Re: Checking different types of objects

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From: Jason Burton
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:00

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>Is there any method which would check if the the Object is a string or
>an integer?


There isn't a method that I know of, but you can use the instanceof
operator.
Example:

if (MyObject instanceof Integer)

keep in mind that this is used for Objects, not the primitive types (int,
double, etc).  Comparing an object to a String or an Integer is fine,
though.

Jason Burton

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