instanceof operator in java for comparing different classes

Question

I was trying to see how instanceof operator in Java works and am facing a very odd issue.

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Answer 1

Please refer to JLS spec mentioned over here http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/expressions.html#15.20.2.

This has been answered very well here instanceof - incompatible conditional operand types