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    Default Parser for java Class

    Hi!

    I want to extract this information from a java file:

    1- Name of class and its fields variables
    2- Name of methods and its parameters
    3- List of local variables in a method

    etc.

    I know there is a general purpose library named ANTLR that is used for the parsing stuff, but it is too coarse and low level parser? Do you have any idea of a library ( may be wrapper ANTLR ) that helps me to extract the above mentioned information from a java file.

    Thanks,
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    Default Re: Parser for java Class

    The default Java runtime is able to parse through compiled classes via reflection. Link: Trail: The Reflection API (The Java™ Tutorials). Hopefully that's what you're looking for, though. You cannot pull out local variables using this method (not sure about private/protected variables/methods, either).

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