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Student.java

public class Student
{
    private String name;
    private int age;

    public Student(String name, int age)
    {
        super();
        this.name = name;
        this.age = age;
    }

    public String getName()
    {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name)
    {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public int getAge()
    {
        return age;
    }

    public void setAge(int age)
    {
        this.age = age;
    }

}

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class ReflectionDemo
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Student student = new Student("Peter", 25);

        /*
         * Returns: The Class object that represents the runtime class
         * of this object.
         * 
         */
        Class<? extends Student> studentClass = student.getClass();

        /*
         * Returns: the array of Method objects representing the
         * public methods of this class
         */
        Method[] methodArray = studentClass.getMethods();

        for (Method method : methodArray)
        {
            System.out.println(method.getName());
        }

        System.out.println("----------------------------------");

        /*
         * Returns:the array of Field objects representing all the
         * declared fields of this class
         */
        Field[] fieldArray = studentClass.getDeclaredFields();

        for (Field field : fieldArray)
        {
            System.out.println(field.getName());
        }

    }

}

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