import java.lang.reflect.Method;
public class InvokeTester
{
public int add(int param1, int param2)
{
return param1 + param2;
}
public String echo(String message)
{
return "hello: " + message;
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
{
InvokeTester test = new InvokeTester();
System.out.println(test.add(1, 2));
System.out.println(test.echo("John"));
//the above is to use normal ways to use a class and invoke a method
//the following is to use reflection
Class<?> classType = InvokeTester.class;
Object invokeTester = classType.newInstance();
System.out.println(invokeTester instanceof InvokeTester);
Method addMethod = classType.getMethod("add", new Class[] { int.class,
int.class });
Object result = addMethod.invoke(invokeTester, new Object[]{1, 5});
// this is something like
// result=invokeTester.add(1,2)
System.out.println((Integer)result);
System.out.println("---------------------");
Method echoMethod = classType.getMethod("echo", new Class[]{String.class});
Object result2 = echoMethod.invoke(invokeTester, new Object[]{"Clinton"});
System.out.println((String)result2);
}
}