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Check if the given object is an array (primitve or native).

  
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;

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public class Main {
  
  /**
   * Check if the given object is an array (primitve or native).
   *
   * @param obj  Object to test.
   * @return     True of the object is an array.
   */
  public static boolean isArray(final Object obj) {
     if (obj != null)
        return obj.getClass().isArray();
     return false;
  }
}

   
    
  








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