org.mule.devkit.dynamic.api.helper

Class Classes

java.lang.Object

org.mule.devkit.dynamic.api.helper.Classes

public final class Classes
extends Object

Helper methods for Class.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static List<Field>	allDeclaredFields(Class<?> clazz)
static List<Class<?>>	allSuperClasses(Class<?> clazz)
static <T extends Annotation> T	getDeclaredAnnotation(Class<?> clazz, Class<T> annotationClass)
static Class<?>	loadClass(ClassLoader classLoader, String name)
static String	methodNameToDashBased(Method method)
static <T> T	newInstance(Class<?> clazz)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

allSuperClasses

public static List<Class<?>> allSuperClasses(Class<?> clazz)

Parameters:

clazz -

Returns:

all subclasses of specified Class

allDeclaredFields

public static List<Field> allDeclaredFields(Class<?> clazz)

Parameters:

clazz -

Returns:

all declared Field of specified Class and all super Classes

loadClass

public static Class<?> loadClass(ClassLoader classLoader,
                 String name)

Parameters:

classLoader -

name -

Returns:

loaded Class if any; null otherwise

newInstance

public static <T> T newInstance(Class<?> clazz)

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

clazz -

Returns:

new Class instance; null if instantiation fails

methodNameToDashBased

public static String methodNameToDashBased(Method method)

Parameters:

method -

Returns:

dash-based representation of a Method.getName(). e.g. getMyProperty => get-my-property

getDeclaredAnnotation

public static <T extends Annotation> T getDeclaredAnnotation(Class<?> clazz,
                                             Class<T> annotationClass)

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

clazz -

annotationClass -

Returns:

annotation with specified Class, if any. Inspect parent Classes.