The toGenericString() method of java.lang.reflect.Constructor class is used to return get the generic form of this constructor, i.e. a string representing the details about this constructor including the type parameters.
Syntax:
public String toGenericString()
Parameters: This method accepts nothing.
Return: This method returns a generic form of this constructor as a string that describes this Constructor along with the type parameters.
Below programs illustrate toGenericString() method:
Program 1:
// Java program to illustrate // toGenericString() method   import java.lang.annotation.Annotation; import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;   public class GFG {       public static void main(String[] args)     {         // create a class object         Class classObj = shape. class ;           // get Constructor object         // array from class object         Constructor[] cons = classObj.getConstructors();           // check get string representation         String str = cons[ 0 ].toGenericString();           // print result         System.out.println( "Constructor : " + str);     }       public class shape {           public shape(Object... objects)         {         }     } } |
Constructor : public GFG$shape(GFG, java.lang.Object...)
Program 2:
// Java program to illustrate // toGenericString() method   import java.lang.annotation.Annotation; import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;   public class GFG {       public static void main(String[] args)     {         // create a class object         Class classObj = String. class ;           // get Constructor object         // array from class object         Constructor[] cons             = classObj.getConstructors();           for ( int i = 0 ; i < cons.length; i++) {               String str = cons[i].toGenericString();               // print result             System.out.println(str);         }     } } |
public java.lang.String(byte[], int, int)
public java.lang.String(byte[], java.nio.charset.Charset)
public java.lang.String(byte[], java.lang.String) throws java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException
public java.lang.String(byte[], int, int, java.nio.charset.Charset)
public java.lang.String(byte[], int, int, java.lang.String) throws java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException
public java.lang.String(java.lang.StringBuilder)
public java.lang.String(java.lang.StringBuffer)
public java.lang.String(byte[])
public java.lang.String(int[], int, int)
public java.lang.String()
public java.lang.String(char[])
public java.lang.String(java.lang.String)
public java.lang.String(char[], int, int)
public java.lang.String(byte[], int)
public java.lang.String(byte[], int, int, int)
References: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.html#toGenericString()