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; public class Main { /** * Returns the size of the collection or array */ public static int size(Object collection) { if (collection instanceof Collection) { Collection value = (Collection) collection; return value.size(); } else if (collection != null) { if (collection.getClass().isArray()) { return Array.getLength(collection); } } return 0; } }