Package org.nustaq.serialization

Class FSTClazzLineageInfo

java.lang.Object

org.nustaq.serialization.FSTClazzLineageInfo

public final class FSTClazzLineageInfo
extends Object

Represents a ordered class lineage based on the specificity of classes, where specificity is defined as follows:

null has specificity 0

java.lang.Object has specificity 0

an interface without any extends clause has specificity 1

a class or interface has a specificity of 1 + the specificity of the superclass + the sum of the specificity of the implemented interfaces.

Author:

Odd Moeller 2017-03-08.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final Comparator<Class>	SPECIFICITY_CLASS_COMPARATOR

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Class<?>[]	getLineage(Class<?> clazz)	Returns the lineage of the specified class ordered by specificity (the class itself is at position 0 since it is most specific in its lineage).
static int	getSpecificity(Class<?> clazz)	Returns the specificity of the specified class as defined above.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

SPECIFICITY_CLASS_COMPARATOR

public static final Comparator<Class> SPECIFICITY_CLASS_COMPARATOR

Method Details

getSpecificity

public static int getSpecificity(Class<?> clazz)

Returns the specificity of the specified class as defined above.

getLineage

public static Class<?>[] getLineage(Class<?> clazz)

Returns the lineage of the specified class ordered by specificity (the class itself is at position 0 since it is most specific in its lineage).