Check to see if a class is assignable to a number in Java
Description
The following code shows how to check to see if a class is assignable to a number.
Example
/*from w w w .j a v a 2s . c o m*/
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;
public class Main {
public static boolean isNumber(final Class dataType) {
return Number.class.isAssignableFrom(dataType);
}
public static void main(final String[] args) {
System.out.println(isNumber(Class.class));
System.out.println(isNumber(Comparable.class));
System.out.println(isNumber(Serializable.class));
System.out.println(isNumber(Integer.class));
System.out.println(isNumber(int.class));
System.out.println(isNumber(Float[].class));
System.out.println(isNumber(String.class));
System.out.println(isNumber(double[].class));
System.out.println(isNumber(boolean.class));
}
}
The code above generates the following result.