[Jython-users] Problem invoking java.lang.reflect.Modifier.toString(int)

[Chermside, M. <mch...@in...>]

I am trying to write some jython code for printing out descriptions of
java objects (using reflection). One of the tasks I need to perform
is, given a java.lang.reflect.Method object, to obtain a description
of it's modifiers (public final static, etc).

Fortunately, there's a handy function for doing this:
    java.lang.reflect.Modifier.toString(int)

It takes an int (primitive), and returns a String. The int can be
obtained from java.lang.reflect.Method.getModifiers(), but for this
example I'll simply use 2 (which is the code for "private"). Here's
a sample jython program:

    Jython 2.1 on java1.3.1_11 (JIT: null)
    Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> import java.lang.reflect.Modifier as Modifier
    >>> Modifier.toString(2)  # should return 'private'
    '2'
    >>>

I expected it to return 'private' but it returned '2' instead. I've
got two questions:

  (1) Why?

  (2) How do I fix it?

-- Michael Chermside

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