java.lang
Class Class<T>

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Class<T>

public final class Class<T>
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

<U> Class<? extends U>	asSubclass(Class<U> clazz)
T	cast(Object obj)
boolean	desiredAssertionStatus()
static Class<?>	forName(String className)
String	getCanonicalName()
ClassLoader	getClassLoader()
Class<?>	getComponentType()
Constructor<?>	getConstructor(Class[] parameterTypes)
Constructor<?>[]	getConstructors()
T[]	getEnumConstants()
Class[]	getInterfaces()
Method	getMethod(String name, Class[] parameterTypes)
Method[]	getMethods()
int	getModifiers()
String	getName()
InputStream	getResourceAsStream(String name) Returns a stream for reading a Java resource from the application's bundle file.
String	getSimpleName()
Class<? super T>	getSuperclass()
boolean	isAnonymousClass()
boolean	isArray()
boolean	isAssignableFrom(Class<?> clazz)
boolean	isEnum()
boolean	isInstance(Object obj)
boolean	isInterface()
boolean	isPrimitive()
T	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()

cast

public T cast(Object obj)

isInterface

public boolean isInterface()

getSuperclass

public Class<? super T> 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)

desiredAssertionStatus

public boolean desiredAssertionStatus()

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

getConstructors

public Constructor<?>[] getConstructors()
                                 throws SecurityException

Throws:

SecurityException

getConstructor

public Constructor<?> getConstructor(Class[] parameterTypes)
                              throws NoSuchMethodException,
                                     SecurityException

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException

SecurityException

newInstance

public T 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)

Returns a stream for reading a Java resource from the application's bundle file. Because resources are segregated by application, this method must be called on one of the application's classes.
Typical usage within a class of the application:

  getClass().getResourceAsStream(resourceName)
 

This example, which calls getResourceAsStream on String.class, WILL FAIL:

  "".getClass().getResourceAsStream(resourceName)
 

Parameters:

name - Path to the resource, relative to the class on which the method is called.

Returns:

A stream to that resource from the application's bundle file.

getComponentType

public Class<?> getComponentType()

isEnum

public boolean isEnum()

getEnumConstants

public T[] getEnumConstants()

asSubclass

public <U> Class<? extends U> asSubclass(Class<U> clazz)

getSimpleName

public String getSimpleName()

isAnonymousClass

public boolean isAnonymousClass()

getCanonicalName

public String getCanonicalName()