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Jaanus
Jaanus

Reputation: 16541

Is Java class in certain parent package?

I have package :

com.google.*.*.*

There may be many subpackages.

I have a Class foo.java

How to check if its inside the main package com.google

When I use Class.getPackage(), it gives only the whole package like this: com.google.util.domain.sup

Must I really use functions like : substring() , split(). Or is there a fancy way to check if it belongs to certain parent packages?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 413

Answers (2)

Peter Lawrey
Peter Lawrey

Reputation: 533492

Do you mean like...

if (getClass().getName().startsWith("com.google."))

if you need an exact match you can use

if (getClass().getPackage().getName().equals("com.google.util.domain.sup"))

Upvotes: 5

JB Nizet
JB Nizet

Reputation: 691685

Packages are not hierarchical in Java. com.google.foo has nothing to do with package com.google. So if your goal is to check that a class is in a package, or one of its "sub-packages", then yes, String manipulation is your best bet.

Upvotes: 7

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