com.atlassian.plugin.util

Class ClassUtils

java.lang.Object

com.atlassian.plugin.util.ClassUtils

public class ClassUtils
extends Object

Class utility methods

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Set<Class>	findAllTypes(Class cls) Finds all super classes and interfaces for a given class
static void	findAllTypes(Class cls, Set<Class> types) Finds all super classes and interfaces for a given class
static <T> List<Class<?>>	getTypeArguments(Class<T> baseClass, 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 Set<Class> findAllTypes(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(Class cls,
                Set<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> List<Class<?>> getTypeArguments(Class<T> baseClass,
                                  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:

IllegalArgumentException - If the child class is not the base of the baseClass

Since:

2.5.0