MethodMetadata (Spring Framework 4.3.30.RELEASE API)

All Superinterfaces:
AnnotatedTypeMetadata
All Known Implementing Classes:
MethodMetadataReadingVisitor, StandardMethodMetadata
```
public interface MethodMetadata
extends AnnotatedTypeMetadata
```
Interface that defines abstract access to the annotations of a specific class, in a form that does not require that class to be loaded yet.
Since:
3.0
Author:
Juergen Hoeller, Mark Pollack, Chris Beams, Phillip Webb
See Also:
StandardMethodMetadata, AnnotationMetadata.getAnnotatedMethods(java.lang.String), AnnotatedTypeMetadata

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getDeclaringClassName()`	Return the fully-qualified name of the class that declares this method.
`String`	`getMethodName()`	Return the name of the method.
`String`	`getReturnTypeName()`	Return the fully-qualified name of this method's declared return type.
`boolean`	`isAbstract()`	Return whether the underlying method is effectively abstract: i.e.
`boolean`	`isFinal()`	Return whether the underlying method is marked as 'final'.
`boolean`	`isOverridable()`	Return whether the underlying method is overridable, i.e.
`boolean`	`isStatic()`	Return whether the underlying method is declared as 'static'.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.type.AnnotatedTypeMetadata
getAllAnnotationAttributes, getAllAnnotationAttributes, getAnnotationAttributes, getAnnotationAttributes, isAnnotated

- Method Detail
  - getMethodName
```
String getMethodName()
```
    Return the name of the method.
  - getDeclaringClassName
```
String getDeclaringClassName()
```
    Return the fully-qualified name of the class that declares this method.
  - getReturnTypeName
```
String getReturnTypeName()
```
    Return the fully-qualified name of this method's declared return type.
    Since:
    4.2
  - isAbstract
```
boolean isAbstract()
```
    Return whether the underlying method is effectively abstract: i.e. marked as abstract on a class or declared as a regular, non-default method in an interface.
    Since:
    4.2
  - isStatic
```
boolean isStatic()
```
    Return whether the underlying method is declared as 'static'.
  - isFinal
```
boolean isFinal()
```
    Return whether the underlying method is marked as 'final'.
  - isOverridable
```
boolean isOverridable()
```
    Return whether the underlying method is overridable, i.e. not marked as static, final or private.