gate.util
Class Tools

java.lang.Object
  gate.util.Tools

public class Tools
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Tools()

Method Summary

static List	findSubclasses(Class parentClass) Finds all subclasses of a given class or interface.
static Long	gensym() Returns a Long wich is unique during the current run.
static Long	genTime()
static boolean	isUnicodeEnabled() Checks wheter Gate is Unicode enabled
static void	setUnicodeEnabled(boolean value) Specifies whether Gate should or shouldn't know about Unicode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Tools

public Tools()

Method Detail

gensym

public static Long gensym()

Returns a Long wich is unique during the current run. Maybe we should use serializaton in order to save the state on System.exit...

genTime

public static Long genTime()

setUnicodeEnabled

public static void setUnicodeEnabled(boolean value)

Specifies whether Gate should or shouldn't know about Unicode

isUnicodeEnabled

public static boolean isUnicodeEnabled()

Checks wheter Gate is Unicode enabled

findSubclasses

public static List findSubclasses(Class parentClass)

Finds all subclasses of a given class or interface. It will only search within the loaded packages and not the entire classpath.

Parameters:

parentClass - the class for which subclasses are sought

Returns:

a list of Class objects.