/**
* Returns all of the superclasses and superinterfaces for a given type including the type itself.
* The returned set maintains an internal breadth-first ordering of the type, followed by its
* interfaces (and their super-interfaces), then the supertype and its interfaces, and so on.
*/
protected static Set<JClassType> getFlattenedSuperTypeHierarchy(JClassType type) {
Set<JClassType> flattened = type.flattenedSupertypes;
if (flattened == null) {
flattened = new LinkedHashSet<JClassType>();
getFlattenedSuperTypeHierarchyRecursive(type, flattened);
// flattened.size() > 1 for all types other than Object
type.flattenedSupertypes = Collections.unmodifiableSet(flattened);
}
return flattened;
}
