Java Reflection: Getting fields and methods in declaration order

Question

Is there any way to get a classes declared fields (and methods) in the order of declaration using reflection? According to the documentation, the ordering of Methods and Fie

Answer 1

You won't be able to get the information from the class file. As Adam said in an answer to the refrenced other question:

The elements in the array returned are not sorted and are not in any particular order.

And "no order" includes "no declaration order".

I once used a Java source file parser to get input data for code generators. And this way you'll have fields and methods in declaration order.