//: c12:FamilyVsExactType.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 2nd ed.' by Bruce Eckel // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. // The difference between instanceof and class class Base {} class Derived extends Base {} public class FamilyVsExactType { static void test(Object x) { System.out.println("Testing x of type " + x.getClass()); System.out.println("x instanceof Base " + (x instanceof Base)); System.out.println("x instanceof Derived " + (x instanceof Derived)); System.out.println("Base.isInstance(x) " + Base.class.isInstance(x)); System.out.println("Derived.isInstance(x) " + Derived.class.isInstance(x)); System.out.println( "x.getClass() == Base.class " + (x.getClass() == Base.class)); System.out.println( "x.getClass() == Derived.class " + (x.getClass() == Derived.class)); System.out.println( "x.getClass().equals(Base.class)) " + (x.getClass().equals(Base.class))); System.out.println( "x.getClass().equals(Derived.class)) " + (x.getClass().equals(Derived.class))); } public static void main(String[] args) { test(new Base()); test(new Derived()); } } ///:~