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Returns true if type is a iterable type

    

// $Id: ReflectionHelper.java 16271 2009-04-07 20:20:12Z hardy.ferentschik $
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import java.beans.Introspector;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Member;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.lang.reflect.WildcardType;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;


/**
 * Some reflection utility methods.
 *
 * @author Hardy Ferentschik
 */
public class ReflectionHelper {

  /**
   * @param type the type to check.
   *
   * @return Returns <code>true</code> if <code>type</code> is a iterable type, <code>false</code> otherwise.
   */
  public static boolean isIterable(Type type) {
    if ( type instanceof Class && isIterableClass( ( Class ) type ) ) {
      return true;
    }
    if ( type instanceof ParameterizedType ) {
      return isIterable( ( ( ParameterizedType ) type ).getRawType() );
    }
    if ( type instanceof WildcardType ) {
      Type[] upperBounds = ( ( WildcardType ) type ).getUpperBounds();
      return upperBounds.length != 0 && isIterable( upperBounds[0] );
    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Checks whether the specified class parameter is an instance of a collection class.
   *
   * @param clazz <code>Class</code> to check.
   *
   * @return <code>true</code> is <code>clazz</code> is instance of a collection class, <code>false</code> otherwise.
   */
  private static boolean isIterableClass(Class<?> clazz) {
    List<Class<?>> classes = new ArrayList<Class<?>>();
    computeClassHierarchy( clazz, classes );
    return classes.contains( Iterable.class );
  }

  /**
   * Get all superclasses and interfaces recursively.
   *
   * @param clazz The class to start the search with.
   * @param classes List of classes to which to add all found super classes and interfaces.
   */
  private static void computeClassHierarchy(Class<?> clazz, List<Class<?>> classes) {
    for ( Class current = clazz; current != null; current = current.getSuperclass() ) {
      if ( classes.contains( current ) ) {
        return;
      }
      classes.add( current );
      for ( Class currentInterface : current.getInterfaces() ) {
        computeClassHierarchy( currentInterface, classes );
      }
    }
  }
}

   
    
    
    
  








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