How to check if an alert exists using WebDriver?

Question

I need to check the existence of Alert in WebDriver.

Sometimes it pops up an alert but sometimes it will not pop up. I need to check if the alert exists first, then

Answer 1

public boolean isAlertPresent() {

try 
{ 
    driver.switchTo().alert(); 
    system.out.println(" Alert Present");
}  
catch (NoAlertPresentException e) 
{ 
    system.out.println("No Alert Present");
}    

}