8029117: (reflect) clarify javadoc for getMethod(...) and getMethods()

Reviewed-by: darcy
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Joel Borggrén-Franck 2013-12-04 11:04:05 +01:00
parent 8fb00644a9
commit 6c53570dc7

@ -1565,8 +1565,12 @@ public final class Class<T> implements java.io.Serializable,
* methods inherited by the array type from {@code Object}. It does not
* contain a {@code Method} object for {@code clone()}.
*
* <p> If this {@code Class} object represents a class or interface with no
* public methods, then the returned array has length 0.
* <p> If this {@code Class} object represents an interface then the
* returned array does not contain any implicitly declared methods from
* {@code Object}. Therefore, if no methods are explicitly declared in
* this interface or any of its superinterfaces then the returned array
* has length 0. (Note that a {@code Class} object which represents a class
* always has public methods, inherited from {@code Object}.)
*
* <p> If this {@code Class} object represents a primitive type or void,
* then the returned array has length 0.
@ -1699,25 +1703,29 @@ public final class Class<T> implements java.io.Serializable,
* order. If {@code parameterTypes} is {@code null}, it is
* treated as if it were an empty array.
*
* <p> If the {@code name} is "{@code <init>};"or "{@code <clinit>}" a
* <p> If the {@code name} is "{@code <init>}" or "{@code <clinit>}" a
* {@code NoSuchMethodException} is raised. Otherwise, the method to
* be reflected is determined by the algorithm that follows. Let C be the
* class represented by this object:
* class or interface represented by this object:
* <OL>
* <LI> C is searched for any <I>matching methods</I>. If no matching
* method is found, the algorithm of step 1 is invoked recursively on
* the superclass of C.</LI>
* <LI> If no method was found in step 1 above, the superinterfaces of C
* are searched for a matching method. If any such method is found, it
* is reflected.</LI>
* <LI> C is searched for a <I>matching method</I>, as defined below. If a
* matching method is found, it is reflected.</LI>
* <LI> If no matching method is found by step 1 then:
* <OL TYPE="a">
* <LI> If C is a class other than {@code Object}, then this algorithm is
* invoked recursively on the superclass of C.</LI>
* <LI> If C is the class {@code Object}, or if C is an interface, then
* the superinterfaces of C (if any) are searched for a matching
* method. If any such method is found, it is reflected.</LI>
* </OL></LI>
* </OL>
*
* To find a matching method in a class C:&nbsp; If C declares exactly one
* public method with the specified name and exactly the same formal
* parameter types, that is the method reflected. If more than one such
* method is found in C, and one of these methods has a return type that is
* more specific than any of the others, that method is reflected;
* otherwise one of the methods is chosen arbitrarily.
* <p> To find a matching method in a class or interface C:&nbsp; If C
* declares exactly one public method with the specified name and exactly
* the same formal parameter types, that is the method reflected. If more
* than one such method is found in C, and one of these methods has a
* return type that is more specific than any of the others, that method is
* reflected; otherwise one of the methods is chosen arbitrarily.
*
* <p>Note that there may be more than one matching method in a
* class because while the Java language forbids a class to