[LANG-863] Method returns number of inheritance hops between parent and subclass

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.2
• Component/s: lang.reflect.*
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Daneel S. Yaitskov
• Created: 23/Dec/12 18:41
• Updated: 02/Jan/14 16:19
• Resolved: 25/Nov/13 03:39

Description

For example.

class A {
}
class B extends A {
}
class C extends B {
}

int d;
d = InheritanceUtils.distance(A.class, A.class);
Assert.assertEquals(0, d);
d = InheritanceUtils.distance(B.class, A.class);
Assert.assertEquals(1, d);
d = InheritanceUtils.distance(C.class, A.class);
Assert.assertEquals(2, d);