What is the difference between instanceof and isInstance? java interview questions

Ans:

•  instanceof is used to check to see if an object can be cast into a specified type          without throwing a cast class exception.

•  isInstance() determines if the specified object is assignment-compatible with the object represented by this Class.         

• This method is the dynamic equivalent of the Java language instanceof operator.   

•  The method returns true if the specified Object argument is nonnull and can be cast to the reference type represented by this Class object without raising a ClassCastException. It returns false

• In instanceof operator You can compare it to a named type only, and not to a Class object. 

• isInstance remove this problem and call instanceof operator dynamically.

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