Java Reflection:Extracing individual item from an array of unknown type/dimension

[zollen]

I am trying to use Java Reflection APIs for extracting all member items from an array of unknown type and unknown dimension??


Any ideas?

[abies]

I would imagine doing something like (pseudocode)

dump(Object obj) {
  if ( obj == null ) {
    ...handle null...
  } else if ( obj.getClass().isArray() ) {
    for ( int i =0; i < Array.getLength(obj); i++ ) {
      dump(Array.get(obj,i));
    }
  } else {
    ...handle non-array object...
  }
}

Of course, in real life you may prefer non-recursive approach, put Array.getLength out of loop, etc.