Class MethodDescriptor

• java.lang.Object
• • java.beans.FeatureDescriptor
  • • 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.

Constructors

MethodDescriptor

public MethodDescriptor(Method method)

Constructs a MethodDescriptor from a Method.

Parameters:

method - The low-level method information.

MethodDescriptor

public MethodDescriptor(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.

Methods

getMethod

public Method getMethod()

Gets the method that this MethodDescriptor encapsulates.

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.