public Signature() 
{
      this(NO_NAME, NO_PARAMETER_TYPES, NO_PARAMETERS);
}

Create a new Signature.

 public Signature(String name) 
{
      this(name, null, NO_PARAMETERS);
}

Create a new Signature.

Parameters:

name - the name

 public Signature(String parameters) 
{
      this(NO_NAME, null, parameters);
}

Create a new Signature.

Parameters:

parameters - the parameters

 public Signature(Class<?> parameters) 
{
      this(NO_NAME, parameters, null);
}

Create a new Signature.

Parameters:

parameters - the parameters

 public Signature(String name,
    Class<?> parameters) 
{
      this(name, parameters, null);
}

Create a new Signature.

Parameters:

name - the name

parameters - the parameters

 public Signature(String name,
    String parameters) 
{
      this(name, null, parameters);
}

Create a new Signature.

Parameters:

name - the name

parameters - the parameters

 public static Class<?>[] convertParameterTypes(TypeInfo[] typeInfos) 
{
      if (typeInfos == null || typeInfos.length == 0)
         return NO_PARAMETER_TYPES;
      Class< ? >[] paramTypes = new Class< ? >[typeInfos.length];
      for (int i = 0; i <  typeInfos.length; ++i)
         paramTypes[i] = typeInfos[i].getType();
      return paramTypes;
}

 public static String[] convertParameters(TypeInfo[] typeInfos) 
{
      if (typeInfos == null || typeInfos.length == 0)
         return NO_PARAMETERS;
      String[] paramTypes = new String[typeInfos.length];
      for (int i = 0; i <  typeInfos.length; ++i)
         paramTypes[i] = typeInfos[i].getName();
      return paramTypes;
}

 public boolean equals(Object obj) 
{
      if (obj == this)
         return true;
      if (obj == null || obj instanceof Signature == false)
         return false;
      Signature other = (Signature) obj;
      if (getName().equals(other.getName()) == false)
         return false;
      String[] thisParameters = getParameters();
      String[] otherParameters = other.getParameters();
      if (thisParameters.length != otherParameters.length)
         return false;
      for (int i = 0; i <  thisParameters.length; ++i)
      {
         if (thisParameters[i].equals(otherParameters[i]) == false)
            return false;
      }
      return true;
}

 public String getName() 
{
      return name;
}

Returns the name.

 protected Class<?>[] getParameterTypes() 
{
      return parameterTypes;
}

Get the parameter types (for override by sub-classes)

 public String[] getParameters() 
{
      if (parameters == null)
         parameters = classesToStrings(getParameterTypes());
      return parameters;
}

Returns the parameters.

 public Class<?>[] getParametersTypes(Class<?> clazz) 
{
      if (parameterTypes == null)
      {
         parameterTypes = getParameterTypes();
         if (parameterTypes == null)
            parameterTypes = stringsToClasses(clazz, parameters);
      }
      return parameterTypes;
}

Returns the parameter types.

 public static String getPrimativeArrayType(String name) 
{
      return PrimitiveInfo.getPrimativeArrayType(name);
}

 public static Signature getSignature(Member member) 
{
      if (member == null)
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null member");
      if (member instanceof Method)
      {
         Method method = Method.class.cast(member);
         return new MethodSignature(method);
      }
      if (member instanceof Field)
      {
         Field field = Field.class.cast(member);
         return new FieldSignature(field);
      }
      if (member instanceof Constructor)
      {
         Constructor< ? > constructor = Constructor.class.cast(member);
         return new ConstructorSignature(constructor);
      }
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown member: " + member);
}

Get a signature for a member

 public static Signature getSignature(MemberInfo member) 
{
      if (member == null)
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null member");
      if (member instanceof MethodInfo)
      {
         MethodInfo method = MethodInfo.class.cast(member);
         return new MethodSignature(method);
      }
      if (member instanceof FieldInfo)
      {
         FieldInfo field = FieldInfo.class.cast(member);
         return new FieldSignature(field);
      }
      if (member instanceof ConstructorInfo)
      {
         ConstructorInfo constructor = ConstructorInfo.class.cast(member);
         return new ConstructorSignature(constructor);
      }
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown member: " + member);
}

Get a signature for a member info

 public int hashCode() 
{
      if (cachedHashCode == Integer.MIN_VALUE)
         cachedHashCode = toString().hashCode();
      return cachedHashCode;
}

 protected  void internalToString(StringBuilder builder) 
{
      if (name != null)
         builder.append(getName());
      String[] parameters = getParameters();
      if (parameters != null)
         builder.append(Arrays.asList(parameters));
}

Build the to String

 public String toString() 
{
      StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
      internalToString(builder);
      return builder.toString();
}