returns all ancestors for a given type, itself included

(ancestor:all String) => #{java.lang.CharSequence java.lang.constant.ConstantDesc java.lang.constant.Constable java.lang.Comparable java.lang.String java.io.Serializable java.lang.Object}

Lists the direct ancestors of a class (ancestor:list clojure.lang.PersistentHashMap) => clojure.lang.PersistentHashMap clojure.lang.APersistentMap clojure.lang.AFn java.lang.Object

Lists the hierarchy of bases and interfaces of a class. (ancestor:tree Class) => java.lang.Object

returns true if class is an abstract class

(class:abstract? java.util.Map) => true

(class:abstract? Class) => false

returns the array element within the array

(class:array-component (type (int-array 0))) => Integer/TYPE

(class:array-component (type (into-array 1 2 3))) => java.lang.Long

checks if a class is an array class

(class:array? (type (int-array 0))) => true

checks if one class inherits from another

(class:inherits? clojure.lang.ILookup clojure.lang.APersistentMap) => true

returns true if class is an interface

(class:interface? java.util.Map) => true

(class:interface? Class) => false

Lists all interfaces for a class

(class:interfaces clojure.lang.AFn) => #{java.lang.Runnable java.util.concurrent.Callable clojure.lang.IFn}

finds the best matching interface or class from a list of candidates

(class:match #{Object} Long) => Object (class:match #{String} Long) => nil (class:match #{Object Number} Long) => Number

creates a path lookup given a record

(create-lookup {:byte {:name “byte” :size 1} :long {:name “long” :size 4}}) => {“byte” :byte :name 1 :byte :size “long” :long :name 4 :long :size}

Converts primitive values across their different representations. The choices are: :raw - The string in the jdk (i.e. Z for Boolean, C for Character) :symbol - The symbol that std.object.query uses for matching (i.e. boolean, char, int) :string - The string that std.object.query uses for matching :class - The primitive class representation of the primitive :container - The containing class representation for the primitive type

checks if class is a primitive array

(primitive:array? (type (int-array 0))) => true

(primitive:array? (type (into-array 1 2 3))) => false

checks if a class of primitive type