How to determine an object's class?

Question

If class B and class C extend class A and I have an object of type B or C, how can I determine of which type

Answer 1

I Used Java 8 generics to get what is the object instance at runtime rather than having to use switch case

 public  void print(T data) {
    System.out.println(data.getClass().getName()+" => The data is " + data);
}

pass any type of data and the method will print the type of data you passed while calling it. eg

    String str = "Hello World";
    int number = 10;
    double decimal = 10.0;
    float f = 10F;
    long l = 10L;
    List list = new ArrayList();
    print(str);
    print(number);
    print(decimal);
    print(f);
    print(l);
    print(list);

Following is the output

java.lang.String => The data is Hello World
java.lang.Integer => The data is 10
java.lang.Double => The data is 10.0
java.lang.Float => The data is 10.0
java.lang.Long => The data is 10
java.util.ArrayList => The data is []