How do I invoke a private static method using reflection (Java)?

Question

I would like to invoke a private static method. I have its name. I\'ve heard it can be done using Java reflection mechanism. How can I do it?

EDIT:

Answer 1

Invoke main from reflection tutorial

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class InvokeMain {
    public static void main(String... args) {
    try {
        Class c = Class.forName(args[0]);
        Class[] argTypes = new Class[] { String[].class };
        Method main = c.getDeclaredMethod("main", argTypes);
        String[] mainArgs = Arrays.copyOfRange(args, 1, args.length);
        System.out.format("invoking %s.main()%n", c.getName());
        main.invoke(null, (Object)mainArgs);

        // production code should handle these exceptions more gracefully
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException x) {
        x.printStackTrace();
    } catch (NoSuchMethodException x) {
        x.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IllegalAccessException x) {
        x.printStackTrace();
    } catch (InvocationTargetException x) {
        x.printStackTrace();
    }
    }
}