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package org.springframework.core.type.filter;
/**
* A simple filter which matches classes that are assignable to a given type.
*
* @author Rod Johnson
* @author Mark Fisher
* @author Ramnivas Laddad
* @since 2.5
*/
public class AssignableTypeFilter extends AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter {
private final Class targetType;
/**
* Create a new AssignableTypeFilter for the given type.
* @param targetType the type to match
*/
public AssignableTypeFilter(Class targetType) {
super(true, true);
this.targetType = targetType;
}
@Override
protected boolean matchClassName(String className) {
return this.targetType.getName().equals(className);
}
@Override
protected Boolean matchSuperClass(String superClassName) {
return matchTargetType(superClassName);
}
@Override
protected Boolean matchInterface(String interfaceName) {
return matchTargetType(interfaceName);
}
protected Boolean matchTargetType(String typeName) {
if (this.targetType.getName().equals(typeName)) {
return true;
}
else if (Object.class.getName().equals(typeName)) {
return Boolean.FALSE;
}
else if (typeName.startsWith("java.")) {
try {
Class clazz = getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(typeName);
return Boolean.valueOf(this.targetType.isAssignableFrom(clazz));
}
catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
// Class not found - can't determine a match that way.
}
}
return null;
}
}