I'm trying to use reflection to invoke method with varargs parameters.
And caught NoSuchMethodException
. I couldn't figure out what is wrong here.
Code:
public class ReflectionTest {
public ReflectionTest() { }
private void varargMethod(String string, Integer ... var) {
System.out.println("vargarMethod() called");
System.out.println(string + " Number of args: " + var.length
+ "\nContents");
for (int i = 0; i < var.length; i++) {
System.out.printf(" args %d: %d", i, var[i]);
//System.out.println(" args " + i + ": " + var[i]);
}
System.out.println();
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Class[] parameterTypes = new Class[] { String.class, int.class, int.class, int.class };
//System.out.println(Arrays.toString(parameterTypes));
Method varMeth = test.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("varargMethod", parameterTypes);
System.out.println("varMeth" + varMeth);
Object[] arguments = new Object[] { new String("my perfect string"),
new Integer(10), new Integer(100), new Integer(47) };
varMeth.invoke(test, arguments);
It throws exactly:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: ReflectionTest.varargMethod(java.lang.String, int, int, int)
- How to solve this trouble?
The parameter types should be Integer[].class
for a varargs as varargs expression specifies that the parameter is a variable array parameter. So a correct way is:
Class[] parameterTypes = new Class[] { String.class, Integer[].class };
//System.out.println(Arrays.toString(parameterTypes));
ReflectionTest test = new ReflectionTest();
Method varMeth = test.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("varargMethod",
parameterTypes);
System.out.println("varMeth" + varMeth);
Object[] arguments = new Object[] { new String("my perfect string"),
new Integer[]{10, 100, 47}
};
varMeth.invoke(test, arguments);
If you compile your .java file and then decompile your .class
file, you will see this declaration of the method:
private transient void varargMethod(String string, Integer var[])
So here is your code fixed.
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
public class ReflectionTest {
public ReflectionTest() { }
private void varargMethod(String string, Integer ... var) {
System.out.println("vargarMethod() called");
System.out.println(string + " Number of args: " + var.length
+ "\nContents");
for (int i = 0; i < var.length; i++) {
System.out.printf(" args %d: %d", i, var[i]);
//System.out.println(" args " + i + ": " + var[i]);
}
System.out.println();
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
ReflectionTest test = new ReflectionTest();
Class[] parameterTypes = new Class[] { String.class, Integer[].class };
//System.out.println(Arrays.toString(parameterTypes));
Method varMeth = test.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("varargMethod", parameterTypes);
System.out.println("varMeth" + varMeth);
Object[] arguments = new Object[] { new String("my perfect string"),
new Integer[] { new Integer(10), new Integer(100), new Integer(47) } };
varMeth.invoke(test, arguments);
}
}
Here's the fixed code, with minimal changes. Comments inline for changes:
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
public class ReflectionTest {
public ReflectionTest() {}
private void varargMethod(String string, Integer... var) {
System.out.println("vargarMethod() called");
System.out.println(string + " Number of args: " + var.length + "\nContents:");
for (int i = 0; i < var.length; i++) {
System.out.printf(" args %d: %d", i, var[i]);
}
System.out.println();
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Class[] parameterTypes = new Class[] {
String.class,
Integer[].class // use array to represent varargs
};
//System.out.println(Arrays.toString(parameterTypes));
ReflectionTest test = new ReflectionTest();
Method varMeth = test.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("varargMethod", parameterTypes);
System.out.println("varMeth" + varMeth);
Object[] arguments = new Object[]{
"my perfect string",
new Integer[]{10, 100, 47} // again use array for varargs
};
varMeth.invoke(test, arguments);
}
}