OnJava8-Examples/enums/Reflection.java

// enums/Reflection.java
// Analyzing enums using reflection.
import java.lang.reflect.*;
import java.util.*;
import com.mindviewinc.util.*;

enum Explore { HERE, THERE }

public class Reflection {
  public static Set<String> analyze(Class<?> enumClass) {
    System.out.println("----- Analyzing " + enumClass + " -----");
    System.out.println("Interfaces:");
    for(Type t : enumClass.getGenericInterfaces())
      System.out.println(t);
    System.out.println("Base: " + enumClass.getSuperclass());
    System.out.println("Methods: ");
    Set<String> methods = new TreeSet<>();
    for(Method m : enumClass.getMethods())
      methods.add(m.getName());
    System.out.println(methods);
    return methods;
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Set<String> exploreMethods = analyze(Explore.class);
    Set<String> enumMethods = analyze(Enum.class);
    System.out.println("Explore.containsAll(Enum)? " +
      exploreMethods.containsAll(enumMethods));
    System.out.print("Explore.removeAll(Enum): ");
    exploreMethods.removeAll(enumMethods);
    System.out.println(exploreMethods);
    // Decompile the code for the enum:
    OSExecute.command("javap Explore");
  }
}
/* Output:
----- Analyzing class Explore -----
Interfaces:
Base: class java.lang.Enum
Methods:
[compareTo, equals, getClass, getDeclaringClass, hashCode,
name, notify, notifyAll, ordinal, toString, valueOf,
values, wait]
----- Analyzing class java.lang.Enum -----
Interfaces:
java.lang.Comparable<E>
interface java.io.Serializable
Base: class java.lang.Object
Methods:
[compareTo, equals, getClass, getDeclaringClass, hashCode,
name, notify, notifyAll, ordinal, toString, valueOf, wait]
Explore.containsAll(Enum)? true
Explore.removeAll(Enum): [values]
Compiled from "Reflection.java"
final class Explore extends java.lang.Enum<Explore> {
  public static final Explore HERE;
  public static final Explore THERE;
  public static Explore[] values();
  public static Explore valueOf(java.lang.String);
  static {};
}
*/