[jboss-dev] Way to scan for classes that extend or implement

[Ales Justin]

This is exactly done by the method in the code below.

The url can now be null, as per your previous request.
Simply put in Application.class, and you'll get a set of all classes that extend it.

On Jun 14, 2010, at 6:05 PM, Bill Burke wrote:

> I also need to ask for classes that extend javax.ws.rs.ext.Application, 
> but that is an entirely different requirement than the @Path one.
> 
> Ales Justin wrote:
>> Eh, my bad.
>> Yeah, it should have said
>> "Then you get sub classes of these annotated classes".
>> 
>>   /**
>>    * Get sub classes.
>>    *
>>    * @param url the optional classpath entry path
>>    * @param superTypeToLookFor the super type
>>    * @return set of sub types
>>    */
>>   <T> Set<Class<? extends T>> getSubClassesOf(URL url, Class<T> superTypeToLookFor);
>> 
>> This is the existing HierarchyIndex api.