Get All Super Classes 

Apache Commons Lang 3.0 is a java library with lot of utilities and reusable components. This requires the library commons-lang3-3.0.1.jar to be in classpath. The following example shows using ClassUtils.getAllSuperclasses() API. It returns the list of all super classes of the given class.

File Name  :   com/bethecoder/tutorials/commons_lang/tests/classes/GetSuperClassesTest.java  Author  :   Sudhakar KV Email  :   [email protected]

package com.bethecoder.tutorials.commons_lang.tests.classes; import java.util.Hashtable; import java.util.List; import java.util.Stack; import java.util.Vector; import org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtils; public class GetSuperClassesTest {   /**    * @param args    */   public static void main(String[] args) {     List<Class<?>> superClasses = ClassUtils.getAllSuperclasses(Vector.class);     System.out.println(superClasses);          superClasses = ClassUtils.getAllSuperclasses(Hashtable.class);     System.out.println(superClasses);     superClasses = ClassUtils.getAllSuperclasses(Stack.class);     System.out.println(superClasses);   } }

[class java.util.AbstractList, class java.util.AbstractCollection, 
	class java.lang.Object]

[class java.util.Dictionary, class java.lang.Object]

[class java.util.Vector, class java.util.AbstractList, 
	class java.util.AbstractCollection, class java.lang.Object]