trunk/bval-jsr303/src/main/java/org/apache/bval/jsr303/util/ClassHelper.java

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package org.apache.bval.jsr303.util;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtils;

import java.security.AccessController;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Common operations on classes that do not require an {@link AccessController}.
 * 
 * @author Carlos Vara
 */
public class ClassHelper {

    private ClassHelper() {
        // No instances please
    }

    /**
     * Fill the list with the full class/interface hierarchy of the given class.
     * List is ordered from the most to less specific.
     * 
     * @param allClasses
     *            The current list of classes in the hierarchy.
     * @param clazz
     *            The current class, root of the hierarchy to traverse.
     */
    static public void fillFullClassHierarchyAsList(List<Class<?>> allClasses, Class<?> clazz) {
        if (clazz == null || clazz == Object.class) {
            return;
        }
        if (allClasses.contains(clazz)) {
            return;
        }
        allClasses.add(clazz);
        fillFullClassHierarchyAsList(allClasses, clazz.getSuperclass());
        for (Class<?> subClass : clazz.getInterfaces()) {
            fillFullClassHierarchyAsList(allClasses, subClass);
        }
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Will be removed for security reasons.
     *
     * Perform ClassUtils.getClass functions with Java 2 Security enabled.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static Class<?> getClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        return getClass(className, true);
    }

    /**
     * @deprecated Will be removed for security reasons.
     *
     * Perform ClassUtils.getClass functions with Java 2 Security enabled.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static Class<?> getClass(String className, boolean initialize) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        if (loader == null)
          loader = ClassHelper.class.getClassLoader();
        return ClassUtils.getClass(loader, className, initialize);
    }
}