java.lang
Class Class

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Class

public final class Class
extends Object

Standard representation of a class, as specified by the standard Java API.

Compliance: CLDC: 1.0 incomplete

• newInstance() doesn't throw proper exceptions

Compliance: J2SE: 1.4 incomplete

• XXX need details

Method Summary

static Class	forName(String className)
ClassLoader	getClassLoader()
Class	getComponentType()
Class[]	getInterfaces()
Method	getMethod(String name, Class[] parameterTypes)
Method[]	getMethods()
int	getModifiers()
String	getName()
InputStream	getResourceAsStream(String name)
Class	getSuperclass()
boolean	isArray()
boolean	isAssignableFrom(Class clazz)
boolean	isInstance(Object obj)
boolean	isInterface()
boolean	isPrimitive()
Object	newInstance()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getName

public String getName()

isInterface

public boolean isInterface()

getSuperclass

public Class getSuperclass()

getInterfaces

public Class[] getInterfaces()

isAssignableFrom

public boolean isAssignableFrom(Class clazz)

isPrimitive

public boolean isPrimitive()

isArray

public boolean isArray()

isInstance

public boolean isInstance(Object obj)

getModifiers

public int getModifiers()

getMethods

public Method[] getMethods()
                    throws SecurityException

Throws:

SecurityException

getMethod

public Method getMethod(String name,
                        Class[] parameterTypes)
                 throws NoSuchMethodException,
                        SecurityException

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException

SecurityException

newInstance

public Object newInstance()
                   throws InstantiationException,
                          IllegalAccessException

Throws:

InstantiationException

IllegalAccessException

getClassLoader

public ClassLoader getClassLoader()

forName

public static Class forName(String className)
                     throws ClassNotFoundException

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

getResourceAsStream

public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name)

getComponentType

public Class getComponentType()