org.reflections.util

Interface NameHelper

All Known Subinterfaces:

QueryBuilder, QueryFunction<C,T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

Reflections, Scanners

public interface NameHelper

Helper methods for converting between annotated elements and their names

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static List<String>	primitiveDescriptors
static List<String>	primitiveNames
static List<Class<?>>	primitiveTypes

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default Class<?>	forClass(String typeName, ClassLoader... loaders) tries to resolve a java type name to a Class
default Constructor<?>	forConstructor(String descriptor, ClassLoader... loaders)
default <T extends AnnotatedElement> T	forElement(String descriptor, Class<T> resultType, ClassLoader[] loaders)
default Field	forField(String descriptor, ClassLoader... loaders)
default Member	forMember(String descriptor, ClassLoader... loaders)
default Method	forMethod(String descriptor, ClassLoader... loaders)
default <T> T	forName(String name, Class<T> resultType, ClassLoader... loaders)
default <T> Collection<T>	forNames(Collection<String> names, Class<T> resultType, ClassLoader... loaders)
default Collection<Class<?>>	forNames(Collection<String> names, ClassLoader... loaders)
default String	toName(AnnotatedElement element)
default String	toName(Class<?> type)
default String	toName(Constructor<?> constructor)
default String	toName(Field field)
default String	toName(Method method)
default Collection<String>	toNames(AnnotatedElement... elements)
default Collection<String>	toNames(Collection<? extends AnnotatedElement> elements)

Field Detail

primitiveNames

static final List<String> primitiveNames

primitiveTypes

static final List<Class<?>> primitiveTypes

primitiveDescriptors

static final List<String> primitiveDescriptors

Method Detail

toName

default String toName(AnnotatedElement element)

toName

default String toName(Class<?> type)

toName

default String toName(Constructor<?> constructor)

toName

default String toName(Method method)

toName

default String toName(Field field)

toNames

default Collection<String> toNames(Collection<? extends AnnotatedElement> elements)

toNames

default Collection<String> toNames(AnnotatedElement... elements)

forName

default <T> T forName(String name,
                      Class<T> resultType,
                      ClassLoader... loaders)

forClass

default Class<?> forClass(String typeName,
                          ClassLoader... loaders)

tries to resolve a java type name to a Class

if optional ClassLoaders are not specified, then both ClasspathHelper.contextClassLoader() and ClasspathHelper.staticClassLoader() are used

forMember

default Member forMember(String descriptor,
                         ClassLoader... loaders)
                  throws ReflectionsException

Throws:

ReflectionsException

forElement

@Nullable
default <T extends AnnotatedElement> T forElement(String descriptor,
                                                            Class<T> resultType,
                                                            ClassLoader[] loaders)

forMethod

@Nullable
default Method forMethod(String descriptor,
                                   ClassLoader... loaders)
                            throws ReflectionsException

Throws:

ReflectionsException

forConstructor

default Constructor<?> forConstructor(String descriptor,
                                      ClassLoader... loaders)
                               throws ReflectionsException

Throws:

ReflectionsException

forField

@Nullable
default Field forField(String descriptor,
                                 ClassLoader... loaders)

forNames

default <T> Collection<T> forNames(Collection<String> names,
                                   Class<T> resultType,
                                   ClassLoader... loaders)

forNames

default Collection<Class<?>> forNames(Collection<String> names,
                                      ClassLoader... loaders)