Package ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.global.decision

Class IsObject

java.lang.Object

ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.BIF

ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.global.decision.IsObject

@BoxBIF(description="Check if value is an object")
public class IsObject
extends BIF

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.BIF

__functionName, __isMemberExecution, asyncService, cacheService, componentService, declaredArguments, functionService, interceptorService, logger, moduleService, runtime, schedulerService

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
IsObject()	Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	_invoke(IBoxContext context, ArgumentsScope arguments)	Determines whether a value is an object.
static boolean	isObject(Object obj)	See above

Methods inherited from class ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.BIF

announce, getDeclaredArguments, invoke

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

IsObject

public IsObject()

Constructor

Method Details

_invoke

public Object _invoke(IBoxContext context,
 ArgumentsScope arguments)

Determines whether a value is an object.

True conditions are:

• Box Class instances are "objects"
• All other classes that represent a Boxlang type are NOT "objects" (query, array, struct, XML, etc)
• These JDK classes which are used for "simple" BoxLang types are also not "objects" (String, Number, Boolean)
• Every other Java class is an "object"

Specified by:

_invoke in class BIF

Parameters:

context - The context in which the BIF is being invoked.

arguments - Argument scope defining the value to test.

Returns:

True if the value is an object, false otherwise.

isObject

public static boolean isObject(Object obj)

See above

Parameters:

obj - The value to test

Returns:

True if the value is an object, false otherwise.