What is the difference between instanceof and Class.isAssignableFrom(...)?

What is the difference between instanceof and Class.isAssignableFrom(...)?

java instanceof reflection

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The performance impact of using instanceof in Java

java performance instanceof

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Is it possible to use the instanceof operator in a switch statement?

java switch-statement instanceof

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C++ equivalent of java's instanceof

java c++ oop instanceof

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Any reason to prefer getClass() over instanceof when generating .equals()?

java eclipse equals instanceof

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What is the 'instanceof' operator used for in Java?

java instanceof

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How to test if one java class extends another at runtime?

java subclass instanceof class-hierarchy

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Java: Instanceof and Generics

java generics instanceof typechecking

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instanceof Vs getClass( )

java class instanceof

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How to see if an object is an array without using reflection?

java arrays gwt instanceof

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Avoiding instanceof in Java

java reflection polymorphism instanceof chain-of-responsibility

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Test if object is instanceof a parameter type

java generics instanceof

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Check instanceof in stream

java java-8 java-stream instanceof

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Is there something like instanceOf(Class<?> c) in Java?

java reflection instanceof

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The 'instanceof' operator behaves differently for interfaces and classes

java class inheritance interface instanceof

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