com.atlassian.plugin.util
Class ClassUtils

java.lang.Object
  com.atlassian.plugin.util.ClassUtils

public class ClassUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Class utility methods

Method Summary

static java.util.Set<java.lang.Class>	findAllTypes(java.lang.Class cls) Finds all super classes and interfaces for a given class
static void	findAllTypes(java.lang.Class cls, java.util.Set<java.lang.Class> types) Finds all super classes and interfaces for a given class
static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Class<?>>	getTypeArguments(java.lang.Class<T> baseClass, java.lang.Class<? extends T> childClass) Get the actual type arguments a child class has used to extend a generic base class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

findAllTypes

public static java.util.Set<java.lang.Class> findAllTypes(java.lang.Class cls)

Finds all super classes and interfaces for a given class

Parameters:

cls - The class to scan

Returns:

The collected related classes found

findAllTypes

public static void findAllTypes(java.lang.Class cls,
                                java.util.Set<java.lang.Class> types)

Finds all super classes and interfaces for a given class

Parameters:

cls - The class to scan

types - The collected related classes found

getTypeArguments

public static <T> java.util.List<java.lang.Class<?>> getTypeArguments(java.lang.Class<T> baseClass,
                                                                      java.lang.Class<? extends T> childClass)

Get the actual type arguments a child class has used to extend a generic base class.

Parameters:

baseClass - the base class

childClass - the child class

Returns:

a list of the raw classes for the actual type arguments.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the child class is not the base of the baseClass

Since:

2.5.0