Module java.base
Package java.lang.reflect

# Class Parameter

java.lang.Object
java.lang.reflect.Parameter

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `AnnotatedElement`

public final class Parameter extends Object implements AnnotatedElement
Information about method parameters. A `Parameter` provides information about method parameters, including its name and modifiers. It also provides an alternate means of obtaining attributes for the parameter.

Since:
  1.8

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`Set<AccessFlag>`
`accessFlags()`
Returns an unmodifiable set of the access flags for the parameter represented by this object, possibly empty.
`boolean`
`equals(Object obj)`
Compares based on the executable and the index.
`AnnotatedType`
`getAnnotatedType()`
Returns an AnnotatedType object that represents the use of a type to specify the type of the formal parameter represented by this Parameter.
`<T extends Annotation>
T`
`getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)`
Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
`Annotation[]`
`getAnnotations()`
Returns annotations that are present on this element.
`<T extends Annotation>
T[]`
`getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)`
Returns annotations that are associated with this element.
`<T extends Annotation>
T`
`getDeclaredAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)`
Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is directly present, else null.
`Annotation[]`
`getDeclaredAnnotations()`
Returns annotations that are directly present on this element.
`<T extends Annotation>
T[]`
`getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)`
Returns this element's annotation(s) for the specified type if such annotations are either directly present or indirectly present.
`Executable`
`getDeclaringExecutable()`
Returns the `Executable` declaring this parameter.
`int`
`getModifiers()`
Returns the Java language modifiers for the parameter represented by this object.
`String`
`getName()`
Returns the name of the parameter.
`Type`
`getParameterizedType()`
Returns a `Type` object that identifies the parameterized type for the parameter represented by this `Parameter` object.
`Class<?>`
`getType()`
Returns a `Class` object that identifies the declared type for the parameter represented by this `Parameter` object.
`int`
`hashCode()`
Returns a hash code based on the executable's hash code and the index.
`boolean`
`isImplicit()`
Returns `true` if this parameter is implicitly declared in source code; returns `false` otherwise.
`boolean`
`isNamePresent()`
Returns true if the parameter has a name according to the class file; returns false otherwise.
`boolean`
`isSynthetic()`
Returns `true` if this parameter is neither implicitly nor explicitly declared in source code; returns `false` otherwise.
`boolean`
`isVarArgs()`
Returns `true` if this parameter represents a variable argument list; returns `false` otherwise.
`String`
`toString()`
Returns a string describing this parameter.

### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

`clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

### Methods declared in interface java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement

`isAnnotationPresent`

## Method Details

### equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)
Compares based on the executable and the index.

Overrides:
  `equals` in class `Object`
Parameters:
  `obj` - The object to compare.
Returns:
  Whether or not this is equal to the argument.
See Also:
  - `Object.hashCode()`
  - `HashMap`

### hashCode

public int hashCode()
Returns a hash code based on the executable's hash code and the index.

Overrides:
  `hashCode` in class `Object`
Returns:
  A hash code based on the executable's hash code.
See Also:
  - `Object.equals(java.lang.Object)`
  - `System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)`

### isNamePresent

public boolean isNamePresent()
Returns true if the parameter has a name according to the class file; returns false otherwise. Whether a parameter has a name is determined by the MethodParameters attribute of the method which declares the parameter.

Returns:
  true if and only if the parameter has a name according to the class file.

### toString

public String toString()
Returns a string describing this parameter. The format is the modifiers for the parameter, if any, in canonical order as recommended by The Java Language Specification, followed by the fully-qualified type of the parameter (excluding the last [] if the parameter is variable arity), followed by "..." if the parameter is variable arity, followed by a space, followed by the name of the parameter.

Overrides:
  `toString` in class `Object`
Returns:
  A string representation of the parameter and associated information.

### getDeclaringExecutable

public Executable getDeclaringExecutable()
Returns the `Executable` declaring this parameter.

Returns:
  the `Executable` declaring this parameter

### getModifiers

public int getModifiers()
Returns the Java language modifiers for the parameter represented by this object.

Returns:
  the Java language modifiers for the parameter represented by this object
See Java Language Specification:
  8.4.1 Formal Parameters
See Also:
  - Java programming language and JVM modeling in core reflection

### accessFlags

public Set<AccessFlag> accessFlags()
Returns an unmodifiable set of the access flags for the parameter represented by this object, possibly empty.

Returns:
  an unmodifiable set of the access flags for the parameter represented by this object, possibly empty
See Java Virtual Machine Specification:
  4.7.24 The MethodParameters Attribute
Since:
  20
See Also:
  - `getModifiers()`

### getName

public String getName()
Returns the name of the parameter. If the parameter's name is present, then this method returns the name provided by the class file. Otherwise, this method synthesizes a name of the form argN, where N is the index of the parameter in the descriptor of the method which declares the parameter.

Returns:
  The name of the parameter, either provided by the class file or synthesized if the class file does not provide a name.

### getParameterizedType

public Type getParameterizedType()
Returns a `Type` object that identifies the parameterized type for the parameter represented by this `Parameter` object.

Returns:
  a `Type` object identifying the parameterized type of the parameter represented by this object

### getType

public Class<?> getType()
Returns a `Class` object that identifies the declared type for the parameter represented by this `Parameter` object.

Returns:
  a `Class` object identifying the declared type of the parameter represented by this object

### getAnnotatedType

public AnnotatedType getAnnotatedType()
Returns an AnnotatedType object that represents the use of a type to specify the type of the formal parameter represented by this Parameter.

Returns:
  an `AnnotatedType` object representing the use of a type to specify the type of the formal parameter represented by this Parameter

### isImplicit

public boolean isImplicit()
Returns `true` if this parameter is implicitly declared in source code; returns `false` otherwise.

Returns:
  true if and only if this parameter is implicitly declared as defined by The Java Language Specification.

### isSynthetic

public boolean isSynthetic()
Returns `true` if this parameter is neither implicitly nor explicitly declared in source code; returns `false` otherwise.

Returns:
  true if and only if this parameter is a synthetic construct as defined by The Java Language Specification.
See Java Language Specification:
  13.1 The Form of a Binary
See Also:
  - Java programming language and JVM modeling in core reflection

### isVarArgs

public boolean isVarArgs()
Returns `true` if this parameter represents a variable argument list; returns `false` otherwise.

Returns:
  `true` if an only if this parameter represents a variable argument list.

### getAnnotation

public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.

Note that any annotation returned by this method is a declaration annotation.

Specified by:
  `getAnnotation` in interface `AnnotatedElement`
Type Parameters:
  `T` - the type of the annotation to query for and return if present
Parameters:
  `annotationClass` - the Class object corresponding to the annotation type
Returns:
  this element's annotation for the specified annotation type if present on this element, else null
Throws:
  `NullPointerException` - if the given annotation class is null

### getAnnotationsByType

public <T extends Annotation> T[] getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)
Returns annotations that are associated with this element. If there are no annotations associated with this element, the return value is an array of length 0. The difference between this method and `AnnotatedElement.getAnnotation(Class)` is that this method detects if its argument is a repeatable annotation type (JLS 9.6), and if so, attempts to find one or more annotations of that type by "looking through" a container annotation. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.

Note that any annotations returned by this method are declaration annotations.

Specified by:
  `getAnnotationsByType` in interface `AnnotatedElement`
Type Parameters:
  `T` - the type of the annotation to query for and return if present
Parameters:
  `annotationClass` - the Class object corresponding to the annotation type
Returns:
  all this element's annotations for the specified annotation type if associated with this element, else an array of length zero
Throws:
  `NullPointerException` - if the given annotation class is null

### getDeclaredAnnotations

public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations()
Returns annotations that are directly present on this element. This method ignores inherited annotations. If there are no annotations directly present on this element, the return value is an array of length 0. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.

Note that any annotations returned by this method are declaration annotations.

Specified by:
  `getDeclaredAnnotations` in interface `AnnotatedElement`
Returns:
  annotations directly present on this element

### getDeclaredAnnotation

public <T extends Annotation> T getDeclaredAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)
Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is directly present, else null. This method ignores inherited annotations. (Returns null if no annotations are directly present on this element.)

Note that any annotation returned by this method is a declaration annotation.

Specified by:
  `getDeclaredAnnotation` in interface `AnnotatedElement`
Type Parameters:
  `T` - the type of the annotation to query for and return if directly present
Parameters:
  `annotationClass` - the Class object corresponding to the annotation type
Returns:
  this element's annotation for the specified annotation type if directly present on this element, else null
Throws:
  `NullPointerException` - if the given annotation class is null

### getDeclaredAnnotationsByType

public <T extends Annotation> T[] getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)
Returns this element's annotation(s) for the specified type if such annotations are either directly present or indirectly present. This method ignores inherited annotations. If there are no specified annotations directly or indirectly present on this element, the return value is an array of length 0. The difference between this method and `AnnotatedElement.getDeclaredAnnotation(Class)` is that this method detects if its argument is a repeatable annotation type (JLS 9.6), and if so, attempts to find one or more annotations of that type by "looking through" a container annotation if one is present. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.

Note that any annotations returned by this method are declaration annotations.

Specified by:
  `getDeclaredAnnotationsByType` in interface `AnnotatedElement`
Type Parameters:
  `T` - the type of the annotation to query for and return if directly or indirectly present
Parameters:
  `annotationClass` - the Class object corresponding to the annotation type
Returns:
  all this element's annotations for the specified annotation type if directly or indirectly present on this element, else an array of length zero
Throws:
  `NullPointerException` - if the given annotation class is null

### getAnnotations

public Annotation[] getAnnotations()
Returns annotations that are present on this element. If there are no annotations present on this element, the return value is an array of length 0. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned array; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers.

Note that any annotations returned by this method are declaration annotations.

Specified by:
  `getAnnotations` in interface `AnnotatedElement`
Returns:
  annotations present on this element