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Java

Name Java
Purpose Calls a static Java method.
Description This calls a static Java method using the Java reflection mechanism and returns the value returned by the method.
Use the properties to specify only the class name and method name. Use the arguments to specify the arguments to the function. For example, to get the user.home Java system property, use this expression:
Java (class: java.lang.System, method: getProperty)
  Constant ("user.home")
Instance objects can also be called using this function. To do so, make the first argument of the method be an instance of the object to call. For example, to get a randon number, using this expression:
Java ([className="java.util.Random", methodName="nextInt"], Java([classname="java.util.Random", methodName="new”))
Data type returned Simple
Variable arguments -
Variable argument type Simple
Properties Class Name The fully qualified name of the Java class to call.
Method Name The name of the Java method to call within the class. The Java method may have any number of parameters; this number of parameters must match the number of arguments specified when this function is used.

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