## Copyright (C) 2012 Rik Wehbring
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} methods (@var{obj})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} methods ("@var{classname}")
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{mtds} =} methods (@dots{})
##
## Return a cell array containing the names of the methods for the
## object @var{obj} or the named class @var{classname}.
## @var{obj} may be an Octave class object or a Java object.
##
## @seealso{fieldnames}
## @end deftypefn

function mtds = methods (obj)
  
  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif
  
  if (isobject (obj))
    ## Call internal C++ function for Octave objects
    mtds_list = __methods__ (obj);
  elseif (ischar (obj))
    ## Could be a classname for an Octave class or Java class.
    ## Try Octave class first.
    mtds_list = __methods__ (obj);
    if (isempty (mtds_list))
      mtds_str = javaMethod ("getMethods", "org.octave.ClassHelper", obj);
      mtds_list = strsplit (mtds_str, ';');
    endif
  elseif (isjava (obj))
    mtds_str = javaMethod ("getMethods", "org.octave.ClassHelper", obj);
    mtds_list = strsplit (mtds_str, ';');
  else
    error ("methods: Invalid input argument");
  endif

  if (nargout == 0)
    classname = ifelse (ischar (obj), obj, class (obj));
    printf ("Methods for class %s:\n", classname);
    disp (list_in_columns (mtds_list));
  else
    mtds = mtds_list;
  endif

endfunction


## test Octave classname
%!test
%! mtds = methods ("ftp");
%! assert (mtds{1}, "ascii");

## test Java classname
%!testif HAVE_JAVA 
%! mtds = methods ("java.lang.Double");
%! search = strfind (mtds, "java.lang.Double valueOf");
%! assert (! isempty ([search{:}]));

