Here you can find the source of getAllInterfaces(Class> clazz)
public List<Class<?>> getAllInterfaces(Class<?> clazz)
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w .j a v a 2s . co m * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you 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 java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Returns the set of interfaces implemented by the given class and its * ancestors or a blank set if none */ public List<Class<?>> getAllInterfaces(Class<?> clazz) { List<Class<?>> implemented = new ArrayList<Class<?>>(); getAllInterfaces(clazz, implemented); return implemented; } private static void getAllInterfaces(Class<?> clazz, List<Class<?>> implemented) { Class<?>[] interfaces = clazz.getInterfaces(); for (Class<?> interfaze : interfaces) { if (!implemented.contains(interfaze)) { implemented.add(interfaze); } } Class<?> superClass = clazz.getSuperclass(); // Object has no superclass so check for null if (superClass != null && !superClass.equals(Object.class)) { getAllInterfaces(superClass, implemented); } } }