Package org.gcube.informationsystem.utils

Class ReflectionUtility

java.lang.Object

org.gcube.informationsystem.utils.ReflectionUtility

public class ReflectionUtility
extends Object

A utility class for finding all classes within a given package.

This implementation is based on the solution provided at Stack Overflow.

Author:

Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ReflectionUtility()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static List<Class<?>>	getClassesForPackage(Package packageObject)	Attempts to list all the classes in the specified package as determined by the context class loader
static List<Class<?>>	getClassesForPackage(String pckgname)	Attempts to list all the classes in the specified package as determined by the context class loader
static List<Class<?>>	getClassesForPackage(String pckgname, ClassLoader classLoader)	Attempts to list all the classes in the specified package as determined by the provided class loader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ReflectionUtility

public ReflectionUtility()

Method Details

getClassesForPackage

public static List<Class<?>> getClassesForPackage(Package packageObject)
                                           throws ClassNotFoundException

Attempts to list all the classes in the specified package as determined by the context class loader

Parameters:

packageObject - the package to search

Returns:

a list of classes that exist within that package

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if something went wrong

getClassesForPackage

public static List<Class<?>> getClassesForPackage(String pckgname)
                                           throws ClassNotFoundException

Attempts to list all the classes in the specified package as determined by the context class loader

Parameters:

pckgname - the package name to search

Returns:

a list of classes that exist within that package

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if something went wrong

getClassesForPackage

public static List<Class<?>> getClassesForPackage(String pckgname,
 ClassLoader classLoader)
                                           throws ClassNotFoundException

Attempts to list all the classes in the specified package as determined by the provided class loader.

Parameters:

pckgname - the package name to search

classLoader - the class loader to use

Returns:

a list of classes that exist within that package

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if something went wrong