Package weka.core

Class InheritanceUtils

java.lang.Object

weka.core.InheritanceUtils

public class InheritanceUtils
extends Object

Helper class for inheritance related operations.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
InheritanceUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	hasInterface(Class<?> intf, Class<?> cls)	Checks whether the given class implements the given interface.
static boolean	hasInterface(String intf, String cls)	Checks whether the given class implements the given interface.
static boolean	isSubclass(Class<?> superclass, Class<?> otherclass)	Checks whether the "otherclass" is a subclass of the given "superclass".
static boolean	isSubclass(String superclass, String otherclass)	Checks whether the "otherclass" is a subclass of the given "superclass".

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InheritanceUtils

public InheritanceUtils()

Method Detail

isSubclass

public static boolean isSubclass(String superclass,
                                 String otherclass)

Checks whether the "otherclass" is a subclass of the given "superclass".

Parameters:

superclass - the superclass to check against

otherclass - this class is checked whether it is a subclass of the the superclass

Returns:

TRUE if "otherclass" is a true subclass

isSubclass

public static boolean isSubclass(Class<?> superclass,
                                 Class<?> otherclass)

Checks whether the "otherclass" is a subclass of the given "superclass".

Parameters:

superclass - the superclass to check against

otherclass - this class is checked whether it is a subclass of the the superclass

Returns:

TRUE if "otherclass" is a true subclass

hasInterface

public static boolean hasInterface(String intf,
                                   String cls)

Checks whether the given class implements the given interface.

Parameters:

intf - the interface to look for in the given class

cls - the class to check for the interface

Returns:

TRUE if the class contains the interface

hasInterface

public static boolean hasInterface(Class<?> intf,
                                   Class<?> cls)

Checks whether the given class implements the given interface.

Parameters:

intf - the interface to look for in the given class

cls - the class to check for the interface

Returns:

TRUE if the class contains the interface