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36 lines
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The ``++Class.isInstance++`` method is the dynamic equivalent of the ``++instanceof++`` operator. According to the JavaDoc, ``++isInstance++``
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returns ``++true++`` if the specified Object argument is an instance of the represented class (or of any of its subclasses); it returns ``++false++`` otherwise
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Thus, calling ``++isInstance++`` with a class argument is likely a mistake, since any random ``++Class++`` will only be "an instance of the represented class" when the left-hand side of the call is ``++Class.class++`` itself. To test for a class/sub-class relationship, use ``++isAssignableFrom++`` instead.
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== Noncompliant Code Example
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Class<Number> num = Number.class;
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Class<BigInteger> bi = BigInteger.class;
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System.out.println(num.isInstance(bi)); // Noncompliant. false
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System.out.println(bi.isInstance(Class.class)); // Noncompliant. false
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System.out.println(Class.class.isInstance(bi)); // Noncompliant. true
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== Compliant Solution
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Class<Number> num = Number.class;
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Class<BigInteger> bi = BigInteger.class;
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System.out.println(num.isAssignableFrom(bi)); // true
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System.out.println(bi.isAssignableFrom(Class.class)); // false
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System.out.println(Class.class.isAssignableFrom(bi)); // false
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