Problem in the GetDeclaredMethods (java)

Question

I have a small problem in my code

I have 2 classes

public class A {

     public A foo(int a) {return new A();}
}

public class B extends A{

     pu         


        

Answer 1

By default, getDeclaredMethods() returns all of the methods for the given class, as well as it's parent classes and interfaces. However, the Method object allows you to test which class a Method belongs to by calling getDeclaringClass() on that Method. So when you cycle through all the Method objects, you can add logic to only print a method if it belongs to the B class.

Method[] m = b.getClass().getDeclaredMethods();
for (int i = 0; i < m.length; i++) {
  if (m[i].getDeclaringClass().equals(B.class)) {
    System.out.print(m[i].getName());
  }
}

EDIT: The above code doesn't work as desired -- it returns B as the declaring class of all methods. The isSynthetic() method appears to work as desired, returning true for an overridden method (one that came from A), but false for one that came from B. So the following code might be what you're looking for.

Method[] m = b.getClass().getDeclaredMethods();
for (int i = 0; i < m.length; i++) {
  if (!m[i].isSynthetic()) {
    System.out.print(m[i]);
  }
}