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What is the easiest way to do 'is' in Java?

Many languages have a facility to check to see if an Object is of a certain type (including parent subclasses), implemented with 'is' and used like this:

if(obj is MyType)

Or slightly more tediously you can in other languages check by using the 'as' keyword to do a soft typecast and seeing if the result null.

I haven't used Java in years and I'm getting back up to speed on it but surely Java has a way to easily do this without delving deep into the Reflection APIs?

Thanks in advance for answers. I have searched both here and other places but the keywords involved are so generic that even though I'm sure this has a simple answer, googling for it is hard.

Solution 
  • if (objectReference instanceof type){
    //Your code goes here
}

    More info here.