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Determining If an Object Is an Array in Java

Anvi Jain
Anvi Jain
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 6K+ Views

In order to determine if an object is an Object is an array in Java, we use the isArray() and getClass() methods.The isArray() method checks whether the passed argument is an array. It returns a boolean value, either true or falseSyntax - The isArray() method has the following syntax -Array.isArray(obj)The getClass() method method returns the runtime class of an object. The getClass() method is a part of the java.lang.Object class.Declaration − The java.lang.Object.getClass() method is declared as follows −public final Class getClass()The getClass() method acts as the intermediate method which returns an runtime class of the object, which enables the terminal ...

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Java Program to replace one specific character with another

Samual Sam
Samual Sam
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 851 Views

Use the replace() method to replace a specific character with another. Let’s say the following is our string and here we are replacing a whitespace with a $ character.String str1 = "Orange is the new Black!";Now, use the replace() method to replace a character with $str1.replace(' ', '$');Examplepublic class Demo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       String str1 = "Orange is the new Black!";       System.out.println("String: "+str1);       String str2 = str1.replace(' ', '$');       System.out.println("Updated string: "+str2);    } }OutputString: Orange is the new Black! Updated string: Orange$is$the$new$Black!

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Java Program to format date with System.out.format

Samual Sam
Samual Sam
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 238 Views

System.out.format is used in Java to format output.Firstly, create a Calendar object −Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();Now, use theDate-Time conversion characters to get the date, month and year −System.out.format("%te %tB, %tY%n", calendar, calendar, calendar);The following is the complete example −Exampleimport java.util.Locale; import java.util.Calendar; public class TestFormat {    public static void main(String[] args) {       Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();       System.out.format("%te %tB, %tY%n", calendar, calendar, calendar);    } }Output22 November, 2018

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Set Date patterns with SimpleDateFormat in Java

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 722 Views

The following pattern letters are defined (all other characters from 'A' to 'Z' and from 'a' to 'z' are reserved) for Date and Time in JavaReference − Oracle JavaLetterDate or Time ComponentPresentationExamplesGEra designatorTextADYYearYear1996; 96YWeek yearYear2009; 09MMonth in yearMonthJuly; Jul; 07WWeek in yearNumber27WWeek in monthNumber2DDay in yearNumber189DDay in monthNumber10FDay of week in monthNumber2EDay name in weekTextTuesday; TueUDay number of week (1 = Monday, ..., 7 = Sunday)Number1AAm/pm markerTextPMHHour in day (0-23)Number0KHour in day (1-24)Number24KHour in am/pm (0-11)Number0hHour in am/pm (1-12)Number12mMinute in hourNumber30sSecond in minuteNumber55SMillisecondNumber978zTime zoneGeneral time zonePacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00ZTime zoneRFC 822 time zone-800XTime zoneThe above pattern letters are combined ...

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Java Program to display date with day name in short format

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 3K+ Views

Firstly, set the format with SimpleDateFormat classFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd/MM/yyyy");Above, the “EEE” is set to display the name of the day i.e. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.Now, to display the date −String res = dateFormat.format(new Date());The following is an example −Exampleimport java.text.Format; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {       Format dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd/MM/yyyy");       String res = dateFormat.format(new Date());       System.out.println("Date = " + res);    } }OutputDate = Thu, 22/11/2018

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Get the Component Type of an Array Object in Java

Anvi Jain
Anvi Jain
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 2K+ Views

In order to get the component type of an Array Object in Java, we use the getComponentType() method. The getComponentType() method returns the Class denoting the component type of an array. If the class is not an array class this method returns null.Declaration − The java.lang.Class.getComponentType() method is declared as follows -public Class getComponentType()Let us see a program to the get the component type of an Array Object in Java -Examplepublic class Example {    public static void main(String[] args) {       int[] array = new int[] {1, 2, 3};       // obtain the Class of ...

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Get the class name for various objects in Java

Krantik Chavan
Krantik Chavan
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 576 Views

The getName() method is used to get the names of the entities such as interface, class, array class, void etc. that are represented by the class objects. These names are returned in the form of a string. The getPackage() method gets the package for the given class.A program that gets the class name for various objects is given as follows −Examplepackage Test; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.HashMap; public class Demo {    public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {       Object obj = "string";       System.out.println("The class name is: " + obj.getClass().getName());       obj ...

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Change date formatting symbols in Java

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 298 Views

For date formatting symbols, use the DateFormatSymbols class.Firstly, set weekdays using a string arrayString[] weekDays2 = { "", "monday", "tuesday", "wednesday", "thursday", "friday", "saturday", "sunday" };Now, set short week days withDateFormatSymbols mySymbols = new DateFormatSymbols(); mySymbols.setShortWeekdays(weekDays2);Get the date −dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, dd MMM yyyy", mySymbols); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(new Date()));The following is an example −Exampleimport java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.DateFormatSymbols; import java.util.Date; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       String[] weekDays1 = { "", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday" };       String[] weekDays2 = { "", "monday", "tuesday", "wednesday", "thursday", "friday", ...

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Get Canonical Name for a class in Java

Nancy Den
Nancy Den
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 547 Views

The canonical name of a class can be obtained using the java.lang.Class.getCanonicalName() method. This method returns the canonical name of the underlying class and returns null if there is no canonical name for the underlying class.A program that demonstrates the getCanonicalName() method to obtain the canonical name is given as follows −Examplepackage Test; import java.lang.*; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       Demo obj = new Demo();       Class c = obj.getClass();       System.out.println("The canonical name of the underlying Class is: " + c.getCanonicalName());    } }OutputThe canonical name ...

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Java program to print all distinct elements of a given integer array in Java

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 11-Mar-2026 7K+ Views

All distinct elements of an array are printed i.e. all the elements in the array are printed only once and duplicate elements are not printed. An example of this is given as follows.Array = 1 5 9 1 4 9 6 5 9 7 Distinct elements of above array = 1 5 9 4 6 7A program that demonstrates this is given as follows.Examplepublic class Example {    public static void main (String[] args) {       int arr[] = {1, 5, 9, 1, 4, 9, 6, 5, 9, 7};       int n = arr.length;     ...

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