referencing primitive types

[carpeliam]

I have an object that has a &quot;getXXX&quot; method. In this code here, the <FONT FACE=monospace>key</font> variable holds &quot;XXX&quot; (for the purposes of this question). The return type for this is &quot;long&quot;. Not &quot;Long&quot;, but primitive &quot;long&quot;.<br><br>Depending on the type of <FONT FACE=monospace>c</font>, I want to fill the object using the &quot;setXXX&quot; method. To make sure my types agree, I check c's type through a series of if statements.<br><br>My question is, how do I check c against a primitive type? Or do I have to convert to a string and test it that way? Please tell me I can check the class itself without having an extra layer of conversion... )<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace>Class c = o.getClass().getMethod(&quot;get&quot; + key, null).getReturnType();<br>Class[] parameterFiller={c};<br>if (c == Long.class) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Long[] valueHolder = {Long.valueOf(value)};<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;o.getClass().getMethod(&quot;set&quot;+key, parameterFiller).invoke(o, valueHolder);<br>} else if (c == String.class) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;String[] valueHolder = {value};<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;o.getClass().getMethod(&quot;set&quot;+key, parameterFiller).invoke(o, valueHolder);<br>}</font><br><br>the above code doesn't work, because c is not of type &quot;Long&quot;... so when it gets to &quot;if (c == Long.class)&quot;, that line gets skipped right over. How do I reference the primitive type?<br><br>thanks... <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

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[carpeliam]

nevermind, I found the answer... <FONT FACE=monospace>Long.TYPE</font> refers to Long's primitive type. <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

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