How do i check if a Field type of a variable is an array type?

So yeah, im using reflection, and im getting every variable within my class. So I start with Field f being equal to some field i have, then depending on whether the variable is an array or normal type, i would like to print it. The reason why i want to check this is because if its just a normal type, i can say object.toString() and be all set, but if its an array, i need to use Arrays.toString(object); If i left out any viable info you may need, let me know.
This is the idea of what i want to do, but it wont compile, any ideas? an example of an "array" field would be something like public String[] = {"this", "array"}; public int[] = {1, 3, 5}; ...

StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
if(f.getType() instanceof Array){
b.append(Arrays.toString((Object[])f.get(target)));
}
else{
b.append(f.get( target ));
}

it says
1 error found:
Error: C:\CS stuff\Prog2\MyReflectionPrinter.java:86: inconvertible types
found : java.lang.Class<capture#975 of ?>
required: java.lang.reflect.Array

Use Field.toGenericString(), which will have a pair of brackets [] per each dimension of the array.

You can do it two ways:

Code:

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Field f = getField(...);

if (f.getType().isArray()) {
  ... // it's an array
}

if (f.get(target) instanceof Object[]) {  // where 'target' is the owner instance
  ... // it's an array
}

---

Although the 'instanceof' version is more verbose, it's much more efficient than the 'isArray()' call, and returns false for a null reference intstead of throwing an exception.

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it...
Chinese proverb

oh my god thank you dlorde, u nailed it first try. thanks so much, i tried emailing my professor and he didnt help jack squat so you really helped out ^_^.
(i used the
if (f.get(target) instanceof Object[]) { // where 'target' is the owner instance
... // it's an array
}
implementation, thanks)