org.nustaq.serialization.FSTClazzLineageInfo

public final class FSTClazzLineageInfo
extends Object

Represents a ordered class lineage based on the specificity of classes, where specificity is defined as follows:

null has specificity 0

java.lang.Object has specificity 0

an interface without any extends clause has specificity 1

a class or interface has a specificity of 1 + the specificity of the superclass + the sum of the specificity of the implemented interfaces.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static Class<?>[]`	`getLineage(Class<?> clazz)`	Returns the lineage of the specified class ordered by specificity (the class itself is at position 0 since it is most specific in its lineage).
`static int`	`getSpecificity(Class<?> clazz)`	Returns the specificity of the specified class as defined above.

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details
- SPECIFICITY_CLASS_COMPARATOR
  
  public static final Comparator<Class> SPECIFICITY_CLASS_COMPARATOR
Method Details
- getSpecificity
  
  public static int getSpecificity(Class<?> clazz)
  
  Returns the specificity of the specified class as defined above.
- getLineage
  
  public static Class<?>[] getLineage(Class<?> clazz)
  
  Returns the lineage of the specified class ordered by specificity (the class itself is at position 0 since it is most specific in its lineage).

Class FSTClazzLineageInfo