question: private Method findFromStringMethod ( Class < ? > cls , String methodName ) { Method m ; try { m = cls . getMethod ( methodName , String . class ) ; } catch ( NoSuchMethodException ex ) { try { m = cls . getMethod ( methodName , CharSequence . class ) ; } catch ( NoSuchMethodException ex2 ) { throw new IllegalArgumentException ( "Method not found" , ex2 ) ; } } if ( Modifier . isStatic ( m . getModifiers ( ) ) == false ) { throw new IllegalArgumentException ( "Method must be static: " + methodName ) ; } return m ; }
target:  Finds the conversion method.