org.apache.wicket.util.lang
Class Classes

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.wicket.util.lang.Classes

public final class Classes
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities for dealing with classes.

Author:

Jonathan Locke

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	name(java.lang.Class<?> c) Gets the name of the given class or null if the class is null.
static java.lang.Class<?>	relativeClass(java.lang.Class<?> scope, java.lang.String path) Takes a Class and a relative path to a class and returns any class at that relative path.
static <T> java.lang.Class<T>	resolveClass(java.lang.String className)
static <C> java.lang.String	simpleName(java.lang.Class<C> c) Gets the name of a given class without the prefixed package path

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

name

public static java.lang.String name(java.lang.Class<?> c)

Gets the name of the given class or null if the class is null.

Parameters:

c - The class

Returns:

The class name

relativeClass

public static java.lang.Class<?> relativeClass(java.lang.Class<?> scope,
                                               java.lang.String path)
                                        throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Takes a Class and a relative path to a class and returns any class at that relative path. For example, if the given Class was java.lang.System and the relative path was "../util/List", then the java.util.List class would be returned.

Parameters:

scope - The package to start at

path - The relative path to the class

Returns:

The class

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

resolveClass

public static <T> java.lang.Class<T> resolveClass(java.lang.String className)

Type Parameters:

T - class type

Parameters:

className - Class to resolve

Returns:

Resolved class

simpleName

public static <C> java.lang.String simpleName(java.lang.Class<C> c)

Gets the name of a given class without the prefixed package path

Type Parameters:

C -

Parameters:

c - The class

Returns:

The class name