Return a List of super-classes for the given class. : Inheritance « Reflection « Java

1. Java
2. Reflection
3. Inheritance

Return a List of super-classes for the given class.

 
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

/*
 * Copyright 2005 Joe Walker
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */



/**

 * @author Joe Walker [joe at getahead dot ltd dot uk]
 */
public class Main {
  /**
   * Return a List of super-classes for the given class.
   * @param clazz the class to look up
   * @return the List of super-classes in order going up from this one
   */
  public static List<Class<?>> getAllSuperclasses(Class<?> clazz)
  {
      List<Class<?>> classes = new ArrayList<Class<?>>();

      Class<?> superclass = clazz.getSuperclass();
      while (superclass != null)
      {
          classes.add(superclass);
          superclass = superclass.getSuperclass();
      }

      return classes;
  }

}

   
  

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