gatk-3.8/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/JVMUtils.java

package org.broadinstitute.sting.utils;

import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;

/**
 * Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
 * User: hanna
 * Date: Mar 30, 2009
 * Time: 5:38:05 PM
 *
 * A set of static utility methods for determining information about this runtime environment.
 * Introspects classes, loads jars, etc.
 */
public class JVMUtils {
    /**
     * Constructor access disallowed...static utility methods only!
     */
    private JVMUtils() { }

    /**
     * Is the specified class a concrete implementation of baseClass?
     * @param clazz Class to check.
     * @return True if clazz is concrete.  False otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isConcrete( Class clazz ) {
        return !Modifier.isAbstract(clazz.getModifiers()) &&
               !Modifier.isInterface(clazz.getModifiers());
    }

}