Java.lang.Class.isAnonymousClass() Method

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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 = com.tutorialspoint.ClassDemo
Is this AnonymousClass? false