The code below gets all classes within a given package. Notice that it should only work for classes found locally, getting really ALL classes is impossible.
1
2 /**
3 * Scans all classes accessible from the context class loader which belong to the given package and subpackages.
4 *
5 * @param packageName The base package
6 * @return The classes
7 * @throws ClassNotFoundException
8 * @throws IOException
9 */
10 private static Class[] getClasses(String packageName)
11 throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
12 ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
13 assert classLoader != null;
14 String path = packageName.replace('.', '/');
15 Enumeration<URL> resources = classLoader.getResources(path);
16 List<File> dirs = new ArrayList<File>();
17 while (resources.hasMoreElements()) {
18 URL resource = resources.nextElement();
19 dirs.add(new File(resource.getFile()));
20 }
21 ArrayList<Class> classes = new ArrayList<Class>();
22 for (File directory : dirs) {
23 classes.addAll(findClasses(directory, packageName));
24 }
25 return classes.toArray(new Class[classes.size()]);
26 }
27
28 /**
29 * Recursive method used to find all classes in a given directory and subdirs.
30 *
31 * @param directory The base directory
32 * @param packageName The package name for classes found inside the base directory
33 * @return The classes
34 * @throws ClassNotFoundException
35 */
36 private static List<Class> findClasses(File directory, String packageName) throws ClassNotFoundException {
37 List<Class> classes = new ArrayList<Class>();
38 if (!directory.exists()) {
39 return classes;
40 }
41 File[] files = directory.listFiles();
42 for (File file : files) {
43 if (file.isDirectory()) {
44 assert !file.getName().contains(".");
45 classes.addAll(findClasses(file, packageName + "." + file.getName()));
46 } else if (file.getName().endsWith(".class")) {
47 classes.add(Class.forName(packageName + '.' + file.getName().substring(0, file.getName().length() - 6)));
48 }
49 }
50 return classes;
51 }