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java.lang.reflect

## Class Constructor<T>

- java.lang.Object
- - java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject
  - - java.lang.reflect.Executable
    - - java.lang.reflect.Constructor<T>

- Type Parameters:
    `T` - the class in which the constructor is declared
  All Implemented Interfaces:
    AnnotatedElement, GenericDeclaration, Member

      public final class Constructor<T>
      extends Executable

  `Constructor` provides information about, and access to, a single constructor for a class.

  `Constructor` permits widening conversions to occur when matching the actual parameters to newInstance() with the underlying constructor's formal parameters, but throws an `IllegalArgumentException` if a narrowing conversion would occur.

  See Also:
    `Member`, `Class`, `Class.getConstructors()`, `Class.getConstructor(Class[])`, `Class.getDeclaredConstructors()`

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from interface java.lang.reflect.Member

      `DECLARED, PUBLIC`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `boolean` | `equals(Object obj)` | Compares this `Constructor` against the specified object.
    `AnnotatedType` | `getAnnotatedReceiverType()` | Returns an `AnnotatedType` object that represents the use of a type to specify the receiver type of the method/constructor represented by this Executable object.
    `AnnotatedType` | `getAnnotatedReturnType()` | Returns an `AnnotatedType` object that represents the use of a type to specify the return type of the method/constructor represented by this Executable.
    `<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[]` | `getDeclaredAnnotations()` | Returns annotations that are directly present on this element.
    `Class<T>` | `getDeclaringClass()` | Returns the `Class` object representing the class or interface that declares the executable represented by this object.
    `Class<?>[]` | `getExceptionTypes()` | Returns an array of `Class` objects that represent the types of exceptions declared to be thrown by the underlying executable represented by this object.
    `Type[]` | `getGenericExceptionTypes()` | Returns an array of `Type` objects that represent the exceptions declared to be thrown by this executable object.
    `Type[]` | `getGenericParameterTypes()` | Returns an array of `Type` objects that represent the formal parameter types, in declaration order, of the executable represented by this object.
    `int` | `getModifiers()` | Returns the Java language modifiers for the executable represented by this object.
    `String` | `getName()` | Returns the name of this constructor, as a string.
    `Annotation[][]` | `getParameterAnnotations()` | Returns an array of arrays of `Annotation`s that represent the annotations on the formal parameters, in declaration order, of the `Executable` represented by this object.
    `int` | `getParameterCount()` | Returns the number of formal parameters (whether explicitly declared or implicitly declared or neither) for the executable represented by this object.
    `Class<?>[]` | `getParameterTypes()` | Returns an array of `Class` objects that represent the formal parameter types, in declaration order, of the executable represented by this object.
    `TypeVariable<Constructor<T>>[]` | `getTypeParameters()` | Returns an array of `TypeVariable` objects that represent the type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this `GenericDeclaration` object, in declaration order.
    `int` | `hashCode()` | Returns a hashcode for this `Constructor`.
    `boolean` | `isSynthetic()` | Returns `true` if this executable is a synthetic construct; returns `false` otherwise.
    `boolean` | `isVarArgs()` | Returns `true` if this executable was declared to take a variable number of arguments; returns `false` otherwise.
    `T` | `newInstance(Object... initargs)` | Uses the constructor represented by this `Constructor` object to create and initialize a new instance of the constructor's declaring class, with the specified initialization parameters.
    `String` | `toGenericString()` | Returns a string describing this `Constructor`, including type parameters.
    `String` | `toString()` | Returns a string describing this `Constructor`.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.reflect.Executable

      `getAnnotatedExceptionTypes, getAnnotatedParameterTypes, getAnnotationsByType, getParameters`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject

      `getAnnotations, getDeclaredAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotationsByType, isAccessible, isAnnotationPresent, setAccessible, setAccessible`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

    - ### Methods inherited from interface java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement

      `getAnnotations, getDeclaredAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotationsByType, isAnnotationPresent`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getDeclaringClass

          public Class<T> getDeclaringClass()

      Returns the `Class` object representing the class or interface that declares the executable represented by this object.
      Specified by:
        `getDeclaringClass` in interface `Member`
      Specified by:
        `getDeclaringClass` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        an object representing the declaring class of the underlying member

    - #### getName

          public String getName()

      Returns the name of this constructor, as a string. This is the binary name of the constructor's declaring class.
      Specified by:
        `getName` in interface `Member`
      Specified by:
        `getName` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        the simple name of the underlying member

    - #### getModifiers

          public int getModifiers()

      Returns the Java language modifiers for the executable represented by this object.
      Specified by:
        `getModifiers` in interface `Member`
      Specified by:
        `getModifiers` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        the Java language modifiers for the underlying member
      See Also:
        `Modifier`

    - #### getTypeParameters

          public TypeVariable<Constructor<T>>[] getTypeParameters()

      Returns an array of `TypeVariable` objects that represent the type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this `GenericDeclaration` object, in declaration order. Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying generic declaration declares no type variables.
      Specified by:
        `getTypeParameters` in interface `GenericDeclaration`
      Specified by:
        `getTypeParameters` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        an array of `TypeVariable` objects that represent the type variables declared by this generic declaration
      Throws:
        `GenericSignatureFormatError` - if the generic signature of this generic declaration does not conform to the format specified in The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification
      Since:
        1.5

    - #### getParameterTypes

          public Class<?>[] getParameterTypes()

      Returns an array of `Class` objects that represent the formal parameter types, in declaration order, of the executable represented by this object. Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying executable takes no parameters.
      Specified by:
        `getParameterTypes` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        the parameter types for the executable this object represents

    - #### getParameterCount

          public int getParameterCount()

      Returns the number of formal parameters (whether explicitly declared or implicitly declared or neither) for the executable represented by this object.
      Overrides:
        `getParameterCount` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        The number of formal parameters for the executable this object represents
      Since:
        1.8

    - #### getGenericParameterTypes

          public Type[] getGenericParameterTypes()

      Returns an array of `Type` objects that represent the formal parameter types, in declaration order, of the executable represented by this object. Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying executable takes no parameters.

      If a formal parameter type is a parameterized type, the `Type` object returned for it must accurately reflect the actual type parameters used in the source code.

      If a formal parameter type is a type variable or a parameterized type, it is created. Otherwise, it is resolved.

      Overrides:
        `getGenericParameterTypes` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        an array of `Type`s that represent the formal parameter types of the underlying executable, in declaration order
      Throws:
        `GenericSignatureFormatError` - if the generic method signature does not conform to the format specified in The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification
        `TypeNotPresentException` - if any of the parameter types of the underlying executable refers to a non-existent type declaration
        `MalformedParameterizedTypeException` - if any of the underlying executable's parameter types refer to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason
      Since:
        1.5

    - #### getExceptionTypes

          public Class<?>[] getExceptionTypes()

      Returns an array of `Class` objects that represent the types of exceptions declared to be thrown by the underlying executable represented by this object. Returns an array of length 0 if the executable declares no exceptions in its `throws` clause.
      Specified by:
        `getExceptionTypes` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        the exception types declared as being thrown by the executable this object represents

    - #### getGenericExceptionTypes

          public Type[] getGenericExceptionTypes()

      Returns an array of `Type` objects that represent the exceptions declared to be thrown by this executable object. Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying executable declares no exceptions in its `throws` clause.

      If an exception type is a type variable or a parameterized type, it is created. Otherwise, it is resolved.

      Overrides:
        `getGenericExceptionTypes` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        an array of Types that represent the exception types thrown by the underlying executable
      Throws:
        `GenericSignatureFormatError` - if the generic method signature does not conform to the format specified in The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification
        `TypeNotPresentException` - if the underlying executable's `throws` clause refers to a non-existent type declaration
        `MalformedParameterizedTypeException` - if the underlying executable's `throws` clause refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason
      Since:
        1.5

    - #### equals

          public boolean equals(Object obj)

      Compares this `Constructor` against the specified object. Returns true if the objects are the same. Two `Constructor` objects are the same if they were declared by the same class and have the same formal parameter types.
      Overrides:
        `equals` in class `Object`
      Parameters:
        `obj` - the reference object with which to compare.
      Returns:
        `true` if this object is the same as the obj argument; `false` otherwise.
      See Also:
        `Object.hashCode()`, `HashMap`

    - #### hashCode

          public int hashCode()

      Returns a hashcode for this `Constructor`. The hashcode is the same as the hashcode for the underlying constructor's declaring class name.
      Overrides:
        `hashCode` in class `Object`
      Returns:
        a hash code value for this object.
      See Also:
        `Object.equals(java.lang.Object)`, `System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)`

    - #### toString

          public String toString()

      Returns a string describing this `Constructor`. The string is formatted as the constructor access modifiers, if any, followed by the fully-qualified name of the declaring class, followed by a parenthesized, comma-separated list of the constructor's formal parameter types. For example:

              public java.util.Hashtable(int,float)

      The only possible modifiers for constructors are the access modifiers `public`, `protected` or `private`. Only one of these may appear, or none if the constructor has default (package) access.

      Overrides:
        `toString` in class `Object`
      Returns:
        a string describing this `Constructor`
      See The Java™ Language Specification:
        8.8.3. Constructor Modifiers

    - #### toGenericString

          public String toGenericString()

      Returns a string describing this `Constructor`, including type parameters. The string is formatted as the constructor access modifiers, if any, followed by an angle-bracketed comma separated list of the constructor's type parameters, if any, followed by the fully-qualified name of the declaring class, followed by a parenthesized, comma-separated list of the constructor's generic formal parameter types. If this constructor was declared to take a variable number of arguments, instead of denoting the last parameter as "`Type[]`", it is denoted as "`Type...`". A space is used to separate access modifiers from one another and from the type parameters or return type. If there are no type parameters, the type parameter list is elided; if the type parameter list is present, a space separates the list from the class name. If the constructor is declared to throw exceptions, the parameter list is followed by a space, followed by the word "`throws`" followed by a comma-separated list of the thrown exception types.

      The only possible modifiers for constructors are the access modifiers `public`, `protected` or `private`. Only one of these may appear, or none if the constructor has default (package) access.

      Specified by:
        `toGenericString` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        a string describing this `Constructor`, include type parameters
      Since:
        1.5
      See The Java™ Language Specification:
        8.8.3. Constructor Modifiers

    - #### newInstance

          public T newInstance(Object... initargs)
                        throws InstantiationException,
                               IllegalAccessException,
                               IllegalArgumentException,
                               InvocationTargetException

      Uses the constructor represented by this `Constructor` object to create and initialize a new instance of the constructor's declaring class, with the specified initialization parameters. Individual parameters are automatically unwrapped to match primitive formal parameters, and both primitive and reference parameters are subject to method invocation conversions as necessary.

      If the number of formal parameters required by the underlying constructor is 0, the supplied `initargs` array may be of length 0 or null.

      If the constructor's declaring class is an inner class in a non-static context, the first argument to the constructor needs to be the enclosing instance; see section 15.9.3 of The Java™ Language Specification.

      If the required access and argument checks succeed and the instantiation will proceed, the constructor's declaring class is initialized if it has not already been initialized.

      If the constructor completes normally, returns the newly created and initialized instance.

      Parameters:
        `initargs` - array of objects to be passed as arguments to the constructor call; values of primitive types are wrapped in a wrapper object of the appropriate type (e.g. a `float` in a `Float`)
      Returns:
        a new object created by calling the constructor this object represents
      Throws:
        `IllegalAccessException` - if this `Constructor` object is enforcing Java language access control and the underlying constructor is inaccessible.
        `IllegalArgumentException` - if the number of actual and formal parameters differ; if an unwrapping conversion for primitive arguments fails; or if, after possible unwrapping, a parameter value cannot be converted to the corresponding formal parameter type by a method invocation conversion; if this constructor pertains to an enum type.
        `InstantiationException` - if the class that declares the underlying constructor represents an abstract class.
        `InvocationTargetException` - if the underlying constructor throws an exception.
        `ExceptionInInitializerError` - if the initialization provoked by this method fails.

    - #### isVarArgs

          public boolean isVarArgs()

      Returns `true` if this executable was declared to take a variable number of arguments; returns `false` otherwise.
      Overrides:
        `isVarArgs` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        `true` if an only if this executable was declared to take a variable number of arguments.
      Since:
        1.5

    - #### isSynthetic

          public boolean isSynthetic()

      Returns `true` if this executable is a synthetic construct; returns `false` otherwise.
      Specified by:
        `isSynthetic` in interface `Member`
      Overrides:
        `isSynthetic` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        true if and only if this executable is a synthetic construct as defined by The Java™ Language Specification.
      Since:
        1.5
      See The Java™ Language Specification:
        13.1 The Form of a Binary

    - #### 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.
      Specified by:
        `getAnnotation` in interface `AnnotatedElement`
      Overrides:
        `getAnnotation` in class `Executable`
      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
      Since:
        1.5

    - #### 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.
      Specified by:
        `getDeclaredAnnotations` in interface `AnnotatedElement`
      Overrides:
        `getDeclaredAnnotations` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        annotations directly present on this element
      Since:
        1.5

    - #### getParameterAnnotations

          public Annotation[][] getParameterAnnotations()

      Returns an array of arrays of `Annotation`s that represent the annotations on the formal parameters, in declaration order, of the `Executable` represented by this object. Synthetic and mandated parameters (see explanation below), such as the outer "this" parameter to an inner class constructor will be represented in the returned array. If the executable has no parameters (meaning no formal, no synthetic, and no mandated parameters), a zero-length array will be returned. If the `Executable` has one or more parameters, a nested array of length zero is returned for each parameter with no annotations. The annotation objects contained in the returned arrays are serializable. The caller of this method is free to modify the returned arrays; it will have no effect on the arrays returned to other callers. A compiler may add extra parameters that are implicitly declared in source ("mandated"), as well as parameters that are neither implicitly nor explicitly declared in source ("synthetic") to the parameter list for a method. See `Parameter` for more information.
      Specified by:
        `getParameterAnnotations` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        an array of arrays that represent the annotations on the formal and implicit parameters, in declaration order, of the executable represented by this object
      Since:
        1.5
      See Also:
        `Parameter`, `Parameter.getAnnotations()`

    - #### getAnnotatedReturnType

          public AnnotatedType getAnnotatedReturnType()

      Returns an `AnnotatedType` object that represents the use of a type to specify the return type of the method/constructor represented by this Executable. If this `Executable` object represents a constructor, the `AnnotatedType` object represents the type of the constructed object. If this `Executable` object represents a method, the `AnnotatedType` object represents the use of a type to specify the return type of the method.
      Specified by:
        `getAnnotatedReturnType` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        an object representing the return type of the method or constructor represented by this `Executable`
      Since:
        1.8

    - #### getAnnotatedReceiverType

          public AnnotatedType getAnnotatedReceiverType()

      Returns an `AnnotatedType` object that represents the use of a type to specify the receiver type of the method/constructor represented by this Executable object. The receiver type of a method/constructor is available only if the method/constructor has a receiver parameter (JLS 8.4.1). If this `Executable` object represents a constructor or instance method that does not have a receiver parameter, or has a receiver parameter with no annotations on its type, then the return value is an `AnnotatedType` object representing an element with no annotations. If this `Executable` object represents a static method, then the return value is null.
      Overrides:
        `getAnnotatedReceiverType` in class `Executable`
      Returns:
        an object representing the receiver type of the method or constructor represented by this `Executable`
      Since:
        1.8

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