se.l4.commons.types

Interface TypeFinder

All Known Implementing Classes:

TypeFinderOverReflections

public interface TypeFinder

Interface to help discover and load types on the classpath.

Author:

Andreas Holstenson

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> Set<? extends T>	getSubTypesAsInstances(Class<T> type) Get sub types of the given class automatically creating them.
<T> Set<Class<? extends T>>	getSubTypesOf(Class<T> type) Get sub types of the given class.
Set<Class<?>>	getTypesAnnotatedWith(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) Get classes that have been annotated with a certain annotation.
Set<? extends Object>	getTypesAnnotatedWithAsInstances(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) Get classes that have the given annotation, automatically creating them.

Method Detail

getTypesAnnotatedWith

Set<Class<?>> getTypesAnnotatedWith(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType)

Get classes that have been annotated with a certain annotation.

Parameters:

annotationType -

Returns:

getTypesAnnotatedWithAsInstances

Set<? extends Object> getTypesAnnotatedWithAsInstances(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType)

Get classes that have the given annotation, automatically creating them.

Parameters:

annotationType -

Returns:

getSubTypesOf

<T> Set<Class<? extends T>> getSubTypesOf(Class<T> type)

Get sub types of the given class.

Parameters:

type -

Returns:

getSubTypesAsInstances

<T> Set<? extends T> getSubTypesAsInstances(Class<T> type)

Get sub types of the given class automatically creating them.

Parameters:

type -

Returns: