Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Navigator * Copyright (C) 2015 Adam Radomski * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 * USA */ import javax.annotation.processing.ProcessingEnvironment; import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement; import javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror; public class Main { public static boolean checkIfIsSerializable(ProcessingEnvironment processingEnvironment, String type) { if (type.equals("java.lang.String") || type.equals("java.lang.Boolean") || type.equals("java.lang.Character")) { //it is serializable but we handle it different way return false; } TypeElement serializableElement = processingEnvironment.getElementUtils() .getTypeElement("java.io.Serializable"); TypeElement elementType; elementType = processingEnvironment.getElementUtils().getTypeElement(type); if (elementType != null) { for (TypeMirror typeMirror : elementType.getInterfaces()) { if (typeMirror.toString().equals(serializableElement.toString())) { return true; } } } return false; } }