Given a List of Class objects, this method converts them into class names. A new List is returned. - Android java.lang.reflect

Android examples for java.lang.reflect:New Instance

Description

Given a List of Class objects, this method converts them into class names. A new List is returned.

Demo Code

/*// w w  w.  j  a v a2  s  .c o m
 * Original work Copyright (c) 2005-2008, The Android Open Source Project
 * Modified work Copyright (c) 2013, rovo89 and Tungstwenty
 * Modified work Copyright (c) 2015, Alibaba Mobile Infrastructure (Android) Team
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//package com.java2s;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>Given a {@code List} of {@code Class} objects, this method converts
     * them into class names.</p>
     *
     * <p>A new {@code List} is returned. {@code null} objects will be copied into
     * the returned list as {@code null}.</p>
     *
     * @param classes  the classes to change
     * @return a {@code List} of class names corresponding to the Class objects,
     *  {@code null} if null input
     * @throws ClassCastException if {@code classes} contains a non-{@code Class} entry
     */
    public static List<String> convertClassesToClassNames(
            List<Class<?>> classes) {
        if (classes == null) {
            return null;
        }
        List<String> classNames = new ArrayList<String>(classes.size());
        for (Class<?> cls : classes) {
            if (cls == null) {
                classNames.add(null);
            } else {
                classNames.add(cls.getName());
            }
        }
        return classNames;
    }
}

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