com.github.jasminb.jsonapi

Class ReflectionUtils

java.lang.Object

com.github.jasminb.jsonapi.ReflectionUtils

public class ReflectionUtils
extends Object

Various utility methods that simplify JAVA reflection actions.

Author:

jbegic

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static List<Field>	getAnnotatedFields(Class<?> clazz, Class<? extends Annotation> annotation, boolean checkSuperclass) Returns all field from a given class that are annotated with provided annotation type.
static Class<?>	getFieldType(Field field)
static String	getTypeName(Class<?> clazz) Returns the type name defined using Type annotation on provided class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getAnnotatedFields

public static List<Field> getAnnotatedFields(Class<?> clazz,
                                             Class<? extends Annotation> annotation,
                                             boolean checkSuperclass)

Returns all field from a given class that are annotated with provided annotation type.

Parameters:

clazz - source class

annotation - target annotation

checkSuperclass - if true, method will follow class hierarchy to look for fields with target annotation

Returns:

list of fields or empty collection in case no fields were found

getTypeName

public static String getTypeName(Class<?> clazz)

Returns the type name defined using Type annotation on provided class.

Parameters:

clazz - type class

Returns:

name of the type or null in case Type annotation is not present

getFieldType

public static Class<?> getFieldType(Field field)