Returns true if a class implements Serializable and false otherwise.
import java.io.Serializable; /* * JCommon : a free general purpose class library for the Java(tm) platform * * * (C) Copyright 2000-2005, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors. * * Project Info: http://www.jfree.org/jcommon/index.html * * 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. * * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. * in the United States and other countries.] * * ------------ * IOUtils.java * ------------ * (C)opyright 2002-2004, by Thomas Morgner and Contributors. * * Original Author: Thomas Morgner; * Contributor(s): David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited); * * $Id: IOUtils.java,v 1.8 2009/01/22 08:34:58 taqua Exp $ * * Changes * ------- * 26-Jan-2003 : Initial version * 23-Feb-2003 : Documentation * 25-Feb-2003 : Fixed Checkstyle issues (DG); * 29-Apr-2003 : Moved to jcommon * 04-Jan-2004 : Fixed JDK 1.2.2 issues with createRelativeURL; * added support for query strings within these urls (TM); */ public class Main { /** * Returns <code>true</code> if a class implements <code>Serializable</code> * and <code>false</code> otherwise. * * @param c the class. * * @return A boolean. */ public static boolean isSerializable(final Class c) { /** final Class[] interfaces = c.getInterfaces(); for (int i = 0; i < interfaces.length; i++) { if (interfaces[i].equals(Serializable.class)) { return true; } } Class cc = c.getSuperclass(); if (cc != null) { return isSerializable(cc); } */ return (Serializable.class.isAssignableFrom(c)); } }