== Why is this an issue?

There's no valid reason to test ``++this++`` with ``++instanceof++``. The only plausible explanation for such a test is that you're executing code in a parent class conditionally based on the kind of child class ``++this++`` is. But code that's specific to a child class should be _in_ that child class, not in the parent.


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,java]
----
public class JunkFood{
  public void doSomething() {
    if (this instanceof Pizza) {  // Noncompliant 
      // ...
    } else if (...
  }
}
----


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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

Offload the code that's conditional on this "instanceof" test to the appropriate subclass and remove the test.


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== Comments And Links
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