Java Class InstanceOf instanceOf(Class parant, Class chield)

Description

instance Of

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static boolean instanceOf(Class<?> parant, Class<?> chield) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* w w w  .j ava 2s.  c  o  m*/
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Farcek
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

public class Main {
    public static boolean instanceOf(Class<?> parant, Class<?> chield) {
        if (parant == null)
            throw new NullPointerException("parant is null");

        if (chield == null)
            throw new NullPointerException("chield is null");
        if (parant.equals(chield))
            return true;

        return parant.isAssignableFrom(chield);
    }
}

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