How can I know if Object is String type object?

Question

I have to know if Object is String or any other class type, how can I do it? Currently I do it like below, but its not very good coding.

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Answer 1

Its possible you don't need to know depending on what you are doing with it.

String myString = object.toString();

or if object can be null

String myString = String.valueOf(object);