org.apache.jorphan.reflect
Class ClassFinder

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.jorphan.reflect.ClassFinder

public final class ClassFinder

extends Object

This class finds classes that extend one of a set of parent classes

Method Summary

static List	findClassesThatExtend(String[] paths, Class[] superClasses) Convenience method for findClassesThatExtend(Class[], boolean) with the option to include inner classes in the search set to false.
static List	findClassesThatExtend(String[] strPathsOrJars, Class[] superClasses, boolean innerClasses) Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es).
static List	findClassesThatExtend(String[] strPathsOrJars, Class[] superClasses, boolean innerClasses, String contains, String notContains) Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

findClassesThatExtend

public static List findClassesThatExtend(String[] paths,
                                         Class[] superClasses)
                                  throws IOException

Convenience method for findClassesThatExtend(Class[], boolean) with the option to include inner classes in the search set to false.

Returns:

List containing discovered classes.

Throws:

IOException

findClassesThatExtend

public static List findClassesThatExtend(String[] strPathsOrJars,
                                         Class[] superClasses,
                                         boolean innerClasses)
                                  throws IOException

Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es).

Parameters:

strPathsOrJars - - pathnames or jarfiles to search for classes

superClasses - - required parent class(es)

innerClasses - - should we include inner classes?

Returns:

List containing discovered classes

Throws:

IOException

findClassesThatExtend

public static List findClassesThatExtend(String[] strPathsOrJars,
                                         Class[] superClasses,
                                         boolean innerClasses,
                                         String contains,
                                         String notContains)
                                  throws IOException

Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es).

Parameters:

strPathsOrJars - - pathnames or jarfiles to search for classes

superClasses - - required parent class(es)

innerClasses - - should we include inner classes?

contains - - classname should contain this string

notContains - - classname should not contain this string

Returns:

List containing discovered classes

Throws:

IOException