Java Class Type Check isAssignableFrom(Class clazzA, Class clazzB)

Description

is Assignable From

License

Open Source License

Declaration

private static boolean isAssignableFrom(Class clazzA, Class clazzB) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2010 Markus Alexander Kuppe.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors://  ww  w. ja v a 2  s .com
 *     Markus Alexander Kuppe (ecf-dev_eclipse.org <at> lemmster <dot> de) - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/

import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    private static Map convertor = new HashMap();

    private static boolean isAssignableFrom(Class clazzA, Class clazzB) {
        if (!(clazzA.isPrimitive() ^ clazzB.isPrimitive())) {
            return clazzA.isAssignableFrom(clazzB);
        } else if (clazzA.isPrimitive()) {
            final Class oClazzA = (Class) convertor.get(clazzA);
            return oClazzA.isAssignableFrom(clazzB);
        } else {
            final Class oClazzB = (Class) convertor.get(clazzB);
            return clazzA.isAssignableFrom(oClazzB);
        }
    }
}

Related

1. isAssignable(final Class target, final Class source)
2. isBasicType(Class clazz)
3. isClassBelowPackage(Class theClass, List packageList)
4. isCollection(Class clazz)
5. isCollection(Class cls)