Java Method isSynthetic() Method

The isSynthetic() method of Method class returns true if this executable is a synthetic construct; returns false otherwise.

Syntax

Parameter

No parameter is passed.

Returns

true if and only if this executable is a synthetic construct as defined by The Java? Language Specification.

Throw

Does not throw the exception.

Example 1

//import statement  
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class ReflectMethodisSyntheticExample1 {
    private String x = "22";

    private class MyInnerClassX1 {
        private void process() {
            System.out.println(x);
        }
    }

    public static void main(String... args) {
        for (Method mthd : ReflectMethodisSyntheticExample1.class.getDeclaredMethods()) {
            if (mthd.isSynthetic()) {
                System.out.printf(" Synthetic method%s%n name:%s%n", mthd, mthd.getName());
            }
        }
    }
}

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Output:

Synthetic methodstatic java.lang.String ReflectMethodisSyntheticExample1.access$000(ReflectMethodisSyntheticExample1)
 name:access$000

Example 2

//import statements  
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public class ReflectMethodisSyntheticExample2 {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      Method[] mthd = DemoClassX.class.getMethods();
      System.out.println(mthd[1].isSynthetic());
   }
}

class DemoClassX {
   private String Field;
   
   public String getField() {
      return Field;
   }

   public void setField(String Field) {
      this.Field = Field;
   } 
}

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Output: