How to check if a subclass is an instance of a class at runtime? [duplicate]
You have to read the API carefully for this methods. Sometimes you can get confused very easily.
It is either:
if (B.class.isInstance(view))API says: Determines if the specified Object (the parameter) is assignment-compatible with the object represented by this Class (The class object you are calling the method at)
or:
if (B.class.isAssignableFrom(view.getClass()))API says: Determines if the class or interface represented by this Class object is either the same as, or is a superclass or superinterface of, the class or interface represented by the specified Class parameter
or (without reflection and the recommended one):
if (view instanceof B)
if(view instanceof B)This will return true if view is an instance of B or the subclass A (or any subclass of B for that matter).
Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't this suffice:
if (view instanceof B) { // this view is an instance of B}