Get All Classes Within A Package
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Join For FreeThe code below gets all classes within a given package. Notice that it should only work for classes found locally, getting really ALL classes is impossible.
/**
* Scans all classes accessible from the context class loader which belong to the given package and subpackages.
*
* @param packageName The base package
* @return The classes
* @throws ClassNotFoundException
* @throws IOException
*/
private static Class[] getClasses(String packageName)
throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
assert classLoader != null;
String path = packageName.replace('.', '/');
Enumeration resources = classLoader.getResources(path);
List dirs = new ArrayList();
while (resources.hasMoreElements()) {
URL resource = resources.nextElement();
dirs.add(new File(resource.getFile()));
}
ArrayList classes = new ArrayList();
for (File directory : dirs) {
classes.addAll(findClasses(directory, packageName));
}
return classes.toArray(new Class[classes.size()]);
}
/**
* Recursive method used to find all classes in a given directory and subdirs.
*
* @param directory The base directory
* @param packageName The package name for classes found inside the base directory
* @return The classes
* @throws ClassNotFoundException
*/
private static List findClasses(File directory, String packageName) throws ClassNotFoundException {
List classes = new ArrayList();
if (!directory.exists()) {
return classes;
}
File[] files = directory.listFiles();
for (File file : files) {
if (file.isDirectory()) {
assert !file.getName().contains(".");
classes.addAll(findClasses(file, packageName + "." + file.getName()));
} else if (file.getName().endsWith(".class")) {
classes.add(Class.forName(packageName + '.' + file.getName().substring(0, file.getName().length() - 6)));
}
}
return classes;
}
Type class
Java (programming language)
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