5. 1. 5. Checking whether the object referenced was of type String
class Animal { public Animal(String aType) {
type = aType;
} public String toString() { return "This is a " + type;
} private String type;
} public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] a) {
Animal pet = new Animal("a"); if (pet.getClass() == Animal.class) {
System.out.println("it is an animal!");
}
}
}