Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.lang.reflect.Array; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Map; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class Main { /** * Returns the size of the collection if it can be determined to be a collection * * @param value the collection * @return the size, or <tt>null</tt> if not a collection */ public static Integer size(Object value) { if (value != null) { if (value instanceof Collection) { Collection<?> collection = (Collection<?>) value; return collection.size(); } else if (value instanceof Map) { Map<?, ?> map = (Map<?, ?>) value; return map.size(); } else if (value instanceof Object[]) { Object[] array = (Object[]) value; return array.length; } else if (value.getClass().isArray()) { return Array.getLength(value); } else if (value instanceof NodeList) { NodeList nodeList = (NodeList) value; return nodeList.getLength(); } } return null; } }