How do I obtain the type of a Java instance in Jython?

Question

from java.util import LinkedList
type(LinkedList())

The code above only gives "type 'javainstance" as output, however I wish to know the real Java instance type, which should be "LinkedList" in that case. Is this possible?

Thank you!

by the way, my version is jython 2.2.1

Answer 1

Howard, if you are on older Jython then try to call

LinkedList.getClass()

and

object.getClass().getName()