Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2005-2010 the original author or authors. * * Licensed 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; public class Main { public static int getLengthOfCollection(Object value) { if (isArray(value.getClass())) { return Array.getLength(value); } else { return ((Collection<?>) value).size(); } } public static boolean isArray(Class<?> aClass) { return aClass.isArray(); } }