How to call a superclass method using Java reflection

If you are using JDK7, you can use MethodHandle to achieve this:

public class Test extends Base {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
    MethodHandle h1 = MethodHandles.lookup().findSpecial(Base.class, "toString",
        MethodType.methodType(String.class),
        Test.class);
    MethodHandle h2 = MethodHandles.lookup().findSpecial(Object.class, "toString",
        MethodType.methodType(String.class),
        Test.class);
    System.out.println(h1.invoke(new Test()));   // outputs Base
    System.out.println(h2.invoke(new Test()));   // outputs Base
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "Test";
  }

}

class Base {
  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "Base";
  }
}