Paranamer (ParaNamer Core 2.9 API)

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 Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static String[] EMPTY_NAMES

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String[]`	`lookupParameterNames(AccessibleObject methodOrConstructor)`	Lookup the parameter names of a given method.
`String[]`	`lookupParameterNames(AccessibleObject methodOrConstructor, boolean throwExceptionIfMissing)`	Lookup the parameter names of a given method.

- Field Detail
  - EMPTY_NAMES
```
static final String[] EMPTY_NAMES
```
- Method Detail
  - 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