Package com.complexible.common.util

Class ServiceLoaders

java.lang.Object

com.complexible.common.util.ServiceLoaders

public final class ServiceLoaders
extends Object

Wrapper around the Java ServiceLoader class which returns collections of instances of an interface as opposed to iterators over instances that the normal ServiceLoader returns.

Since:

0.4.5

Version:

4.0.3

Author:

Michael Grove

See Also:

• ClassServiceLoader

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> Collection<Class<? extends T>>	classesOf(Class<T> theClass)	Return the class objects for all classes which extend from the specified class
static <T> Collection<T>	instancesOf(Class<T> theClass)	Return instances of all the classes which extend from the specified class

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

instancesOf

public static <T> Collection<T> instancesOf(Class<T> theClass)

Return instances of all the classes which extend from the specified class

Type Parameters:

T - the type

Parameters:

theClass - the parent interface/abstract class

Returns:

a collection of new instances (created using the default constructor)

classesOf

public static <T> Collection<Class<? extends T>> classesOf(Class<T> theClass)

Return the class objects for all classes which extend from the specified class

Type Parameters:

T - the type

Parameters:

theClass - the parent interface/abstract class

Returns:

a collection of class objects for concrete implementations of the provided class.