Module io.modelcontextprotocol.sdk.mcp

Package io.modelcontextprotocol.spec

Record Class McpSchema.Tool

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Record

io.modelcontextprotocol.spec.McpSchema.Tool

Record Components:

name - A unique identifier for the tool. This name is used when calling the tool.

description - A human-readable description of what the tool does. This can be used by clients to improve the LLM's understanding of available tools.

inputSchema - A JSON Schema object that describes the expected structure of the arguments when calling this tool. This allows clients to validate tool arguments before sending them to the server.

Enclosing class:

McpSchema

public static record McpSchema.Tool(String name, String description, McpSchema.JsonSchema inputSchema)
extends Record

Represents a tool that the server provides. Tools enable servers to expose executable functionality to the system. Through these tools, you can interact with external systems, perform computations, and take actions in the real world.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Tool(String name, String description, McpSchema.JsonSchema inputSchema)	Creates an instance of a Tool record class.
Tool(String name, String description, String schema)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	description()	Returns the value of the description record component.
final boolean	equals(Object o)	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
final int	hashCode()	Returns a hash code value for this object.
McpSchema.JsonSchema	inputSchema()	Returns the value of the inputSchema record component.
String	name()	Returns the value of the name record component.
final String	toString()	Returns a string representation of this record class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Tool

public Tool(String name,
 String description,
 String schema)

Tool

public Tool(String name,
 String description,
 McpSchema.JsonSchema inputSchema)

Creates an instance of a Tool record class.

Parameters:

name - the value for the name record component

description - the value for the description record component

inputSchema - the value for the inputSchema record component

Method Details

toString

public final String toString()

Returns a string representation of this record class. The representation contains the name of the class, followed by the name and value of each of the record components.

Specified by:

toString in class Record

Returns:

a string representation of this object

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for this object. The value is derived from the hash code of each of the record components.

Specified by:

hashCode in class Record

Returns:

a hash code value for this object

equals

public final boolean equals(Object o)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. The objects are equal if the other object is of the same class and if all the record components are equal. All components in this record class are compared with Objects::equals(Object,Object).

Specified by:

equals in class Record

Parameters:

o - the object with which to compare

Returns:

true if this object is the same as the o argument; false otherwise.

name

public String name()

Returns the value of the name record component.

Returns:

the value of the name record component

description

public String description()

Returns the value of the description record component.

Returns:

the value of the description record component

inputSchema

public McpSchema.JsonSchema inputSchema()

Returns the value of the inputSchema record component.

Returns:

the value of the inputSchema record component