net.sf.mmm.util.reflect.base

Class AssignableFromFilter

java.lang.Object

net.sf.mmm.util.reflect.base.AssignableFromFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter<Class<?>>

public class AssignableFromFilter
extends Object
implements Filter<Class<?>>

This is a filter that only accepts types that are assignable from a special type.

Since:

1.0.1

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private boolean	excludeSuperType
private Class<?>	superClass The class

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AssignableFromFilter(Class<?> superClass) The constructor.
AssignableFromFilter(Class<?> superClass, boolean excludeSuperClass) The constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept(Class<?> type)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

superClass

private final Class<?> superClass

The class

excludeSuperType

private final boolean excludeSuperType

Constructor Detail

AssignableFromFilter

public AssignableFromFilter(Class<?> superClass)

The constructor.

Parameters:

superClass - is the super-type defining which types to accept.

AssignableFromFilter

public AssignableFromFilter(Class<?> superClass,
                            boolean excludeSuperClass)

The constructor.

Parameters:

superClass - is the super-type defining which types to accept.

excludeSuperClass - - true if the given superClass itself shall NOT be accepted, false otherwise.

Since:

3.0.0

Method Detail

accept

public boolean accept(Class<?> type)

Specified by:

accept in interface Filter<Class<?>>

Returns:

true if and only if the given type is assignable from the super-type defined at construction. This means the given type has to implement/extend the super-type or be equal to it.