metaclass?

[Marium Hasan]

Metaclass is automatically loaded when a Class is loaded
but how do we get the information in metaclass?

[Iain Lowe]

Not quite sure what you mean by Metaclass. Could you elaborate?

[Cindy Glass]

If you use the Class class (don't you love it )
Class myC = new Class("WhateverClass");
Then you can use the methods of Class to get at some MetaData.
For instance:
Field[] classFields = myC.getFields();

[Marium Hasan]

Can we get on fields( variables ) as well as Methods ( static
& non-static ) by exploring Class class methods & using
Field class array.?

Originally posted by Cindy Glass:
If you use the Class class (don't you love it )
Class myC = new Class("WhateverClass");
Then you can use the methods of Class to get at some MetaData.
For instance:
Field[] classFields = myC.getFields();

[Cindy Glass]

I have not a clue what you are asking. Read the API for Class.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/index.html

[William Barnes]

There doesn't seem to be a class called "metaclass". The "Class" class Cindy refered to lives in java.lang

Can we get on fields( variables )

If you are asking if you can get the names of variables the class "Class" has a method called "getFields()" which is defined as "Returns an array containing Field objects reflecting all the accessible public fields of the class or interface represented by this Class object."

as well as Methods

That same class has a method called "getMethods()" which looks like what you want.

[Marium Hasan]

Thanks Christopher and Cindy for your great help!
With Regards
Marium