net.engio.mbassy.common

Class ReflectionUtils

java.lang.Object

net.engio.mbassy.common.ReflectionUtils

public class ReflectionUtils
extends Object

Author:

bennidi Date: 2/16/12 Time: 12:14 PM

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ReflectionUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	collectInterfaces(Class from, Set<Class> accumulator)
static boolean	containsOverridingMethod(List<Method> allMethods, Method methodToCheck)
static <A extends Annotation> A	getAnnotation(AnnotatedElement from, Class<A> annotationType)
static List<Method>	getMethods(IPredicate<Method> condition, Class<?> target)
static Method	getOverridingMethod(Method overridingMethod, Class subclass) Traverses the class hierarchy upwards, starting at the given subclass, looking for an override of the given methods -> finds the bottom most override of the given method if any exists
static Set<Class>	getSuperTypes(Class from) Collect all directly and indirectly related super types (classes and interfaces) of a given class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ReflectionUtils

public ReflectionUtils()

Method Detail

getMethods

public static List<Method> getMethods(IPredicate<Method> condition,
                      Class<?> target)

getOverridingMethod

public static Method getOverridingMethod(Method overridingMethod,
                         Class subclass)

Traverses the class hierarchy upwards, starting at the given subclass, looking for an override of the given methods -> finds the bottom most override of the given method if any exists

Parameters:

overridingMethod -

subclass -

getSuperTypes

public static Set<Class> getSuperTypes(Class from)

Collect all directly and indirectly related super types (classes and interfaces) of a given class.

Parameters:

from - The root class to start with

Returns:

A set of classes, each representing a super type of the root class

collectInterfaces

public static void collectInterfaces(Class from,
                     Set<Class> accumulator)

containsOverridingMethod

public static boolean containsOverridingMethod(List<Method> allMethods,
                               Method methodToCheck)

getAnnotation

public static <A extends Annotation> A getAnnotation(AnnotatedElement from,
                                     Class<A> annotationType)