net.lenni0451.reflect

Class Classes

java.lang.Object

net.lenni0451.reflect.Classes

public class Classes
extends java.lang.Object

This class contains some useful methods for working with classes.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Classes()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.Class<?>	forName(java.lang.ClassLoader loader, java.lang.String name) Get a class by its name from a given class loader.
static java.lang.Class<?>	forName(java.lang.ClassLoader loader, java.lang.String name, boolean initialize) Get a class by its name from a given class loader.
static java.lang.Class<?>	forName(java.lang.String name) Get a class by its name.
static java.lang.Class<?>	getDeclaredClass(java.lang.Class<?> clazz, java.lang.String simpleName) Get a declared class of a class by its simple name.
static java.lang.Class<?>[]	getDeclaredClasses(java.lang.Class<?> clazz) Get all declared classes of a class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Classes

public Classes()

Method Detail

getDeclaredClasses

public static java.lang.Class<?>[] getDeclaredClasses(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)

Get all declared classes of a class.
An empty array will be returned if the method could not be invoked.

Parameters:

clazz - The class to get the declared classes from

Returns:

An array of all declared classes of the class

getDeclaredClass

@Nullable
public static java.lang.Class<?> getDeclaredClass(java.lang.Class<?> clazz,
                                                             java.lang.String simpleName)

Get a declared class of a class by its simple name.

Parameters:

clazz - The class to get the declared class from

simpleName - The simple name of the class

Returns:

The class or null if it doesn't exist

forName

public static java.lang.Class<?> forName(java.lang.String name)

Get a class by its name.
A wrapper for Class.forName(String) without direct exceptions.

Parameters:

name - The name of the class

Returns:

The class

forName

public static java.lang.Class<?> forName(java.lang.ClassLoader loader,
                                         java.lang.String name)

Get a class by its name from a given class loader.

Parameters:

loader - The class loader to get the class from

name - The name of the class

Returns:

The class

forName

public static java.lang.Class<?> forName(java.lang.ClassLoader loader,
                                         java.lang.String name,
                                         boolean initialize)

Get a class by its name from a given class loader.
A wrapper for Class.forName(String, boolean, ClassLoader) without direct exceptions.

Parameters:

loader - The class loader to get the class from

name - The name of the class

initialize - Whether to initialize the class

Returns:

The class