[Java SDK V2] How to distinguish if Metadata is file or folder

[michal_k]

Hello,

I need to distunguish, if Metadata I got is file or folder. Is there any recommended way, how to do this? I came up just with using instanceof operator, here is a snippet from integration tests:

        final Metadata fileMetadata = client.files().getMetadata(destFile);
        assertTrue(fileMetadata instanceof FileMetadata);

        final Metadata folderMetadata = client.files().getMetadata(destFolder);
        assertTrue(folderMetadata instanceof FolderMetadata);

Is there any recomended way?

Thank you,

Michal

[Greg-DB · Accepted solution]

Yes, using instanceof is the recommended way. For example:

https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/blob/7ecc15cf0f51d6ae2ba5cdb334aac2c2f3474b87/examples/a...

[jovier m.]

Java instanceof is a keyword. It is a binary operator used to test if an object (instance) is a subtype of a given Type. It returns either true or false. More about...instanceof keyword

Mark