How can I compare types in Java with reflection

Question

I have following code and now I have type, but I need to have some kind of switch to know if type is for example of String and then do handling for strings. So how can I check if Type t is type of String?

Type t = bean.getClass().getDeclaredField(fieldName).getType();

Answer 1

Do you want to do a name check or an object-based check?

Since Class implements Type, you can actually go directly and do the equals against String.class For instance: if (t.equals(String.class))

If, however, you want to do a check based on name, then first check if t is an instance of Class, and then cast it to Class, obtain the full type name, and compare.