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Re: get a list of classes at runtime

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On 5/13/2015 8:47 AM, Philipp Kraus wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I would like to get a list of all loadable classes, because I create an
> UI which should be list on the user input, which classes are existst
> e.g. the user types ABC and I will get the full class name with
> packages, e.g. package1.subpackage.ABC and package2.ABC

     "All loadable classes" is a potentially infinite set, since a class
loader might look almost anywhere to find a class -- it might even
synthesize a class by filling a byte[] array with bytecodes and then
loading it.  But perhaps your goal is not quite so ambitious ...

> I have taken a look into https://github.com/ronmamo/reflections but I
> don't find a call to filter all class names. How I can get the full
> class name list during runtime (all my classes are stored within a Jar
> file and the search should be also add the Java base classes e.g. String)

     AFAIK, the JVM has no record of potentially loadable classes that
have not been loaded (there are probably some special-case exceptions
like String and Class and Throwable, but they'll all have been loaded
well before your code runs).  If I'm right, it means the only way you
can find the not-yet-loaded classes is to rummage through the JAR's (or
other sources) for yourself.  You presumably know where to find your
own JAR's and things; I believe all "base classes" reside in rt.jar.
I don't know of a convenient way to find "the" rt.jar that your JVM
happens to be using; the best I can think of is to read the java.home
System property and search from there. (Or from sun.boot.class.path,
but I'm not certain that's a property all JVM's will define.)

     Anyhow: Once you've found the JAR's, you'll read their directories,
do a little reformatting, and filter as you please.

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get a list of classes at runtime Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2015-05-13 14:47 +0200
  Re: get a list of classes at runtime Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-05-13 10:06 -0400
    Re: get a list of classes at runtime Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2015-05-13 16:14 +0200
      Re: get a list of classes at runtime Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-05-13 11:23 -0400
        Re: get a list of classes at runtime Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-05-17 19:29 -0400
      Re: get a list of classes at runtime Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2015-05-13 22:15 -0500
    Re: get a list of classes at runtime e.d.programmer@gmail.com - 2015-05-13 08:59 -0700
      Re: get a list of classes at runtime Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-05-13 16:05 -0400
        Re: get a list of classes at runtime Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-05-13 22:43 +0000
  Re: get a list of classes at runtime Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2015-05-13 16:20 +0200
  Re: get a list of classes at runtime j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2015-05-13 17:47 +0200
  Re: get a list of classes at runtime Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-05-17 19:09 -0400

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