Method Details

• getAnnotatedClasses

  public Set<Class<?>> getAnnotatedClasses(Class<? extends Annotation> annotation)

  Description copied from interface: ClassFinder

  Get annotated classes in the classloader.

  Specified by:

  getAnnotatedClasses in interface ClassFinder

  Parameters:

  annotation - the annotation

  Returns:

  a set with all classes that are annotated

• getResource

  public URL getResource(String name)

  Description copied from interface: ClassFinder

  Get a resource from the classpath.

  Specified by:

  getResource in interface ClassFinder

  Parameters:

  name - class literal

  Returns:

  the resource

• loadClass

  public <T> Class<T> loadClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException

  Description copied from interface: ClassFinder

  Load a class in the classloader.

  Specified by:

  loadClass in interface ClassFinder

  Parameters:

  name - the class literal

  Returns:

  the class

  Throws:

  ClassNotFoundException - when the class is not in the classpath

• getSubTypesOf

  public <T> Set<Class<? extends T>> getSubTypesOf(Class<T> type)

  Description copied from interface: ClassFinder

  Gets all subtypes in hierarchy of a given type.

  Specified by:

  getSubTypesOf in interface ClassFinder

  Type Parameters:

  T - the class of the type

  Parameters:

  type - the type to search for the subtypes for

  Returns:

  set of the subtypes of the given class

• getClassLoader

  public ClassLoader getClassLoader()

  Description copied from interface: ClassFinder

  Get class loader which is used to find classes.

  Specified by:

  getClassLoader in interface ClassFinder

  Returns:

  the class loader which is used to find classes..