check if a class is the Subclass Of another class - Android java.lang.reflect

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check if a class is the Subclass Of another class

Demo Code

/*/*from  w w  w.  j a  v  a  2  s  .c o  m*/
 * Copyright (C) 2010 Michael Pardo
 *
 * 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.
 */
//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static boolean isSubclassOf(Class<?> type, Class<?> superClass) {
        if (type.getSuperclass() != null) {
            if (type.getSuperclass().equals(superClass)) {
                return true;
            }

            return isSubclassOf(type.getSuperclass(), superClass);
        }

        return false;
    }
}

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