Java detect if class is a proxy

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Is it possible to detect if a class is a proxy (dynamic, cglib or otherwise)?

Let classes Aand B implement a common interface I. Then I need to define a routine classEquals of signature

public boolean classEquals(Class<? extends I> a, Class<? extends I> b);

such that it evaluates to true only if a.equals(b) or Proxy(a).equals(b), where Proxy(a) denotes a dynamic proxy of type A (dynamic, cglib or otherwise).

With the assistance of @Jigar Joshi, this is what it looks like so far:

public boolean classEquals(Class a, Class b) {
    if (Proxy.isProxyClass(a)) {
        return classEquals(a.getSuperclass(), b);
    }
    return a.equals(b);
}

The problem is that it doesn't detect e.g., a CGLIB proxy.

In your `test` method, I suppose `Proxy(A.class)` returns a proxy object for A. What should be the result of `test(new A(), A.class)`? — Cephalopod, Sep 21 '11 at 18:10
So you don't want to detect proxies, but you want to find instances of a class, even if they are generated by an unknown mocking/proxy framework? What about `instanceof`? — Cephalopod, Sep 21 '11 at 18:34
@Arian, good comment. Although I'm working with `Classes` and not `Objects`, which unfortunately doesn't let me use `instanceof` — Johan Sjöberg, Sep 21 '11 at 18:38
CGLIB provides a `Proxy.isProxyClass` in its own packages. That might detect them. — A.H., Sep 21 '11 at 19:13
"true only if a.equals(b) *and* Proxy(a).equals(b)" did you mean 'or'? — Cephalopod, Sep 21 '11 at 19:19

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 21 '11 at 18:10

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Proxy.isProxyClass(Foo.class)

answered Sep 21 '11 at 18:10

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Awesome in that it detects a `DynamicProxy`, yet doesn't seem to recognize Mockito created CGLIB proxies . – Johan Sjöberg Sep 21 '11 at 18:23
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do `Foo.getClass().getName()` – jmj Apr 16 '15 at 17:04
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In case of CGLIB proxy use Enhancer.isEnhanced(class) – chimmi Aug 31 '22 at 21:36

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 24 '13 at 18:11

no, in general you can't tell if an object is a proxy. and that's simply because it's hard to define what is a proxy. you can implement an interface and use it as a proxy, you can use cglib, asm, javassist, plastic, jdk or generate bytecode on the fly by yourself. it is no different than loading xxx.class file.

what you are thinking about is probably checking if the object is created by cglib, asm or other specific library. in such case - usually yes. most libraries have their own fingerprint that can be discovered. but in general it's not possible

Cephalopod · Answer 3 · 2011-09-22T09:56:37.010

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If instanceof is acceptable, then clazz.isInstance(b) should work as well.

Edit:
I wrote that before reading your modified answer. There is a similar method for classes as well:

b.isAssignableFrom(a)

edited Sep 22 '11 at 09:56

answered Sep 21 '11 at 18:54

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Interesting, but doesn't seem to apply nicely to [class-to-class](http://ideone.com/R9hLO) comparisons. – Johan Sjöberg Sep 21 '11 at 19:32

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