I am developing an application that makes use of the Java Interface as more than a Java interface, i.e., During runtime, the user should be able to list the available methods within the interface class, which may be anything:

private Class<? extends BaseInterface> interfaceClass.

At runtime, I would like to enum the available methods, and then based on what the user chooses, invoke some method.

My question is: Does the Java "Interface" architecture provide any method for me to peek and invoke methods without using the Reflection API?

I wish there were something like this (Maybe there is):

private Interface<? extends BaseInterface> interfaceAPI;

public void someMethod(){
 interfaceAPI.listMethods();
 interfaceAPI.getAnnotations();
}

Maybe there is some way to use Type Generics to accomplish what I want?

Thanks,

Phaedrus