Java.lang.Class.getSigners() Method

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Description

The java.lang.Class.getSigners() gets the signers of this class.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.Class.getSigners() method

public Object[] getSigners()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the signers of this class, or null if there are no signers and returns null if this object represents a primitive type or void.

Exception

NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Class.getSigners() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.lang.*;

public class ClassDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      try {  
         Class cls = Class.forName("ClassDemo"); 

         // returns the name of the class
         System.out.println("Class = " + cls.getName());
        
         Object[] obj = cls.getSigners();
         System.out.println("Value = " + obj); 
      } catch(ClassNotFoundException ex) {
         System.out.println(ex.toString());
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Class = ClassDemo
Value = null