You have to cast the class to the type you want. If you don&#39;t know the type ahead of time, you can call javaSource.getSourceType() then do the cast to the appropriate JavaClass, JavaAnnotation, JavaEnum, or JavaInterface.<br>
<br>~Lincoln<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Richard Kennard <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:richard@kennardconsulting.com">richard@kennardconsulting.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Lincoln,<br>
<br>
Yeah, I think that&#39;s pretty much it, thanks!<br>
<br>
How do I get from there to an actual org.jboss.forge.parser.java.JavaClass?<br>
<br>
Richard.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 28/10/2011 9:12 AM, Lincoln Baxter, III wrote:<br>
&gt; Hey Richard,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; You can use JavaSourceFacet.getJavaResource(&quot;foo.Bar&quot;).getJavaSource();<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Is that what you were looking for?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; ~Lincoln<br>
&gt;<br>
</div><div class="im">&gt; On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Richard Kennard &lt;<a href="mailto:richard@kennardconsulting.com">richard@kennardconsulting.com</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:richard@kennardconsulting.com">richard@kennardconsulting.com</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>

&gt;<br>
&gt;     Hi guys,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;     I was hoping there was a way in Forge to lookup the classes in the project being &#39;forged&#39;. For example, in regular Java I can do...<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;        Class.forName( &quot;foo.Bar&quot; );<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;     So I was hoping for a Forge equivalent like...<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;        org.jboss.forge.parser.java.JavaClass.forName( &quot;foo.Bar&quot; )<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;     ...that would return me an org.jboss.forge.parser.java.JavaClass representing Bar. Note that Bar is a class in the project being forged. It is not an<br>
&gt;     actual Class in the VM.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;     Regards,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;     Richard.<br>
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