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## Title

    [java-genai AFC] IllegalStateException 'Failed to retrieve the parameter name from reflection. Please compile your code with the "-parameters" flag'

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Parameter names are read via reflection and are only present when compiled with -parameters; AFC invokes static methods directly and needs an instance for instance methods.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Limitations:
    - Verbatim check against a joined-literal corpus; the Java source splits the message across concatenated literals.
    - Source literal escapes the quotes around -parameters (\"-parameters\"); exact_errors shows the runtime text with plain quotes.
    
    Other error fragments:
    - Instance methods are not supported without an instance. Please provide an instance for method:
    - The number of parameter names passed to the orderedParameterNames argument does not match the number of parameters in the method.
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/java-genai/be6b211e0182c342822e56ea12dc4bc311ccf676/src/main/java/com/google/genai/types/FunctionDeclaration.java (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Throws the -parameters IllegalStateException when Parameter.isNamePresent() is false; count mismatch error for orderedParameterNames.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/java-genai/be6b211e0182c342822e56ea12dc4bc311ccf676/src/main/java/com/google/genai/AfcUtil.java (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): getFunctionMap throws for instance methods without instance.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/java-genai/be6b211e0182c342822e56ea12dc4bc311ccf676/README.md (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): README AFC Step 1: enable the compiler to keep parameter names (-parameters in pom.xml); AFC uses public static methods.
    
    Search phrasings: java genai compile with -parameters flag function calling; google genai java Failed to retrieve the parameter name from reflection; java genai instance methods are not supported without an instance
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

    {
      "observed_symptom": "Building a function declaration from a Java method throws; or AFC rejects an instance method.",
      "context": "Product: Google Gen AI Java SDK\nComponent: FunctionDeclaration.fromMethod / automatic function calling\nOperation: GenerateContentConfig tools with Java Method objects (AFC)\nAffected versions: observed in java-genai 1.74.0-SNAPSHOT source (main be6b211)\nEnvironment: JVM\nException: IllegalStateException, IllegalArgumentException\nPackages: com.google.genai:google-genai source at 1.74.0-SNAPSHOT\nTrigger: Compiling without javac -parameters (parameter names become arg0...), passing a non-static method without registering its instance, or supplying a wrong number of orderedParameterNames.",
      "environment": {
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "Failed to retrieve the parameter name from reflection. Please compile your code with the \"-parameters\" flag or provide parameter names manually."
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      "literal_source": "contributor_supplied",
      "expected_behavior": null
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## Support assessment

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