de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.utilities
Class InspectionUtil

java.lang.Object
  de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.utilities.InspectionUtil

public class InspectionUtil
extends Object

A collection of inspection-related utility functions.

Nested Class Summary

static class	InspectionUtil.ClassSorter Sort classes by their class name.
(package private) static class	InspectionUtil.DirClassIterator Class to iterate over a directory tree.
(package private) static class	InspectionUtil.JarClassIterator Class to iterate over a Jar file.

Field Summary

private static WeakReference<List<Class<?>>>	CLASS_CACHE
private static String[]	DEFAULT_IGNORES Default package ignores.
static boolean	NONSTATIC_CLASSPATH If we have a non-static classpath, we do more extensive scanning for user extensions.

Constructor Summary

InspectionUtil()

Method Summary

static List<Class<?>>	cachedFindAllImplementations(Class<?> c) Cached version of "findAllImplementations".
static List<Class<?>>	findAllImplementations(Class<?> c, boolean everything) Find all implementations of a given class in the classpath.
static List<Class<?>>	findAllImplementations(String[] classpath, Class<?> c, String[] ignorepackages, boolean everything) Find all implementations of a given class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_IGNORES

private static final String[] DEFAULT_IGNORES

Default package ignores.

NONSTATIC_CLASSPATH

public static final boolean NONSTATIC_CLASSPATH

If we have a non-static classpath, we do more extensive scanning for user extensions.

CLASS_CACHE

private static WeakReference<List<Class<?>>> CLASS_CACHE

Constructor Detail

InspectionUtil

public InspectionUtil()

Method Detail

cachedFindAllImplementations

public static List<Class<?>> cachedFindAllImplementations(Class<?> c)

Cached version of "findAllImplementations". For Parameterizable classes only!

Parameters:

c - Class to scan for

Returns:

Found implementations

findAllImplementations

public static List<Class<?>> findAllImplementations(Class<?> c,
                                                    boolean everything)

Find all implementations of a given class in the classpath. Note: returned classes may be abstract.

Parameters:

c - Class restriction

everything - include interfaces, abstract and private classes

Returns:

List of found classes.

findAllImplementations

public static List<Class<?>> findAllImplementations(String[] classpath,
                                                    Class<?> c,
                                                    String[] ignorepackages,
                                                    boolean everything)

Find all implementations of a given class.

Parameters:

classpath - Classpath to use (JARs and folders supported)

c - Class restriction

ignorepackages - List of packages to ignore

everything - include interfaces, abstract and private classes

Returns:

List of found classes.