All super classes of a class

Question

I have a class that extends to another class and that class extends to another class.

class 1 extends class 2  class 2 extends class 3  class 3 extends class 4  class 4 extends class 5  class 5 extends class 6  

Now I want to find all super classes of class 1.

Anyone know how I could do that in java?

Answer 1

Use Class.getSuperClass() to traverse the hierarchy.

Class C = getClass(); while (C != null) {   System.out.println(C.getName());   C = C.getSuperclass(); }