Re: Get Set Type

• To: Kevin Manross <kevin.manross@xxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: Get Set Type
• From: Bill Hibbard <billh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 16:30:48 -0600 (CST)

Hi Kevin,

> If I print a Set (Irregular1DSet, Linear3DSet, Gridded2DSet, etc.) to
> standard output, I get output that resmbles the following:
>
>  > visad.Irregular1DSet: Dimension = ........
>
> How can I ask a Set which kind of set it is?  Typically, I already know
> the set and just cast it, but I'm trying to make my code a bit more
> "generic"

For any Java object obj, you can do:

  String class_name = obj.getClass().getName();

Good luck,
Bill

• References:
  • Get Set Type
    • From: Kevin Manross