Comparing Class Types in Java

Question

I want to compare the class type in Java.

I thought I could do this:

class MyObject_1 {}
class MyObject_2 extends MyObject_1 {}

public boolean funct         


        

Answer 1

If you don't want to or can't use instanceof, then compare with equals:

 if(obj.getClass().equals(MyObject.class)) System.out.println("true");

BTW - it's strange because the two Class instances in your statement really should be the same, at least in your example code. They may be different if:

• the classes have the same short name but are defined in different packages
• the classes have the same full name but are loaded by different classloaders.