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

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
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

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
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

Constructors

Constructor and Description
InspectionUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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.