org.openimaj.util.reflection

Class ClassFinder

java.lang.Object

org.openimaj.util.reflection.ClassFinder

public class ClassFinder
extends Object

Utility methods for finding classes.

Author:

Jonathon Hare (jsh2@ecs.soton.ac.uk)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClassFinder()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static List<Class<?>>	findClasses(Package pkg) Scans all classes accessible from the context class loader which belong to the given package and sub-packages.
static List<Class<?>>	findClasses(String packageName) Scans all classes accessible from the context class loader which belong to the given package and subpackages.
static List<Class<?>>	findClassesInDir(File directory, String packageName) Recursive method to find all classes in a given directory and subdirs.
static List<Class<?>>	findClassesInJar(File jarFile, String packageName) Finds all the classes in a given package or its subpackages within a jar file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassFinder

public ClassFinder()

Method Detail

findClasses

public static List<Class<?>> findClasses(Package pkg)
                                  throws IOException

Scans all classes accessible from the context class loader which belong to the given package and sub-packages.

Parameters:

pkg - The base package

Returns:

The classes

Throws:

IOException

findClasses

public static List<Class<?>> findClasses(String packageName)
                                  throws IOException

Scans all classes accessible from the context class loader which belong to the given package and subpackages.

Parameters:

packageName - The base package

Returns:

The classes

Throws:

IOException

findClassesInDir

public static List<Class<?>> findClassesInDir(File directory,
                                              String packageName)

Recursive method to find all classes in a given directory and subdirs.

Parameters:

directory - The base directory

packageName - The package name for classes found inside the base directory

Returns:

The classes

findClassesInJar

public static List<Class<?>> findClassesInJar(File jarFile,
                                              String packageName)
                                       throws IOException

Finds all the classes in a given package or its subpackages within a jar file.

Parameters:

jarFile - The jar file

packageName - The package name

Returns:

The classes

Throws:

IOException