Thanks. I acctulay got it to work, there was somehting else wrong in base, but the execption name confused me. Sorry for a quick post, but after posting it clears me to solve it. :( "Max Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 014501c2c7fe$96eb2a50$8a1e16ac@ozzy">news:014501c2c7fe$96eb2a50$8a1e16ac@ozzy... > There doesn't seem to be direct help. Perhaps you could do this, or find a > utility method somewhere that does it for you: > > Method method = null; > Class cls = this.getClass(); > while (method == null && cls != null) { > method = cls.getMethod(methodName, args); > cls = cls.getSuperClass(); > } > > Please post the answer if you find a good one. > > -Max > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "V. Cekvenich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:12 AM > Subject: Very OT: Java Reflection? > > > > Someone care to help me out on OT reflection? > > > > Here is the situation: > > My base class has a reflection (in execute) that does this : > > > > Method eventMethod = this.getClass().getMethod(methodName, args); > > > > and same class has > > onDefaultExec() {} > > (or full code here: > > > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/basicportal/ROOT/src/basicWeb > Lib/org/apache/basicWebLib/dispatch/BaseTilesActionHandler.java > > ) > > > > The concrete (derived) class works great with reflection, it calls the > > method in that class. > > > > However, the problem is that if the concrete class does not have a > > reflected method, it won't go look back in the base class for the method > > name. In my case onDefaultExec and others are in base, not the instance > > class. > > > > To restate, if I reflect for a method that is concrete class, great, but > > when I reflect for a method for a base class I get > > reflect.InvocationTargetException > > It's not looking back. > > > > ? > > > > tia, > > Vic > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
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