Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2016 Dmitry Avtonomov. * * 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. */ import javax.swing.JComponent; public class Main { /** * Convenience method to obtain the Swing class from which this * component was directly or indirectly derived. * * @param <T> * @param component The component whose Swing superclass is to be * determined * @return The nearest Swing class in the inheritance tree */ public static <T extends JComponent> Class<?> getJClass(T component) { Class<?> clazz = component.getClass(); while (!clazz.getName().matches("javax.swing.J[^.]*$")) { clazz = clazz.getSuperclass(); } return clazz; } }