Java Collection Check isCollection(final Object collection)

Description

Returns true if the collection is implements Collection; false otherwise.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
collection	the collection to be tested.

Return

true if the collection is implements Collection; false otherwise.

Declaration

public static boolean isCollection(final Object collection) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.util.Collection;

public class Main {
    /**//from  w ww .  j  a  v a  2 s . c  om
     * Returns true if the collection is implements Collection; false otherwise.
     * 
     * @param collection
     *            the collection to be tested.
     * @return true if the collection is implements Collection; false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isCollection(final Object collection) {

        return collection instanceof Collection;
    }
}

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