Reflection API

I am using Reflection API to get the details of a Class. In that Class there is a method which returns an object .The problem is that I am not able to find out any way to get the details of that returning object(Name of that Class, fields in that object etc..)
Please if anyone can help me in this regard.

re: Reflection API

Get the class of the object first, even the getClass method will do that, then you can start to look for it's methods in the same way that you've found this method which returns the object.

re: Reflection API

I guess to get the class name I need to know its object , then only I can apply object .getClass(). And I dont kno how to find its object.

re: Reflection API

I assume you've read the reflection tutorial?

re: Reflection API

Well may be i hvent gone through thm very well.....bt let me send u an excerpt of my code

public class Server{
public static Object object(String s){
JButton jButton=new JButton("HELLO);
return jButton;
}
}

Now I am tryng to use Reflection API in the Client class


import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
public class Client{
Server n=new Server();
Class c = n.getClass();
Method[] theMethods = c.getDeclaredMethods();
String methodString = theMethods[i].getName();
String returnString = theMethods[i].getReturnType().getName();
if(returnString.equals("java.lang.Object")){
******************
}
}


If there is any method with Object Return Type I want to get its name .value etc..
Bytheway I am tryng to use
Object obj=method[i].invoke()
But I am not clear with the arguments the "invoke " method use.

re: Reflection API

Maybe I misunderstand you completely but the Method.getReturnType()
method already returns the Class that represents the type of the returned
value.

Of course that method may return an Object that actually is a extending class
thereof. You can only reflect on it when you actually have such an object,

kind regards,

Jos

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yeah u rite..
i wil try to implement it
Thankx