methodsview (External Interfaces/API Reference)

Displays information on all methods implemented by a class.

Syntax

methodsview packagename.classname
methodsview classname
methodsview(object)

Description

methodsview packagename.classname displays information describing the Java class, classname, that is available from the package of Java classes, packagename.

methodsview classname displays information describing the MATLAB, COM, or imported Java class, classname.

methodsview(object) displays information describing the object instantiated from a COM or Java class.

MATLAB creates a new window in response to the methodsview command. This window displays all of the methods defined in the specified class. For each of these methods, the following additional information is supplied:

Name of the method

Method type qualifiers (for example, abstract or synchronized)

Data type returned by the method

Arguments passed to the method

Possible exceptions thrown

Parent of the specified class

Examples

The following command lists information on all methods in the java.awt.MenuItem class.

```
methodsview java.awt.MenuItem
```

MATLAB displays this information in a new window, as shown below

See Also

methods, import, class, javaArray

methods usejava