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Java Class isAnonymousClass() Method
Description
The Java Class isAnonymousClass() method returns true if and only if the underlying class is an anonymous class.
Declaration
Following is the declaration for java.lang.Class.isAnonymousClass() method
public boolean isAnonymousClass()
Parameters
NA
Return Value
This method returns true if and only if this class is an anonymous class.
Exception
NA
Getting Anonymous Status of a Class Example
The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Class.isAnonymousClass() method. In this program, we've created an instance of ClassDemo and then using getClass() method, the class of the instance is retrieved. Using isAnonymousClass(), we've retrieved anonymous status and printed it.
package com.tutorialspoint; public class ClassDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { ClassDemo c = new ClassDemo(); Class cls = c.getClass(); // returns the name of the class String name = cls.getName(); System.out.println("Class Name = " + name); // returns true if this class is an anonymous class boolean retval = cls.isAnonymousClass(); System.out.println("Is this AnonymousClass? " + retval); } }
Output
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −
Class Name = com.tutorialspoint.ClassDemo Is this AnonymousClass? false
Getting Anonymous Status of an ArrayList Example
The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Class.isAnonymousClass() method. In this program, we've used class of ArrayList. Using isAnonymousClass(), we've retrieved anonymous status and printed it.
package com.tutorialspoint; import java.util.ArrayList; public class ClassDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { Class cls = ArrayList.class; // returns the name of the class String name = cls.getName(); System.out.println("Class Name = " + name); // returns true if this class is an anonymous class boolean retval = cls.isAnonymousClass(); System.out.println("Is this AnonymousClass? " + retval); } }
Output
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −
Class Name = java.util.ArrayList Is this AnonymousClass? false
Getting Anonymous Status of a Thread Example
The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Class.isAnonymousClass() method. In this program, we've used class of Thread. Using isAnonymousClass(), we've retrieved anonymous status and printed it.
package com.tutorialspoint; public class ClassDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { Class cls = Thread.class; // returns the name of the class String name = cls.getName(); System.out.println("Class Name = " + name); // returns true if this class is an anonymous class boolean retval = cls.isAnonymousClass(); System.out.println("Is this AnonymousClass? " + retval); } }
Output
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −
Class Name = java.lang.Thread Is this AnonymousClass? false