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How to Identify class implementing an Interface

 
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Hi All,

I have a Query regarding the classes that implement an interface. Is there any easy method to identify the classes that are implementing an interface? I use ecllipse as the editor. Is there any shortcut keys available to get this information.

Thanks in Advance
 
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Is that any use to you?

[edit]Add 3rd print statement[/edit]
 
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You mean that you just want to see in the IDE which classes implement an interface?

Put the cursor on the name of the interface and press F4 (Open Type Hierarchy). That will open a window that shows a tree with all classes that Eclipse can find that implement the interface.
 
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Thanks Campbell for the below.

I donot have the option to print. Using Editors like ecllipse, is there any short cut available to check the same.

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In Eclipse, you can select the interface name, right-click and select Open Type Hierarchy. That will show you, in the current project, the classes that implement the interface.

As a general solution, however, that does not always work because often the implementation class used at runtime is in some other component/project. The thing that has worked best for me is to use the debugger to determine the class of the object, or to print the object.getClass() value.
 
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