How to get Method Parameter names in Java 8 using reflection?

Question

Java 8 has the ability to acquire method parameter names using Reflection API.

1. How can I get these method parameter names?

2. As per my knowled

Answer 1

Thanks Andreas, but finally i got the complete solution from oracle Tutorials on Method Parameters

It says,

You can obtain the names of the formal parameters of any method or constructor with the method java.lang.reflect.Executable.getParameters. (The classes Method and Constructor extend the class Executable and therefore inherit the method Executable.getParameters.) However, .class files do not store formal parameter names by default. This is because many tools that produce and consume class files may not expect the larger static and dynamic footprint of .class files that contain parameter names. In particular, these tools would have to handle larger .class files, and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) would use more memory. In addition, some parameter names, such as secret or password, may expose information about security-sensitive methods.

To store formal parameter names in a particular .class file, and thus enable the Reflection API to retrieve formal parameter names, compile the source file with the -parameters option to the javac compiler.

How to Compile

Remember to compile the with the -parameters compiler option

Expected Output(For complete example visit the link mentioned above)

java MethodParameterSpy ExampleMethods

This command prints the following:

Number of constructors: 1

Constructor #1
public ExampleMethods()

Number of declared constructors: 1

Declared constructor #1
public ExampleMethods()

Number of methods: 4

Method #1
public boolean ExampleMethods.simpleMethod(java.lang.String,int)
             Return type: boolean
     Generic return type: boolean
         Parameter class: class java.lang.String
          Parameter name: stringParam
               Modifiers: 0
            Is implicit?: false
        Is name present?: true
           Is synthetic?: false
         Parameter class: int
          Parameter name: intParam
               Modifiers: 0
            Is implicit?: false
        Is name present?: true
           Is synthetic?: false

Method #2
public int ExampleMethods.varArgsMethod(java.lang.String...)
             Return type: int
     Generic return type: int
         Parameter class: class [Ljava.lang.String;
          Parameter name: manyStrings
               Modifiers: 0
            Is implicit?: false
        Is name present?: true
           Is synthetic?: false

Method #3
public boolean ExampleMethods.methodWithList(java.util.List)
             Return type: boolean
     Generic return type: boolean
         Parameter class: interface java.util.List
          Parameter name: listParam
               Modifiers: 0
            Is implicit?: false
        Is name present?: true
           Is synthetic?: false

Method #4
public  void ExampleMethods.genericMethod(T[],java.util.Collection)
             Return type: void
     Generic return type: void
         Parameter class: class [Ljava.lang.Object;
          Parameter name: a
               Modifiers: 0
            Is implicit?: false
        Is name present?: true
           Is synthetic?: false
         Parameter class: interface java.util.Collection
          Parameter name: c
               Modifiers: 0
            Is implicit?: false
        Is name present?: true
           Is synthetic?: false