com.aliyun.openservices.ons.shaded.commons.lang3.reflect.InheritanceUtils Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package com.aliyun.openservices.ons.shaded.commons.lang3.reflect;
import com.aliyun.openservices.ons.shaded.commons.lang3.BooleanUtils;
/**
* Utility methods focusing on inheritance.
*
* @since 3.2
*/
public class InheritanceUtils {
/**
* {@link InheritanceUtils} instances should NOT be constructed in standard programming.
* Instead, the class should be used as
* {@code MethodUtils.getAccessibleMethod(method)}.
*
* This constructor is {@code public} to permit tools that require a JavaBean
* instance to operate.
*/
public InheritanceUtils() {
super();
}
/**
* Returns the number of inheritance hops between two classes.
*
* @param child the child class, may be {@code null}
* @param parent the parent class, may be {@code null}
* @return the number of generations between the child and parent; 0 if the same class;
* -1 if the classes are not related as child and parent (includes where either class is null)
* @since 3.2
*/
public static int distance(final Class child, final Class parent) {
if (child == null || parent == null) {
return -1;
}
if (child.equals(parent)) {
return 0;
}
final Class cParent = child.getSuperclass();
int d = BooleanUtils.toInteger(parent.equals(cParent));
if (d == 1) {
return d;
}
d += distance(cParent, parent);
return d > 0 ? d + 1 : -1;
}
}