Package org.apache.wicket.util.lang

Class Classes

java.lang.Object

org.apache.wicket.util.lang.Classes

public final class Classes
extends Object

Utilities for dealing with classes.

Author:

Jonathan Locke

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	name(Class<?> c)	Gets the name of the given class or null if the class is null.
static Class<?>	relativeClass(Class<?> scope, String path)	Takes a Class and a relative path to a class and returns any class at that relative path.
static String	simpleName(Class<?> c)	Gets the simple name (without the package) of the given class or null if the class is null.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

name

public static String name(Class<?> c)

Gets the name of the given class or null if the class is null.

Parameters:

c - The class

Returns:

The class name

simpleName

public static String simpleName(Class<?> c)

Gets the simple name (without the package) of the given class or null if the class is null.

Parameters:

c - The class

Returns:

The class simple name

relativeClass

public static Class<?> relativeClass(Class<?> scope,
                                     String path)
                              throws ClassNotFoundException

Takes a Class and a relative path to a class and returns any class at that relative path. For example, if the given Class was java.lang.System and the relative path was "../util/List", then the java.util.List class would be returned.

Parameters:

scope - The package to start at

path - The relative path to the class

Returns:

The class

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException