Java.lang.Class.isAnonymousClass() Method

Description

The java.lang.Class.isAnonymousClass() returns true if and only if the underlying class is an anonymous class.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.Class.isAnonymousClass() method

public boolean isAnonymousClass()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method returns true if and only if this class is an anonymous class.

Exception

• NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Class.isAnonymousClass() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.lang.*;

public class ClassDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

     ClassDemo c = new ClassDemo();
     Class cls = c.getClass();

     // returns the name of the class
     String name = cls.getName();
     System.out.println("Class Name = " + name);
     
     // returns true if this class is an anonymous class
     boolean retval = cls.isAnonymousClass();
     System.out.println("Is this AnonymousClass? " + retval);
   }
} 

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

Class Name = ClassDemo
Is this AnonymousClass? false