/**
* Gets the {@code Type} that represents the superclass of this {@code class}.
*
* @return an instance of {@code Type} representing the superclass.
*/
public Type getGenericSuperclass() {
GenericSignatureParser parser = new GenericSignatureParser(getClassLoader());
parser.parseForClass(this, getSignatureAttribute());
return Types.getType(parser.superclassType);
}
/**
* Returns an array containing {@code TypeVariable} objects for type variables declared by the
* generic class represented by this {@code Class}. Returns an empty array if the class is not
* generic.
*
* @return an array with the type variables of the class represented by this class.
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public synchronized TypeVariable<Class<T>>[] getTypeParameters() {
GenericSignatureParser parser = new GenericSignatureParser(getClassLoader());
parser.parseForClass(this, getSignatureAttribute());
return parser.formalTypeParameters.clone();
}
/**
* Gets the {@link Type}s of the interfaces that this {@code Class} directly implements. If the
* {@code Class} represents a primitive type or {@code void} then an empty array is returned.
*
* @return an array of {@link Type} instances directly implemented by the class represented by
* this {@code class}.
*/
public Type[] getGenericInterfaces() {
GenericSignatureParser parser = new GenericSignatureParser(getClassLoader());
parser.parseForClass(this, getSignatureAttribute());
return Types.getClonedTypeArray(parser.interfaceTypes);
}