Interface Paranamer

All Known Implementing Classes:
AdaptiveParanamer, AnnotationParanamer, BytecodeReadingParanamer, CachingParanamer, CachingParanamer.WithoutWeakReferences, DefaultParanamer, JavadocParanamer, NullParanamer, PositionalParanamer

public interface Paranamer
Paranamer allows lookups of methods and constructors by parameter names.
Author:
Paul Hammant, Mauro Talevi
  • Field Details

    • EMPTY_NAMES

      static final String[] EMPTY_NAMES
  • Method Details

    • lookupParameterNames

      String[] lookupParameterNames(AccessibleObject methodOrConstructor)
      Lookup the parameter names of a given method.
      Parameters:
      methodOrConstructor - the Method or Constructor for which the parameter names are looked up.
      Returns:
      A list of the parameter names.
      Throws:
      ParameterNamesNotFoundException - if no parameter names were found.
      NullPointerException - if the parameter is null.
      SecurityException - if reflection is not permitted on the containing Class of the parameter
    • lookupParameterNames

      String[] lookupParameterNames(AccessibleObject methodOrConstructor, boolean throwExceptionIfMissing)
      Lookup the parameter names of a given method.
      Parameters:
      methodOrConstructor - the Method or Constructor for which the parameter names are looked up.
      throwExceptionIfMissing - whether to throw an exception if no Paranamer data found (versus return null).
      Returns:
      A list of the parameter names.
      Throws:
      ParameterNamesNotFoundException - if no parameter names were found.
      NullPointerException - if the parameter is null.
      SecurityException - if reflection is not permitted on the containing Class of the parameter