Java tutorial
import java.io.Serializable; import java.lang.reflect.Modifier; import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable; class MyClass<T> implements Cloneable, Serializable { private int id = -1; private String name = "Unknown"; public MyClass(int id, String name) { this.id = id; this.name = name; } public Object clone() { try { return super.clone(); } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage()); } } public String toString() { return "MyClass: id=" + this.id + ", name=" + this.name; } } public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { // Print the class declaration for the Class class String classDesciption = getClassDescription(MyClass.class); System.out.println(classDesciption); } public static String getClassDescription(Class c) { StringBuilder classDesc = new StringBuilder(); int modifierBits = 0; String keyword = ""; if (c.isInterface()) { modifierBits = c.getModifiers() & Modifier.interfaceModifiers(); if (c.isAnnotation()) { keyword = "@interface"; } else { keyword = "interface"; } } else if (c.isEnum()) { modifierBits = c.getModifiers() & Modifier.classModifiers(); keyword = "enum"; } modifierBits = c.getModifiers() & Modifier.classModifiers(); keyword = "class"; String modifiers = Modifier.toString(modifierBits); classDesc.append(modifiers); classDesc.append(" " + keyword); String simpleName = c.getSimpleName(); classDesc.append(" " + simpleName); String genericParms = getGenericTypeParams(c); classDesc.append(genericParms); Class superClass = c.getSuperclass(); if (superClass != null) { String superClassSimpleName = superClass.getSimpleName(); classDesc.append(" extends " + superClassSimpleName); } String interfaces = Main.getClassInterfaces(c); if (interfaces != null) { classDesc.append(" implements " + interfaces); } return classDesc.toString(); } public static String getClassInterfaces(Class c) { Class[] interfaces = c.getInterfaces(); String interfacesList = null; if (interfaces.length > 0) { String[] interfaceNames = new String[interfaces.length]; for (int i = 0; i < interfaces.length; i++) { interfaceNames[i] = interfaces[i].getSimpleName(); } interfacesList = String.join(", ", interfaceNames); } return interfacesList; } public static String getGenericTypeParams(Class c) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); TypeVariable<?>[] typeParms = c.getTypeParameters(); if (typeParms.length > 0) { String[] paramNames = new String[typeParms.length]; for (int i = 0; i < typeParms.length; i++) { paramNames[i] = typeParms[i].getTypeName(); } sb.append('<'); String parmsList = String.join(",", paramNames); sb.append(parmsList); sb.append('>'); } return sb.toString(); } }