How to determine by reflection if a Method returns 'void'
JavaReflectionMethodsJava Problem Overview
I have a java.lang.reflect.Method
object and I would like to know if it's return type is void
.
I've checked the Javadocs and there is a getReturnType()
method that returns a Class object. The thing is that they don't say what would be the return type if the method is void.
Thanks!
Java Solutions
Solution 1 - Java
if( method.getReturnType().equals(Void.TYPE)){
out.println("It does");
}
Quick sample:
$cat X.java
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
public class X {
public static void main( String [] args ) {
for( Method m : X.class.getMethods() ) {
if( m.getReturnType().equals(Void.TYPE)){
System.out.println( m.getName() + " returns void ");
}
}
}
public void hello(){}
}
$java X
hello returns void
main returns void
wait returns void
wait returns void
wait returns void
notify returns void
notifyAll returns void
Solution 2 - Java
method.getReturnType()==void.class √
method.getReturnType()==Void.Type √
method.getReturnType()==Void.class X
Solution 3 - Java
method.getReturnType()
returns void.class
/Void.TYPE
.
Solution 4 - Java
It returns java.lang.Void.TYPE
.
Solution 5 - Java
There is another, perhaps less conventional way:
public boolean doesReturnVoid(Method method) { if (void.class.equals(method.getReturnType())) return true; }