org.jboss.weld.environment.util

Class Reflections

java.lang.Object

org.jboss.weld.environment.util.Reflections

public final class Reflections
extends java.lang.Object

Reflection utilities.

Author:

Pete Muir, Martin Kouba

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T> T	cast(java.lang.Object obj)
static <T> java.lang.Class<T>	classForName(ResourceLoader resourceLoader, java.lang.String className) First try to load a class using the specified ResourceLoader.
static boolean	containsAnnotation(java.lang.Class<?> javaClass, java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> requiredAnnotation)
static boolean	hasBeanDefiningMetaAnnotationSpecified(java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] annotations, java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> metaAnnotationType)
static boolean	isClassLoadable(ResourceLoader resourceLoader, java.lang.String className)
static <T> java.lang.Class<T>	loadClass(ResourceLoader resourceLoader, java.lang.String className)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

containsAnnotation

public static boolean containsAnnotation(java.lang.Class<?> javaClass,
                                         java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> requiredAnnotation)

cast

public static <T> T cast(java.lang.Object obj)

isClassLoadable

public static boolean isClassLoadable(ResourceLoader resourceLoader,
                                      java.lang.String className)

Parameters:

resourceLoader -

className -

Returns:

true if a class with the given name can be loaded, false otherwise

See Also:

loadClass(ResourceLoader, String)

loadClass

public static <T> java.lang.Class<T> loadClass(ResourceLoader resourceLoader,
                                               java.lang.String className)

Parameters:

resourceLoader -

className -

Returns:

the loaded class or null if the given class cannot be loaded

See Also:

classForName(ResourceLoader, String)

classForName

public static <T> java.lang.Class<T> classForName(ResourceLoader resourceLoader,
                                                  java.lang.String className)

First try to load a class using the specified ResourceLoader. If not successful, try Class.forName(String) as a fallback.

Parameters:

resourceLoader -

className -

Returns:

the loaded class

hasBeanDefiningMetaAnnotationSpecified

public static boolean hasBeanDefiningMetaAnnotationSpecified(java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] annotations,
                                                             java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> metaAnnotationType)

Parameters:

annotations -

metaAnnotationType -

Returns:

true if any of the annotations specified has the given meta annotation type specified, false otherwise