How do I get the underlying type of a proxy object in java?

Question

I\'d like to access the classname of the underlying class which is an instance of java.lang.reflect.Proxy.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

Here was the solution we used with my team (we need the name of the class behind the proxy) :

if (getTargetName(yourBean) ... ) {

}

With this little helper :

private String getTargetName(final Object target) {

    if (target == null) {
        return "";
    }

    if (targetClassIsProxied(target)) {

        Advised advised = (Advised) target;

        try {

            return advised.getTargetSource().getTarget().getClass().getCanonicalName();
        } catch (Exception e) {

            return "";
        }
    }

    return target.getClass().getCanonicalName();
}

private boolean targetClassIsProxied(final Object target) {

    return target.getClass().getCanonicalName().contains("$Proxy");
}

Hope it helps!