ca.infoway.messagebuilder.j5goodies
Class Predicates

java.lang.Object
  ca.infoway.messagebuilder.j5goodies.Predicates

public class Predicates
extends Object

Provides some standard class finder predicates.

Author:

Intelliware Development

Constructor Summary

Predicates()

Method Summary

static ClassPredicate	hasAnnotationPredicate(Class<? extends Annotation> annotation) Construct a predicate that finds all classes with a particular annotation.
static ClassPredicate	isInstanceofPredicate(Class<?> type) Construct a predicate that finds all classes of a particular type.
static ClassPredicate	isInstanceofPredicate(Class<?> type, boolean isInterface) Construct a predicate that finds all classes of a particular type.
static ClassPredicate	packageNamePredicate(String expectedPackageName) Construct a predicate that finds all classes in a particular package.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Predicates

public Predicates()

Method Detail

packageNamePredicate

public static ClassPredicate packageNamePredicate(String expectedPackageName)

Construct a predicate that finds all classes in a particular package.

Parameters:

expectedPackageName - - the package

Returns:

- the predicate

hasAnnotationPredicate

public static ClassPredicate hasAnnotationPredicate(Class<? extends Annotation> annotation)

Construct a predicate that finds all classes with a particular annotation.

Parameters:

annotation - - the annotation

Returns:

- the predicate

isInstanceofPredicate

public static ClassPredicate isInstanceofPredicate(Class<?> type)

Construct a predicate that finds all classes of a particular type.

Parameters:

type - - the type

Returns:

- the predicate

isInstanceofPredicate

public static ClassPredicate isInstanceofPredicate(Class<?> type,
                                                   boolean isInterface)

Construct a predicate that finds all classes of a particular type.

Parameters:

type - - the type

isInterface - - true if the predicate should only return interfaces; false if the predicate should never return interfaces

Returns:

- the predicate