How do I get the methods of a class object?

In this example we show you how to get the methods available in a class object. We show three ways to get the methods, they are:

Class.getDeclaredMethods()
Class.getMethods()
Class.getMethod(String, Class<?>...)

package org.kodejava.lang.reflect;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class GetMethods {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        GetMethods object = new GetMethods();
        Class<? extends GetMethods> clazz = object.getClass();

        // Get all declared methods including public, protected, private and
        // package (default) access but excluding the inherited methods.
        Method[] methods = clazz.getDeclaredMethods();
        for (Method method : methods) {
            System.out.println("Method name        = " + method.getName());
            System.out.println("Method return type = " + method.getReturnType().getName());

            Class<?>[] paramTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
            for (Class<?> c : paramTypes) {
                System.out.println("Param type         = " + c.getName());
            }

            System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
        }

        System.out.println(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>");

        // Get all methods including the inherited method. Using the getMethods()
        // we can only access public methods.
        methods = clazz.getMethods();
        for (Method method : methods) {
            System.out.println("Method name        = " + method.getName());
            System.out.println("Method return type = " + method.getReturnType().getName());

            Class<?>[] paramTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
            for (Class<?> c : paramTypes) {
                System.out.println("Param type         = " + c.getName());
            }

            System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
        }

        try {
            // We can also get method by their name and parameter types, here we
            // are trying to get the add(int, int) method.
            Method method = clazz.getMethod("add", int.class, int.class);
            System.out.println("Method name: " + method.getName());
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public int add(int numberA, int numberB) {
        return numberA + numberB;
    }

    protected int multiply(int numberA, int numberB) {
        return numberA * numberB;
    }

    private double div(int numberA, int numberB) {
        return numberA / numberB;
    }
}

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