This should do it: user=> (defn byte-array? [obj] (= Byte/TYPE (.getComponentType (class obj)))) #'user/byte-array? user=> (byte-array? (byte-array [(byte 56) (byte 98)])) true user=> (byte-array? "") false user=> (byte-array? 99) false
Hope that helps, Dave On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Shantanu Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Can anybody tell me how can I detect that a given object is a byte > array? Or maybe show me how to write a (defn byte-array? [obj] ..) > function? I want to be able to detect arrays of other types too - e.g. > char[], Integer[] etc. > > I experimented a bit at the REPL: > > user=> (type (byte-array [(byte 56) (byte 98)])) > [B > > user=> (supers (type (byte-array [(byte 56) (byte 98)]))) > #{java.lang.Object java.lang.Cloneable java.io.Serializable} > > Regards > Shantanu > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
