ch.elca.el4j.util.codingsupport
Class ClassUtils

java.lang.Object
  ch.elca.el4j.util.codingsupport.ClassUtils

public final class ClassUtils
extends Object

This class helps transforming a class or class related structures into a string representation.

Author:

Andreas Bur (ABU)

File-location:

ClassUtils

Last check-in date:

2009-08-04 13:59:45 +0200 (Di, 04. Aug 2009) by swismer for revision 3873

Method Summary

static String	getCanonicalClassName(Class<?> clazz) Composes the canonical name of the given class.
static String	getMethodSignature(Method method) Transforms the given method into a string representation.
static String	getPackageName(Class<?> clazz) Determines the class' package name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getCanonicalClassName

public static String getCanonicalClassName(Class<?> clazz)

Composes the canonical name of the given class. Arrays are transformed into the same string representation as it is needed to define them in Java (e.g. java.lang.String[][]).

Parameters:

clazz - The class which canonical name has to be computed.

Returns:

Returns the canonical name of the given class.

getPackageName

public static String getPackageName(Class<?> clazz)

Determines the class' package name.

Parameters:

clazz - The class which package name has to be determined.

Returns:

Returns the given class' package name.

getMethodSignature

public static String getMethodSignature(Method method)

Transforms the given method into a string representation.

Parameters:

method - The method to transform.

Returns:

Returns a string representation of the given method's signature.