Package ch.squaredesk.nova.comm

Class ReflectionHelper

java.lang.Object

ch.squaredesk.nova.comm.ReflectionHelper

public class ReflectionHelper
extends Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Class<?>	getConcreteTypeOfGenericClassExtension(Class<?> classToExamine, int parameterIndex)
static Class<?>	getConcreteTypeOfGenericInterfaceImplementation(Object instanceToExamine, Class<?> implementedInterfaceClass, int parameterIndex)	Since Lambdas do erase type information, the method only works if the passed instance to examine is NOT a lambda!!!
static Object	instanceFromClassName(String className)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getConcreteTypeOfGenericInterfaceImplementation

public static Class<?> getConcreteTypeOfGenericInterfaceImplementation(Object instanceToExamine,
                                                                       Class<?> implementedInterfaceClass,
                                                                       int parameterIndex)

Since Lambdas do erase type information, the method only works if the passed instance to examine is NOT a lambda!!!

See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21887358/reflection-type-inference-on-java-8-lambdas

getConcreteTypeOfGenericClassExtension

public static Class<?> getConcreteTypeOfGenericClassExtension(Class<?> classToExamine,
                                                              int parameterIndex)

instanceFromClassName

public static Object instanceFromClassName(String className)