptor.

Method Summary

Method
getMethod()
Get the method this MethodDescriptor represents.
ParameterDescriptor[]
getParameterDescriptors()
Get the parameter descriptors from this method.

Methods inherited from class java.beans.FeatureDescriptor

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

MethodDescriptor

public MethodDescriptor(Method m)
Create a new MethodDescriptor. This method sets the name to the name of the method (Method.getName()).
Parameters:
m - the method it will represent.

MethodDescriptor

public MethodDescriptor(Method m,
                        ParameterDescriptor[] parameterDescriptors)
Create a new MethodDescriptor. This method sets the name to the name of the method (Method.getName()).
Parameters:
m - the method it will represent.
parameterDescriptors - descriptions of the parameters (especially names).

Method Details

getMethod

public Method getMethod()
Get the method this MethodDescriptor represents. *

getParameterDescriptors

public ParameterDescriptor[] getParameterDescriptors()
Get the parameter descriptors from this method. Since MethodDescriptor has no way of determining what the parameter names were, this defaults to null.

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