net.sf.mmm.util.reflect.base
Class AssignableFromFilter

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.mmm.util.reflect.base.AssignableFromFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Filter<Class<?>>

public class AssignableFromFilter
extends Object
implements Filter<Class<?>>

This is a filter that only accepts types that are assignable from a special type.

Since:

1.0.1

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

private Class<?>

superClass The class

Constructor Summary

AssignableFromFilter(Class<?> superType)
The constructor.

Method Summary

boolean

accept(Class<?> type) This method determines if the given value should be accepted.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

superClass

private final Class<?> superClass

The class

Constructor Detail

AssignableFromFilter

public AssignableFromFilter(Class<?> superType)

The constructor.

Parameters:

superType - is the super-type defining which types to accept.

Method Detail

accept

public boolean accept(Class<?> type)

This method determines if the given value should be accepted.

Specified by:

accept in interface Filter<Class<?>>

Parameters:

type - is the value to check.

Returns:

true if and only if the given type is assignable from the super-type defined at construction. This means the given type has to implement/extend the super-type or be equal to it.