How to determine an object's class?

Question

If class B and class C extend class A and I have an object of type B or C, how can I determine of which type

Answer 1

You can use:

Object instance = new SomeClass();
instance.getClass().getName(); //will return the name (as String) (== "SomeClass")
instance.getClass(); //will return the SomeClass' Class object

HTH. But I think most of the time it is no good practice to use that for control flow or something similar...