find all classes and interfaces a class extends or implements recursively

Question

I was wondering if there was an easy way of determining the complete list of Types that a Java class extends or implements recursively?

for instance:

class Foo extends Bar implements I1, I2 {...}
class Bar implements I3 {...}
interface I1 extends I4, I5 {...}
interface I2 {...}
interface I3 {...}
interface I4 {...}
interface I5 {...}

class ClassUtil {
    public static Set<Class<?>> getAllExtendedOrImplementedTypesRecursively(Class<?> clazz){
        ???
    }
}

import static org.junit.Assert.*;
public class ClassUtilTest {
    @Test
    public void shouldEqualClasses(){
        Set<Class<?>> types = ClassUtil.getAllExtendedOrImplementedTypesRecursively(Foo.class);
        Set<Class<?>> checklist = new HashSet<>();
        checklist.add(Foo.class);
        checklist.add(Bar.class);
        checklist.add(I1.class);
        checklist.add(I2.class);
        checklist.add(I3.class);
        checklist.add(I4.class);
        checklist.add(I5.class);
        assertTrue(checklist.containsAll(types));
        assertTrue(types.containsAll(checklist));
    }
}

Think Arquillian ShrinkWrap creation helper.

UPDATE: due to the Class object not implementing Comparable> I also need to find a way of creating a Set (or similar class) without implementing the Comparable interface (for instance, solely relying on the hashcode of the class object).

UPDATE: changed the test to use hashset. derp.

Answer 1

The following implementation of the method does what the OP requires, it traverses the inheritance hierarchy for every class and interface:

public static Set<Class<?>> getAllExtendedOrImplementedTypesRecursively(Class<?> clazz) {
    List<Class<?>> res = new ArrayList<>();

    do {
        res.add(clazz);

        // First, add all the interfaces implemented by this class
        Class<?>[] interfaces = clazz.getInterfaces();
        if (interfaces.length > 0) {
            res.addAll(Arrays.asList(interfaces));

            for (Class<?> interfaze : interfaces) {
                res.addAll(getAllExtendedOrImplementedTypesRecursively(interfaze));
            }
        }

        // Add the super class
        Class<?> superClass = clazz.getSuperclass();

        // Interfaces does not have java,lang.Object as superclass, they have null, so break the cycle and return
        if (superClass == null) {
            break;
        }

        // Now inspect the superclass 
        clazz = superClass;
    } while (!"java.lang.Object".equals(clazz.getCanonicalName()));

    return new HashSet<Class<?>>(res);
}    

I tested with JFrame.class and I got the following:

Set<Class<?>> classes = getAllExtendedOrImplementedTypesRecursively(JFrame.class);
for (Class<?> clazz : classes) {
    System.out.println(clazz.getName());
}

Output:

java.awt.Container
java.awt.Frame
javax.swing.JFrame
javax.swing.TransferHandler$HasGetTransferHandler
java.awt.Window
javax.accessibility.Accessible
javax.swing.RootPaneContainer
java.awt.Component
javax.swing.WindowConstants
java.io.Serializable
java.awt.MenuContainer
java.awt.image.ImageObserver

UPDATE: For the OP's test case it prints:

test.I5
test.Bar
test.I2
test.I1
test.Foo
test.I3
test.I4