| Package | Description | 
|---|---|
| java.lang | Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java
 programming language. | 
| java.lang.invoke | The  java.lang.invokepackage contains dynamic language support provided directly by
 the Java core class libraries and virtual machine. | 
| javax.management.relation | Provides the definition of the Relation Service. | 
| javax.script | The scripting API consists of interfaces and classes that define
Java TM Scripting Engines and provides
a framework for their use in Java applications. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| Constructor<T> | Class. getConstructor(Class<?>... parameterTypes)Returns a  Constructorobject that reflects the specified
 public constructor of the class represented by thisClassobject. | |
| Constructor<T> | Class. getDeclaredConstructor(Class<?>... parameterTypes)Returns a  Constructorobject that reflects the specified
 constructor of the class or interface represented by thisClassobject. | |
| Method | Class. getDeclaredMethod(String name,
                 Class<?>... parameterTypes)Returns a  Methodobject that reflects the specified
 declared method of the class or interface represented by thisClassobject. | |
| Method | Class. getMethod(String name,
         Class<?>... parameterTypes)Returns a  Methodobject that reflects the specified public
 member method of the class or interface represented by thisClassobject. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| MethodHandle | MethodHandles.Lookup. bind(Object receiver,
    String name,
    MethodType type)Produces an early-bound method handle for a non-static method. | |
| MethodHandle | MethodHandles.Lookup. findConstructor(Class<?> refc,
               MethodType type)Produces a method handle which creates an object and initializes it, using
 the constructor of the specified type. | |
| MethodHandle | MethodHandles.Lookup. findSpecial(Class<?> refc,
           String name,
           MethodType type,
           Class<?> specialCaller)Produces an early-bound method handle for a virtual method. | |
| MethodHandle | MethodHandles.Lookup. findStatic(Class<?> refc,
          String name,
          MethodType type)Produces a method handle for a static method. | |
| MethodHandle | MethodHandles.Lookup. findVirtual(Class<?> refc,
           String name,
           MethodType type)Produces a method handle for a virtual method. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| void | RelationServiceMBean. addRelation(ObjectName relationObjectName)Adds an MBean created by the user (and registered by him in the MBean
 Server) as a relation in the Relation Service. | |
| void | RelationService. addRelation(ObjectName relationObjectName)Adds an MBean created by the user (and registered by him in the MBean
 Server) as a relation in the Relation Service. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| Object | Invocable. invokeFunction(String name,
              Object... args)Used to call top-level procedures and functions defined in scripts. | |
| Object | Invocable. invokeMethod(Object thiz,
            String name,
            Object... args)Calls a method on a script object compiled during a previous script execution,
 which is retained in the state of the  ScriptEngine. | 
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