Java Class from Package getClasses(String packageName)

Description

Scans all classes accessible from the context class loader which belong to the given package and subpackages.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
packageName	The base package

Exception

Parameter	Description
ClassNotFoundException	an exception
IOException	an exception

Return

The classes

Declaration

public static Class<?>[] getClasses(String packageName) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.Enumeration;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  www.  j a  v a2  s .c o m*/
     * Scans all classes accessible from the context class loader which belong to the given package and subpackages.
     *
     * @param packageName The base package
     * @return The classes
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static Class<?>[] getClasses(String packageName) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
        ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        assert classLoader != null;
        String path = packageName.replace('.', '/');
        Enumeration<URL> resources = classLoader.getResources(path);
        List<File> dirs = new ArrayList<File>();
        while (resources.hasMoreElements()) {
            URL resource = resources.nextElement();
            dirs.add(new File(resource.getFile()));
        }
        ArrayList<Class<?>> classes = new ArrayList<Class<?>>();
        for (File directory : dirs) {
            classes.addAll(findClasses(directory, packageName));
        }
        Class<?>[] classesArray = classes.toArray(new Class[classes.size()]);
        return classesArray;
    }

    /**
     * Recursive method used to find all classes in a given directory and subdirs.
     *
     * @param directory   The base directory
     * @param packageName The package name for classes found inside the base directory
     * @return The classes
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException
     */
    public static List<Class<?>> findClasses(File directory, String packageName) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        assert classLoader != null;
        List<Class<?>> classes = new ArrayList<Class<?>>();
        if (!directory.exists()) {
            return classes;
        }
        File[] files = directory.listFiles();
        for (File file : files) {
            if (file.isDirectory()) {
                assert !file.getName().contains(".");
                classes.addAll(findClasses(file, packageName + "." + file.getName()));
            } else if (file.getName().endsWith(".class")) {
                String className = packageName + '.' + file.getName().substring(0, file.getName().length() - 6);
                Class<?> classObject = classLoader.loadClass(className);
                classes.add(classObject);
            }
        }
        return classes;
    }
}

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