Re: [Py4j-users] How to access "class"

[Barthelemy D. <bar...@in...>]

You can always use reflection:

aClass = gateway.jvm.Class.forName("java.lang.Integer")

But I agree that .class would be handy for JavaClass objects on the Python
side. Please do not hesitate to fill a feature request (
https://github.com/bartdag/py4j/issues/new)

Barthelemy

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 8:18 PM Peter A <pet...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I need to access the static member "class" in a Java object.  For example
> in Java the code would look something like:
>
> if( object.getClass() == Object.class ) {
>    // do something
> }
>
> Now when I try that in py4j I run into issues that "class" is a protected
> keyword.  So the following causes it to crash:
>
> gateway.jvm.Object.class
>
> On the other hand gateway.jvm.Object.variable works just fine, assuming variable is a static member variable of Object.
>
> My current hack around this issue is to create a new instance of the object then call object.getClass() in python.
>
> Is there anyway to access "class" in python?
>
> - Peter
>
>
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