org.springframework.core.type

Interface MethodMetadata

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotatedTypeMetadata

All Known Implementing Classes:

MethodMetadataReadingVisitor, StandardMethodMetadata

public interface MethodMetadata
extends AnnotatedTypeMetadata

Interface that defines abstract access to the annotations of a specific class, in a form that does not require that class to be loaded yet.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Mark Pollack, Chris Beams, Phillip Webb

See Also:

StandardMethodMetadata, AnnotationMetadata.getAnnotatedMethods(java.lang.String), AnnotatedTypeMetadata

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getDeclaringClassName() Return the fully-qualified name of the class that declares this method.
java.lang.String	getMethodName() Return the name of the method.
java.lang.String	getReturnTypeName() Return the fully-qualified name of this method's declared return type.
boolean	isAbstract() Return whether the underlying method is effectively abstract: i.e.
boolean	isFinal() Return whether the underlying method is marked as 'final'.
boolean	isOverridable() Return whether the underlying method is overridable, i.e.
boolean	isStatic() Return whether the underlying method is declared as 'static'.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.type.AnnotatedTypeMetadata

getAllAnnotationAttributes, getAllAnnotationAttributes, getAnnotationAttributes, getAnnotationAttributes, isAnnotated

Method Detail

getMethodName

java.lang.String getMethodName()

Return the name of the method.

getDeclaringClassName

java.lang.String getDeclaringClassName()

Return the fully-qualified name of the class that declares this method.

getReturnTypeName

java.lang.String getReturnTypeName()

Return the fully-qualified name of this method's declared return type.

Since:

4.2

isAbstract

boolean isAbstract()

Return whether the underlying method is effectively abstract: i.e. marked as abstract on a class or declared as a regular, non-default method in an interface.

Since:

4.2

isStatic

boolean isStatic()

Return whether the underlying method is declared as 'static'.

isFinal

boolean isFinal()

Return whether the underlying method is marked as 'final'.

isOverridable

boolean isOverridable()

Return whether the underlying method is overridable, i.e. not marked as static, final or private.