Creates all class hierarchy from the given class to Object, exclusive, i.e. - Java Reflection

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Creates all class hierarchy from the given class to Object, exclusive, i.e.

Demo Code

/**//  w ww . j a  v  a  2s  . c o m
 * Copyright (C) 2011  JTalks.org Team
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
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 */
//package com.java2s;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        Class beanClass = String.class;
        System.out.println(getClassHierarchy(beanClass));
    }

    /**
     * Creates all class hierarchy from the given class to Object,
     * <b>exclusive</b>, i.e. Object won't go to the list). Interfaces won't be
     * listed in the result.
     * 
     * @param beanClass class for building its hierarchy
     * @return list of all classes from the given class up to {@link Object}
     */
    public static List<Class<?>> getClassHierarchy(Class<?> beanClass) {
        List<Class<?>> classes = new ArrayList<Class<?>>();

        Class<?> current = beanClass;
        while (current != Object.class) {
            classes.add(current);
            current = current.getSuperclass();
        }

        return classes;
    }
}

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