/* Copyright 2010 Abhinav Sarkar * * This file is a part of SpelHelper library. * * SpelHelper library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (GNU LGPL) as * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, * or (at your option) any later version. * * SpelHelper library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with SpelHelper library. If not, see . */ package net.abhinavsarkar.spelhelper; import java.util.LinkedHashSet; import java.util.Set; final class InheritenceUtil { private InheritenceUtil() { } public static Set> getInheritance(final Class clazz) { LinkedHashSet> result = new LinkedHashSet>(); result.add(clazz); getInheritance(clazz, result); return result; } /** * Get inheritance of type. * * @param clazz * @param result */ private static void getInheritance(final Class clazz, final Set> result) { Class superclass = getSuperclass(clazz); if (superclass != null) { result.add(superclass); getInheritance(superclass, result); } getInterfaceInheritance(clazz, result); } /** * Get interfaces that the type inherits from. * * @param clazz * @param result */ private static void getInterfaceInheritance(final Class clazz, final Set> result) { for (Class c : clazz.getInterfaces()) { result.add(c); getInterfaceInheritance(c, result); } } /** * Get superclass of class. * * @param clazz * @return */ private static Class getSuperclass(final Class clazz) { if (clazz == null) { return null; } if (clazz.isArray() && clazz != Object[].class) { Class type = clazz.getComponentType(); while (type.isArray()) { type = type.getComponentType(); } return type; } return clazz.getSuperclass(); } }