com.cedarsoftware.util

Class ReflectionUtils

java.lang.Object

com.cedarsoftware.util.ReflectionUtils

public final class ReflectionUtils
extends Object

Author:

John DeRegnaucourt ([email protected])
Copyright (c) Cedar Software LLC

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

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Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Annotation	getClassAnnotation(Class classToCheck, Class annoClass) Determine if the passed in class (classToCheck) has the annotation (annoClass) on itself, any of its super classes, any of it's interfaces, or any of it's super interfaces.
static String	getClassName(Object o) Return the name of the class on the object, or "null" if the object is null.
static void	getDeclaredFields(Class c, Collection<Field> fields) Get all non static, non transient, fields of the passed in class, including private fields.
static Map<String,Field>	getDeepDeclaredFieldMap(Class c) Return all Fields from a class (including inherited), mapped by String field name to java.lang.reflect.Field.
static Collection<Field>	getDeepDeclaredFields(Class c) Get all non static, non transient, fields of the passed in class, including private fields.
static Method	getMethod(Class c, String method, Class... types)
static Annotation	getMethodAnnotation(Method method, Class annoClass)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getClassAnnotation

public static Annotation getClassAnnotation(Class classToCheck,
                                            Class annoClass)

Determine if the passed in class (classToCheck) has the annotation (annoClass) on itself, any of its super classes, any of it's interfaces, or any of it's super interfaces. This is a exhaustive check throughout the complete inheritance hierarchy.

Returns:

the Annotation if found, null otherwise.

getMethodAnnotation

public static Annotation getMethodAnnotation(Method method,
                                             Class annoClass)

getMethod

public static Method getMethod(Class c,
                               String method,
                               Class... types)

getDeepDeclaredFields

public static Collection<Field> getDeepDeclaredFields(Class c)

Get all non static, non transient, fields of the passed in class, including private fields. Note, the special this$ field is also not returned. The result is cached in a static ConcurrentHashMap to benefit execution performance.

Parameters:

c - Class instance

Returns:

Collection of only the fields in the passed in class that would need further processing (reference fields). This makes field traversal on a class faster as it does not need to continually process known fields like primitives.

getDeclaredFields

public static void getDeclaredFields(Class c,
                                     Collection<Field> fields)

Get all non static, non transient, fields of the passed in class, including private fields. Note, the special this$ field is also not returned. The resulting fields are stored in a Collection.

Parameters:

c - Class instance that would need further processing (reference fields). This makes field traversal on a class faster as it does not need to continually process known fields like primitives.

getDeepDeclaredFieldMap

public static Map<String,Field> getDeepDeclaredFieldMap(Class c)

Return all Fields from a class (including inherited), mapped by String field name to java.lang.reflect.Field.

Parameters:

c - Class whose fields are being fetched.

Returns:

Map of all fields on the Class, keyed by String field name to java.lang.reflect.Field.

getClassName

public static String getClassName(Object o)

Return the name of the class on the object, or "null" if the object is null.

Parameters:

o - Object to get the class name.

Returns:

String name of the class or "null"