uk.org.lidalia.lang

Class Classes

java.lang.Object

uk.org.lidalia.lang.Classes

public final class Classes
extends Object

A collection of methods that could conveniently exist on Class but don't.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <CompileTimeType> Class<? extends CompileTimeType>	getClass(CompileTimeType object)
static boolean	hasConstructor(Class<?> type, Class<?>... parameterTypes)
static boolean	inSameClassHierarchy(Class<?> one, Class<?> other)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getClass

public static <CompileTimeType> Class<? extends CompileTimeType> getClass(CompileTimeType object)

Returns:

the generified compile time type of the object

inSameClassHierarchy

public static boolean inSameClassHierarchy(Class<?> one,
                           Class<?> other)

Returns:

true if one and other are the same type, or one is a subtype of other, or other is a subtype of one

hasConstructor

public static boolean hasConstructor(Class<?> type,
                     Class<?>... parameterTypes)

Parameters:

type - the class to check for the existence of the constructor

parameterTypes - the types of the parameters of the constructor

Returns:

true if a constructor with those types exists on the class, false otherwise