public JSONArray getDescendants(String fullClassName) {
   if (typeGraph.size() == 0) {
     buildTypeGraph();
   }
   return new JSONArray(typeGraph.getDescendants(fullClassName));
 }
  /**
   * Enrich portClassHier with class/interface names that map to a list of parent
   * classes/interfaces. For any class encountered, find its parents too.<br>
   * Also find the port types which have assignable schema classes.
   *
   * @param oper Operator to work on
   * @param portClassHierarchy In-Out param that contains a mapping of class/interface to its
   *     parents
   * @param portTypesWithSchemaClasses Json that will contain all the ports which have any schema
   *     classes.
   */
  public void buildAdditionalPortInfo(
      JSONObject oper, JSONObject portClassHierarchy, JSONObject portTypesWithSchemaClasses) {
    try {
      JSONArray ports = oper.getJSONArray(OperatorDiscoverer.PORT_TYPE_INFO_KEY);
      for (int i = 0; i < ports.length(); i++) {
        JSONObject port = ports.getJSONObject(i);

        String portType = port.optString("type");
        if (portType == null) {
          // skipping if port type is null
          continue;
        }

        if (typeGraph.size() == 0) {
          buildTypeGraph();
        }

        try {
          // building port class hierarchy
          LinkedList<String> queue = Lists.newLinkedList();
          queue.add(portType);
          while (!queue.isEmpty()) {
            String currentType = queue.remove();
            if (portClassHierarchy.has(currentType)) {
              // already present in the json so we skip.
              continue;
            }
            List<String> immediateParents = typeGraph.getParents(currentType);
            if (immediateParents == null) {
              portClassHierarchy.put(currentType, Lists.<String>newArrayList());
              continue;
            }
            portClassHierarchy.put(currentType, immediateParents);
            queue.addAll(immediateParents);
          }
        } catch (JSONException e) {
          LOG.warn("building port type hierarchy {}", portType, e);
        }

        // finding port types with schema classes
        if (portTypesWithSchemaClasses.has(portType)) {
          // already present in the json so skipping
          continue;
        }
        if (portType.equals("byte")
            || portType.equals("short")
            || portType.equals("char")
            || portType.equals("int")
            || portType.equals("long")
            || portType.equals("float")
            || portType.equals("double")
            || portType.equals("java.lang.String")
            || portType.equals("java.lang.Object")) {
          // ignoring primitives, strings and object types as this information is needed only for
          // complex types.
          continue;
        }
        if (port.has("typeArgs")) {
          // ignoring any type with generics
          continue;
        }
        boolean hasSchemaClasses = false;
        List<String> instantiableDescendants = typeGraph.getInstantiableDescendants(portType);
        if (instantiableDescendants != null) {
          for (String descendant : instantiableDescendants) {
            try {
              if (typeGraph.isInstantiableBean(descendant)) {
                hasSchemaClasses = true;
                break;
              }
            } catch (JSONException ex) {
              LOG.warn("checking descendant is instantiable {}", descendant);
            }
          }
        }
        portTypesWithSchemaClasses.put(portType, hasSchemaClasses);
      }
    } catch (JSONException e) {
      // should not reach this
      LOG.error("JSON Exception {}", e);
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
  }