Is there something like instanceOf(Class<?> c) in Java?

Question

I want to check if an object o is an instance of the class C or of a subclass of C.

For instance, if p is of clas

Answer 1

x instanceof Integer
x instanceof Object

you just have to use the right syntax

for primitve types, you have to do it completely different. Since you cannot create methods for them , you need a class that keeps the method. So instead of "x.instanceOf(Integer.Class)", you have to call "MyClassComparer.instanceOf(x, Integer.Class)" or something like that. This could easily be implemented by overloading methods, but I fail to see a case when that functionality would be desireable at all.