gistfile1.txt

// Locate update methods
        Method subscriptionMethod = null;
        ArrayList<Method> updateMethods = new ArrayList<Method>();
        for (Method method : subscriber.getClass().getMethods())
        {
            if ((method.getName().equals("update")) &&
                (Modifier.isPublic(method.getModifiers())))
            {
                updateMethods.add(method);
            }
        }

        // none found
        if (updateMethods.size() == 0)
        {
            String message = "Subscriber object does not provide a public method by name 'update'";
            throw new EPSubscriberException(message);
        }

durr. 1.1.6 < 1.6.*

hmm. out of date examples? does java_signature work? what about jrubyc? see http://github.com/nicksieger/java-from-ruby-examples/blob/master/compile/compile.rb for example