Java.lang.Class.isSynthetic() Method

Description

The java.lang.Class.isSynthetic() returns true if this class is a synthetic class, else returns false.

Declaration

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

public boolean isSynthetic()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method returns true if and only if this class is a synthetic class as defined by the Java Language Specification.

Exception

• NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.lang.Class.isSynthetic() 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 true if this class is a synthetic class, else false
     boolean retval = cls.isSynthetic();
     System.out.println("It is a synthetic class ? " + retval);        
   }
} 

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

It is a synthetic class ? false