How do I check if a class represent an interface type?

By Wayan in Reflection 0 Comment

You can use the isInterface() method call of the java.lang.Class to identify if a class objects represent an interface type.

package org.kodejava.lang.reflect;

import java.io.Serializable;

public class IsInterfaceDemo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        IsInterfaceDemo.get(Serializable.class);
        IsInterfaceDemo.get(Long.class);
    }

    private static void get(Class<?> clazz) {
        if (clazz.isInterface()) {
            System.out.println(clazz.getName() +
                    " is an interface type.");
        } else {
            System.out.println(clazz.getName() +
                    " is not an interface type.");
        }
    }
}

Here is the result of the program:

java.io.Serializable is an interface type.
java.lang.Long is not an interface type.

How do I know if a class object is an interface or a class?

By Wayan in Core API, Lang Package 0 Comment 
package org.kodejava.lang;

public class CheckForInterface {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Checking whether Cloneable is an interface or class
        Class<?> clazz = Cloneable.class;
        boolean isInterface = clazz.isInterface();
        System.out.println(clazz.getName() + " is an interface = " + isInterface);

        // Checking whether String is an interface or class
        clazz = String.class;
        isInterface = clazz.isInterface();
        System.out.println(clazz.getName() + " is an interface = " + isInterface);
    }
}

java.lang.Cloneable is an interface = true
java.lang.String is an interface = false