Java Operator Instanceof

The Java instanceof operator

The instanceof operator allows you to check the validity of a IS A relationship. If at any point of time, we are not sure about this and we want to validate this at runtime, we can do the following:

 //assuming vehicle is an instance of Class `Car` the expression inside the 'if' will  return true
 if( vehicle instanceof Car ) {
   //do something if vehicle is a Car
 }

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