ClassFinder (Apache JMeter API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.jorphan.reflect.ClassFinder

```
public final class ClassFinder
extends Object
```
This class finds classes that extend one of a set of parent classes

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static List<String>`	`findAnnotatedClasses(String[] strPathsOrJars, Class<? extends Annotation>[] annotations)` Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es).
`static List<String>`	`findAnnotatedClasses(String[] strPathsOrJars, Class<? extends Annotation>[] annotations, boolean innerClasses)` Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es).
`static List<String>`	`findClasses(String[] searchPathsOrJars, ClassFilter filter)`
`static List<String>`	`findClassesThatExtend(String[] paths, Class<?>[] superClasses)` Convenience method for `findClassesThatExtend(String[], Class[], boolean)` with the option to include inner classes in the search set to false.
`static List<String>`	`findClassesThatExtend(String[] strPathsOrJars, Class<?>[] superClasses, boolean innerClasses)` Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es).
`static List<String>`	`findClassesThatExtend(String[] strPathsOrJars, Class<?>[] superClasses, boolean innerClasses, String contains, String notContains)` Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es).
`static List<String>`	`findClassesThatExtend(String[] searchPathsOrJars, Class<?>[] classNames, boolean innerClasses, String contains, String notContains, boolean annotations)` Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - findClassesThatExtend
```
public static List<String> findClassesThatExtend(String[] paths,
                                 Class<?>[] superClasses)
                                          throws IOException
```
    Convenience method for findClassesThatExtend(String[], Class[], boolean) with the option to include inner classes in the search set to false.
    
    Parameters:
    paths - pathnames or jarfiles to search for classes
    superClasses - required parent class(es)
    
    Returns:
    List of Strings containing discovered class names.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - when scanning the classes fails
  - findClassesThatExtend
```
public static List<String> findClassesThatExtend(String[] strPathsOrJars,
                                 Class<?>[] superClasses,
                                 boolean innerClasses)
                                          throws IOException
```
    Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es).
    
    Parameters:
    strPathsOrJars - - pathnames or jarfiles to search for classes
    superClasses - - required parent class(es)
    innerClasses - - should we include inner classes?
    
    Returns:
    List containing discovered classes
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - when scanning for classes fails
  - findClassesThatExtend
```
public static List<String> findClassesThatExtend(String[] strPathsOrJars,
                                 Class<?>[] superClasses,
                                 boolean innerClasses,
                                 String contains,
                                 String notContains)
                                          throws IOException
```
    Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es).
    
    Parameters:
    strPathsOrJars - - pathnames or jarfiles to search for classes
    superClasses - - required parent class(es)
    innerClasses - - should we include inner classes?
    contains - - classname should contain this string
    notContains - - classname should not contain this string
    
    Returns:
    List containing discovered classes
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - when scanning classes fails
  - findAnnotatedClasses
```
public static List<String> findAnnotatedClasses(String[] strPathsOrJars,
                                Class<? extends Annotation>[] annotations,
                                boolean innerClasses)
                                         throws IOException
```
    Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es).
    
    Parameters:
    strPathsOrJars - - pathnames or jarfiles to search for classes
    annotations - - required annotations
    innerClasses - - should we include inner classes?
    
    Returns:
    List containing discovered classes
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - when scanning classes fails
  - findAnnotatedClasses
```
public static List<String> findAnnotatedClasses(String[] strPathsOrJars,
                                Class<? extends Annotation>[] annotations)
                                         throws IOException
```
    Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es). Inner classes are not searched.
    
    Parameters:
    strPathsOrJars - - pathnames or jarfiles to search for classes
    annotations - - required annotations
    
    Returns:
    List containing discovered classes
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - when scanning classes fails
  - findClassesThatExtend
```
public static List<String> findClassesThatExtend(String[] searchPathsOrJars,
                                 Class<?>[] classNames,
                                 boolean innerClasses,
                                 String contains,
                                 String notContains,
                                 boolean annotations)
                                          throws IOException
```
    Find classes in the provided path(s)/jar(s) that extend the class(es).
    
    Parameters:
    searchPathsOrJars - - pathnames or jarfiles to search for classes
    classNames - - required parent class(es) or annotations
    innerClasses - - should we include inner classes?
    contains - - classname should contain this string
    notContains - - classname should not contain this string
    annotations - - true if classnames are annotations
    
    Returns:
    List containing discovered classes
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - when scanning classes fails
  - findClasses
```
public static List<String> findClasses(String[] searchPathsOrJars,
                       ClassFilter filter)
                                throws IOException
```
    Throws:
    
    IOException

Class ClassFinder

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Method Detail

findClassesThatExtend

findClassesThatExtend

findClassesThatExtend

findAnnotatedClasses

findAnnotatedClasses

findClassesThatExtend

findClasses