Il existe plusieurs API Reflection qui renvoient des classes, mais elles ne sont accessibles que si une classe a déjà été obtenue directement ou indirectement.
Class.getSuperclass()
Returns the super class for the given class.
Class c = javax.swing.JButton.class.getSuperclass();
The super class of javax.swing.JButton is javax.swing.AbstractButton.
Class.getClasses()
Renvoie toutes les classes, interfaces et énumérations publiques qui sont membres de la classe, y compris les membres hérités.
Class<?>[] c = Character.class.getClasses();
Le caractère contient deux classes membres, Character.Subset et
Character.UnicodeBlock.
Class.getDeclaredClasses()
Returns all of the classes interfaces, and enums that are explicitly declared in this class.
Class<?>[] c = Character.class.getDeclaredClasses();
Character contains two public member classes Character.Subset and Character.UnicodeBlock and one private class
Character.CharacterCache.
Class.getDeclaringClass()
java.lang.reflect.Field.getDeclaringClass()
java.lang.reflect.Method.getDeclaringClass()
java.lang.reflect.Constructor.getDeclaringClass()
Returns the Class in which these members were declared. Anonymous Class Declarations will not have a declaring class but will
avoir une classe englobante.
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
Field f = System.class.getField("out");
Class c = f.getDeclaringClass();
The field out is declared in System.
public class MyClass {
static Object o = new Object() {
public void m() {}
};
static Class<c> = o.getClass().getEnclosingClass();
}
The declaring class of the anonymous class defined by o is null.
Class.getEnclosingClass()
Returns the immediately enclosing class of the class.
Class c = Thread.State.class().getEnclosingClass();
The enclosing class of the enum Thread.State is Thread.
public class MyClass {
static Object o = new Object() {
public void m() {}
};
static Class<c> = o.getClass().getEnclosingClass();
}
The anonymous class defined by o is enclosed by MyClass.