Print the type of a Java variable

Question

In Java, is it possible to print the type of a variable?

public static void printVariableType(Object theVariable){
    //print the type of the variable that          


        

Answer 1

Based on your example it looks like you want to get type of value held by variable, not declared type of variable. So I am assuming that in case of Animal animal = new Cat("Tom"); you want to get Cat not Animal.

To get only name without package part use

String name = theVariable.getClass().getSimpleName() //to get Cat

otherwise

String name = theVariable.getClass().getName(); //to get your.package.Cat